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I present to you this commenter, who just bought 200 lbs of flour. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22885192 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22885192

I present to you this commenter, who just bought 200 lbs of flour. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22885192 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22885192 Hoarders suck, especially super hoarders like this.

nullc 7y ago
> I do go through a lot of it. My hobby is baking. Please don't reflexively characterize people who do different things or have different needs as "super hoarders".
- ApolloFortyNine 7y ago
  If you're willing to dismiss 200 lbs of flour as hobby levels, then do you even believe in hoarding at all? We're talking enough flour to make 200 loaves. At best, they bought a 3 month supply of flour (and that is baking 2 loaves every day). At worst, this is more flour than they can possibly use, and a large amount of it will go bad (storing 200 lbs of flour inside is a bit of a challenge, so it may be stored in a garage or worse). And of course, with every product in the grocery store, if we all go out and buy a 3 month or further supply of a basic good, there's not going to be any left. Which only encourages more hoarding.
  - nullc 7y ago
    I don't know about willing to dismiss but you're making assumptions about facts not in evidence. For all you know the poster is cooking for 6 adults. Moreover, ... whats wrong with a three months supply of flour? For the last few years we've maintained that much flour at my house-- just because its a convenient level to purchase/manage for us, nothing to do with preparedness (which, incidentally, is virtuous), and certainly not any kind of hording.
    - jefftk 7y ago
      I totally agree with you. The more people that maintain a 3m supply of non-perishables and rotate through them, the more robust society will be to problems like this one. Households also vary a lot in size: ours is six adults and two kids, so we do go through a lot of food.

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I present to you this commenter, who just bought 200 lbs of flour. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22885192 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22885192

by ApolloFortyNine 7y ago

nullc 7y ago
> I do go through a lot of it. My hobby is baking. Please don't reflexively characterize people who do different things or have different needs as "super hoarders".
- ApolloFortyNine 7y ago
  If you're willing to dismiss 200 lbs of flour as hobby levels, then do you even believe in hoarding at all? We're talking enough flour to make 200 loaves. At best, they bought a 3 month supply of flour (and that is baking 2 loaves every day). At worst, this is more flour than they can possibly use, and a large amount of it will go bad (storing 200 lbs of flour inside is a bit of a challenge, so it may be stored in a garage or worse). And of course, with every product in the grocery store, if we all go out and buy a 3 month or further supply of a basic good, there's not going to be any left. Which only encourages more hoarding.
  - nullc 7y ago
    I don't know about willing to dismiss but you're making assumptions about facts not in evidence. For all you know the poster is cooking for 6 adults. Moreover, ... whats wrong with a three months supply of flour? For the last few years we've maintained that much flour at my house-- just because its a convenient level to purchase/manage for us, nothing to do with preparedness (which, incidentally, is virtuous), and certainly not any kind of hording.
    - jefftk 7y ago
      I totally agree with you. The more people that maintain a 3m supply of non-perishables and rotate through them, the more robust society will be to problems like this one. Households also vary a lot in size: ours is six adults and two kids, so we do go through a lot of food.