Why do people stock up on toilet paper in crisis situations ?
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If you are starving to death; the last thing you need is toilet paper. Or am I missing something here.
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
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If you are starving to death; the last thing you need is toilet paper. Or am I missing something here.
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
Think of non-KSS synonyms for "being frightened".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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If you are starving to death; the last thing you need is toilet paper. Or am I missing something here.
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
Yeah, but the people who do that are so full of shit that they need the extra rolls... :-D
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If you are starving to death; the last thing you need is toilet paper. Or am I missing something here.
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
Perhaps, Bitcoin is transferring its worth to toilet paper.
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If you are starving to death; the last thing you need is toilet paper. Or am I missing something here.
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
The same reason that the same group of people will go shopping for Christmas food with two trolleys: one for turkey and suchlike, one for bread. After all there are two of them, and the shops are shut for a whole day ... Because they are idiots. My local supermarkets were out of TP for two days - now the shelves are full again and nobody is buying! :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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If you are starving to death; the last thing you need is toilet paper. Or am I missing something here.
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
weirdest was Australia - first they laughed at the Hong Kong / Singapore people panic buying toilet paper - then they did the same themselves: even more crazy/panic stricken ...the police had to step in and btw: - Australia's toilet paper is nearly all manufactured in South Australia. ... a boon for Caxton (Aus' largest manufacturer), they're running 24 hours. - Singapore / Hong Kong calmed down (quickly): sanity prevailed - not so much Australia - still on.
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If you are starving to death; the last thing you need is toilet paper. Or am I missing something here.
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
Thanks for reminding me. I need to stock up on CPUs, memory and diverse I/O chips. Then I can go into Zen mode and survive without food, sleep or any interaction with the dumb contaminated masses for at least half a year. The worst should be over by then.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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The same reason that the same group of people will go shopping for Christmas food with two trolleys: one for turkey and suchlike, one for bread. After all there are two of them, and the shops are shut for a whole day ... Because they are idiots. My local supermarkets were out of TP for two days - now the shelves are full again and nobody is buying! :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
OriginalGriff wrote:
Because they are idiots.
This exactly. The older I get, the more I find appalling the increased number of idiots surrounding me. And their vote counts as much as mine...
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Thanks for reminding me. I need to stock up on CPUs, memory and diverse I/O chips. Then I can go into Zen mode and survive without food, sleep or any interaction with the dumb contaminated masses for at least half a year. The worst should be over by then.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
And coffee. Lots of coffee. Oh, and a generator & diesel - or when the power stations have too few workers fit enough to generate electricity, your zen out will end abruptly. :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Because they are idiots.
This exactly. The older I get, the more I find appalling the increased number of idiots surrounding me. And their vote counts as much as mine...
The scary reality of getting older... :sigh:
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain -
If you are starving to death; the last thing you need is toilet paper. Or am I missing something here.
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
Some self isolating people probably get through a lot of toilet paper / tissues.
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If you are starving to death; the last thing you need is toilet paper. Or am I missing something here.
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
Sahir Shah wrote:
If you are starving to death; the last thing you need is toilet paper. Or am I missing something here.
If things get that bad, then toiletpaper becomes currency. The amount of toiletpaper people buy amazes me; some buy enough to last half a year. I think many people have no idea how much they actually use in a month. I do stockpile, mostly during sales.
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If you are starving to death; the last thing you need is toilet paper. Or am I missing something here.
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
While I agree the situation is ridiculous (I'm no hoarder myself and haven't bought any more than I normally would in any other random period of time), this sounds like a comment coming from someone who's never run out of TP when you needed it the most... It's a bit like oxygen... :-)
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If you are starving to death; the last thing you need is toilet paper. Or am I missing something here.
Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein - Friedrich Nietzsche
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I'm not shaking your hand because of coronavirus. I'm not shaking it because there's no toilet paper.
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While I agree the situation is ridiculous (I'm no hoarder myself and haven't bought any more than I normally would in any other random period of time), this sounds like a comment coming from someone who's never run out of TP when you needed it the most... It's a bit like oxygen... :-)
But how does that happen? How long must a crisis be for you to run out of toilet paper? That can't possibly be something you buy every day, to cover the needs of the evening and the next morning, and that is it! Buying toilet paper for the next few days (and no more) is like buying salt and pepper for the next few days (and no more). Well, of course that is possible, but who would choose to run a hand-to-mouth household to that degree ... with toilet paper?
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And coffee. Lots of coffee. Oh, and a generator & diesel - or when the power stations have too few workers fit enough to generate electricity, your zen out will end abruptly. :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
On the more serious side: What could cause you more problems than toilet paper is the water supply breaks down. To keep the ties to the TP: What if you cannot flush the toilet? One of my city planner friends repeatedly stated as the city planner's ideal that "Anybody should be able to take a leak at their back door without offending their neighbours". In a crisis, that could reduce the water requirements significantly. For the more solid issues, it remains. Living in a detached house, I have the opportunity to collect rain water in a cistern. So even in the case of a water outage, I will have an opportunity to flush my toilet. (Actually, I think it is crazy that we ordinarity use drinking quality water to flush our shit down the drain, but that is the only option provided, at least in this country!)
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The same reason that the same group of people will go shopping for Christmas food with two trolleys: one for turkey and suchlike, one for bread. After all there are two of them, and the shops are shut for a whole day ... Because they are idiots. My local supermarkets were out of TP for two days - now the shelves are full again and nobody is buying! :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
OriginalGriff wrote:
My local supermarkets were out of TP for two days -
1,5 almost 2 weeks here... and I was running out of it... :~ X
OriginalGriff wrote:
now the shelves are full again and nobody is buying! :laugh:
Glad that this moment came here too, endly
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On the more serious side: What could cause you more problems than toilet paper is the water supply breaks down. To keep the ties to the TP: What if you cannot flush the toilet? One of my city planner friends repeatedly stated as the city planner's ideal that "Anybody should be able to take a leak at their back door without offending their neighbours". In a crisis, that could reduce the water requirements significantly. For the more solid issues, it remains. Living in a detached house, I have the opportunity to collect rain water in a cistern. So even in the case of a water outage, I will have an opportunity to flush my toilet. (Actually, I think it is crazy that we ordinarity use drinking quality water to flush our shit down the drain, but that is the only option provided, at least in this country!)
I believe that some houses in teh UK are being built with Greywater systems[^] included. Me? I have a river at the bottom of the garden, and a bucket on a rope. :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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But how does that happen? How long must a crisis be for you to run out of toilet paper? That can't possibly be something you buy every day, to cover the needs of the evening and the next morning, and that is it! Buying toilet paper for the next few days (and no more) is like buying salt and pepper for the next few days (and no more). Well, of course that is possible, but who would choose to run a hand-to-mouth household to that degree ... with toilet paper?
I know, I know...but like I said: I'm not buying any more right now than I normally would in any other random period of time, and I'm not about to change that. I was just making the joke that you won't know how much you'll miss TP until you actually need it and you're out. Not condoning people's current behavior.
