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Fiery
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I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY
#26707768 - 05/30/20 07:09 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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WHY did people buy up and horde toilet paper and paper towels?
Can someone PLEASE tell me what the hell was up with the toilet paper thing?
The *ONLY* thing I can think of is if you google "prepper supplies" toilet paper is one of the things on the list.
I guarantee you some asshole is out there with 10 cases of unused toilet paper and is feeling like a douche for robbing people who really needed it. \
I just don't understand. I mean ONE ROLL lasts me like a couple weeks it seems. It just boggles me. It's panic and hysteria yes but where in the world did the whole paper goods hysteria come from? 
Any links of explanations or articles or personal opinions welcome I can't figure this out.. It's been bugging me for a while and I've been meaning to ask.
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Fiery]
#26707772 - 05/30/20 07:11 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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domino effect. people notice that the shelves are low so they grab some just in case, or empty, so they grab some the next time they see it.
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Fiery]
#26707773 - 05/30/20 07:11 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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One simple reason: fear. People were/are fearful of the virus and TP is one of those items that makes a person feel good to have.
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Fiery
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: lifeiswhatyoumake]
#26707780 - 05/30/20 07:12 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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So we have:
Domino effect, and Fear.
I get that.
But like how the hell did it start? Was there one asshole that shops at every store that was filling 5 shopping carts and buying out all the TP?
It just doesn't make sense.
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Fiery]
#26707786 - 05/30/20 07:17 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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ask your girlfriend
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Fiery]
#26707788 - 05/30/20 07:19 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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It all started when people became aware that a pandemic is coming and they started to buy toilet paper because it is a basic comfort item that every person likes. We didn't know what was coming and were fearful so we bought extra just in case. If you don't think that's the answer then you're digging too deep and won't ever find it.
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: lifeiswhatyoumake]
#26707795 - 05/30/20 07:22 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Ok man. ..
/end thread
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Fiery]
#26707982 - 05/30/20 09:44 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Humans are monkey see monkey do.
A paper aisle was empty in a grocery store, someone posts a picture of said empty paper aisle with a meme saying that it is directly the cause of panic or end of times peppers. People pass the meme around. The sheepish majority take it serious. Dominoes!
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Fiery] 1
#26707988 - 05/30/20 09:48 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Similar answer to those above, but with one other important factor to note early on, Australia made international headlines for running out of toilet paper people started panic buying in other countries, then once people who did not hear about Australia saw what was happening around them, they joined in
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Tantrika]
#26708067 - 05/30/20 10:33 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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I made an entire thread about how leaves all around us make GREAT toilet paper .
People in general are so blinded by all the BS in their lives.
I don't own a TV, I live in/near nature, I regularly take bathrooms in the woods with leaves, and I have no panic.
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Plain]
#26708300 - 05/31/20 01:34 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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And for funks sake an entire roll lasts a long time.
All the TP hoarding fukkers are going to get a karma bite I'm sure.
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Fiery]
#26708326 - 05/31/20 01:55 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Panic of how fucked we knew we'd be we were like animals before an earthquake in our case it's 100k dead US citizens since January and counting. People sensed this coming and panic bought.
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Fiery]
#26708327 - 05/31/20 01:55 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Media brainwashed the public to hoard paper->not food.
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: tomnl]
#26708335 - 05/31/20 02:04 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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It highlights how emotionally fragile and unstable our “society”, if you want to call it that, is...
Masses of adult babies, scrambling around off balance and unable to stand like a veal cow that’s been propped up in its cage it’s whole life to the point of atrophy.. oh whatever will we do if our pleasure gets cut short
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Amanita86]
#26708340 - 05/31/20 02:17 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Actually
At least for The United States
Toilet paper use is trained at a very young age. People die not knowing how to cook.
With food we have many options.
Just one thing all red blooded American’s are gonna use. For their ass... T. P....
When it seems like a time to prep. We had many options to stuff our face. Only one thing for our ass.
As a people we feel the need to be socially acceptable, and a clean ass is a priority.
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Hunter hunter]
#26708344 - 05/31/20 02:23 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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So without tp, you’re out huh? Doomed to a crusty ass without your Charmin Tek?
Since Adam and Eve, like oxygen, a human requirement that 2 ply... 
Run rabbit run..
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Fiery]
#26708351 - 05/31/20 02:30 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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People are full of...
shit.

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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Amanita86]
#26708357 - 05/31/20 02:32 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Amanita86 said: So without tp, you’re out huh? Doomed to a crusty ass without your Charmin Tek?
Since Adam and Eve, like oxygen, a human requirement that 2 ply... 
Run rabbit run..
Yup if we hadn’t made sure to get the 100 pack of Connex set aside. Well that woulda been unamerican.
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Hunter hunter]
#26708359 - 05/31/20 02:33 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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You realize Mexicans are American too right?
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: Hunter hunter]
#26708466 - 05/31/20 04:57 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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It's a secret art project to make the worlds largest....MUMMY
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Re: I've been meaning to ask this for a while and sorry if I missed the post but: WHY [Re: chameleon303]
#26708565 - 05/31/20 06:51 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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People had to work from home and starting shitting there
Professional office toiletpaper purchases plummeted whilst personal fancy home toiletpaper got in short supply
I was prepared and had a few large packs in the house
They are gone already, a family of 4, all at home 24/7 goes through toiletpaper fast
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