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Seeing the same thing happen across different cultures over very different kinds of crises I came to the conclusion that this has to be a Freudian slip of the f
by Laforet 7y ago
Seeing the same thing happen across different cultures over very different kinds of crises I came to the conclusion that this has to be a Freudian slip of the fact that people subconsciously care more about being able to keep their rear end tidy than eating.
- Polylactic_acid 7y agoIt has been explained a few times that its more related to the fact that stores stock only just enough toilet paper to keep up with demand which is usually almost perfectly regular. Even if everyone just grabs one more bag than they normally do, its enough to totally wipe out the stores. Where as with other things, you could grab a months supply of cans and pasta and there will still be so much left, as well as the fact that not everyone is grabbing the same kinds of foods so the hit is spread over pasta, rice, flour and a huge range of canned food.
- mackrevinack 7y agowell the other reason is that if you bulk buy things like milk and bread it will be gone off within a week
- nieksand 7y agoThe box milk you buy in Europe can keep about a year when unopened. That stems from a combination of aseptic packaging and UHT pasteurization. I just peeked at a few containers in my house and they have expiration dates around early July.