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Ask HN: What are some current shortages you were surprised by?
- mtmail 7y agoGermany: yeast in supermarkets (people bake more at home?), weights in ecommerce (those having to skip the gym training at home?)
- coldtea 7y agoPeople buy yeast to be prepared to bake at home if food/bread shortage. I don't think they bake more already.
- HarryHirsch 7y agoFresh yeast is a thing in Germany. In the US, it's dried yeast or nothing.
- stevekemp 7y agoI decided to start a new batch of sourdough starter last week, because I was running low on (dried) yeast and my local corner-shop in Finland had run out. The shop got more stock a couple of days later, no real shortages of anything else I've personally noticed. I like baking bread even when not stuck at home, and this batch seems to work out pretty well today: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-UYTW-DYF_/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B-UYTW-DYF_/
- daleholborow 7y agoCommon sense
- dzonga 7y agoUS, Austin: I was surprised by shortage of coffee and peanut butter.
- muzani 7y agoToilet paper. Post apocalypse media usually uses soda, sugar, cigarettes, Twinkies as currency, but nobody mentions toilet paper. Bread shortages were unexpected too, in a nation that mostly eats rice.
- coolestguy 7y agoGym barbells/weights/racks/dumbbells are sold out nation-wide in Australia
- dustractor 7y agoHad to redo my online shopping cart three times because of components going out of stock before I finished making my selection... sigh I knew I should have bought it last night but I slept on it and now that lambda a++ psu will have to wait