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I wonder how many people got sick while panic buying toilet paper.

• nullc 7y ago
  AFAICT "panic buying toilet paper" is mostly constructed bullcrap arising from the facts that: * Essentially everyone needs toilet paper * Places don't stock that much so it sells out quickly when people pull forward their next week or two of purchases * toilet paper is extremely bulky so it makes for good pictures of loaded people (even when they just have one jumbo multipack) and empty aisles In most of the pictures I've seen claiming to show "panic buying toilet paper" showed each party with similar or less toilet paper than I purchase at ordinary times (e.g. the big costco pack) for almost everyone in the frame. Worse, the net effect of circulating these sorts of things shames people for taking the actions they need to take to avoid continually going out.