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The toilet paper thing is a prime example of the disruptive role of social media.
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:00 pm
There is absolutely no reason why one item with no tangible connection to Caronavirus would face a run outside of manufactured horseshite on social media.
It could have been any item.
It could have been corn dogs or yankee candles.
It could have been any item.
It could have been corn dogs or yankee candles.
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Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:01 pm to Scoop
Yeah, the tp thing really makes no sense.
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:01 pm to Scoop
Are flushable wipes also scarce?
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:02 pm to Scoop
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The toilet paper thing is a prime example of the need to cull the herd
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:02 pm to Scoop
Its manufactured in the U.S. and has absolutely no use for the coronavirus- it will not make you shite uncontrollably. This mass panic for the stuff is absurd.
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:02 pm to Scoop
We got people buying toilet paper like shitting is their job.
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:03 pm to Scoop
Milk during hurricane was a social media thing too
I mean if you lose power how you gonna keep your milk cold?
I mean if you lose power how you gonna keep your milk cold?
This post was edited on 3/12/20 at 10:03 pm
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:03 pm to Scoop
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There is absolutely no reason why one item with no tangible connection to Caronavirus would face a run outside of manufactured horseshite on social media.
Bingo. And it's also how you end up with someone like Trump as president.
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:05 pm to reedus23
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Bingo. And it's also how you end up with someone like Trump as president.
Blind squirrel finds a nut.
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:05 pm to Horsemeat
Well, there is one thing for sure in life. You going to shite no matter who you are. 
That's cut and dry and no way around it.
That's cut and dry and no way around it. 
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:05 pm to Scoop
Fighting Bob whatever says the media he absolutely no power in the world
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:06 pm to Scoop
Did Carson Cause The Toilet Paper Shortage Of 1973?
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Who would have thought it. Folks are hoarding TP globally.
Believe it or not, this is not the first time this has happened.
It was December of 1973, Johnny Carson, during his opening monologue, made a joke about an upcoming toilet paper shortage. While Carson was not the first to comment on the apparent situation, so many people watched his show back then, his joke was blamed for causing a nationwide toilet-paper-buying-spree.
After reading an actual newspaper clipping about a toilet paper shortage on the air, Carson then cracked a few jokes. The next day, stores were selling out of all the toilet paper they had.
Republican Congressman Harold V. Froelich issued a press release warning people and blaming Carson.
“The U.S. may face a serious shortage of toilet paper within a few months… we hope we don’t have to ration toilet tissue… a toilet paper shortage is no laughing matter. It is a problem that will potentially touch every American.”
The New York Times went out to local stores to check on the problem. Some stores were sold out. One store also was rationing paper towels, two rolls to a customer.
“Toilet paper is in very critical supply,” said vice president and general manager of Atlantic Enterprises, a Tampa wholesale paper supplier. He said his firm was refusing new customers who wanted to buy toilet paper.
“If people wouldn’t hoard and get so excited about this, everything would be okay,” said Mark Hollis, vice president of Publix Super Markets Inc.
He said customers are hoarding toilet paper because of remarks made about a shortage on the Johnny Carson “Tonight Show” last week.
Carson joked about the issue on air - but then made this statement: “I don't want to be remembered as the man who created a false toilet paper scare. I just picked up the item from the paper and enlarged it somewhat…there is no shortage.”
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:06 pm to NATidefan
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Yeah, the tp thing really makes no sense
Only makes sense if people think stores will be closing and you can't get tp once they do.
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:13 pm to Scoop
Homecoming 2020 this fall is going to have a huge problem with TP’ing of teachers’ houses.
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:14 pm to Scoop
It's kind of weird seeing stuff get picked clean but still have tons of a product that is similar/close enough. Had to make a run for some dishwasher pellets tonight so made a quick check to give the OT an on the scene report.
Hand soap is gone but bar soap is still packed solid on the shelves. At my supermarket, there is still toilet paper, though. And it's the good stuff, too.
Hand soap is gone but bar soap is still packed solid on the shelves. At my supermarket, there is still toilet paper, though. And it's the good stuff, too.
This post was edited on 3/12/20 at 10:14 pm
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:17 pm to Scoop
When corona hit Hong Kong there were stories about toilet paper shortages and even TP shipments being stolen. I think those stories lit the fire for the TP rush here. This is just a guess but I would bet people in Hong Kong were actually worried about running out because they don’t sell Costco size cases.
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:26 pm to Scoop
The only reasonable reason I have seen is someone saying that they were told the paper factors would be told to turn their focus to making masks. But that was on Facebook by some random woman.
This post was edited on 3/12/20 at 10:28 pm
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:30 pm to noonan
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Only makes sense if people think stores will be closing and you can't get tp once they do.
Is this a troll? What about the dozens of other items we need daily. Aren't those sold at the same stores?
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:42 pm to Kafka
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a toilet paper shortage is no laughing matter. It is a problem that will potentially touch every American
Posted on 3/12/20 at 10:48 pm to Scoop
I bought a bunch 2 weeks ago because I knew it would go. Glad I did.
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