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Rage wrote: In my area, we bind dead people's shoes together before burying them, just in case. Great idea!
That way, they can't steal your bicycle!
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Why do people worry that getting Corona virus will affect their a*****les so badly? Or is it something that only affects Australians?
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Or is it something that only affects Australians? Nope... Germany is doing pretty much the same
Here it is call the "hamster buy effect". Pasta / Nudels, Bincanned food, chips, toilete paper...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Why do people worry that getting Corona virus will affect their a*****les so badly? Until this moment, I never considered which orifice death might enter through
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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No.
I'm not really afraid of the virus, AFAIK, most death were people already at risk (elderly with reduce immune systems).
I'm more afraid of mass hysteria.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Maximilien wrote: I'm more afraid of mass hysteria. Yeah, I hate those noisy evangelical churches, too.
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Quote: I'm more afraid of mass hysteria. Amen brother!
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Maximilien wrote: I'm more afraid of mass hysteria.
What have you got against Green Day[^]?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Why would I want to stock up on Corona virus? I want to avoid getting ill.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I'm writing from northern Italy, near the epicenter of the "red zone".
All the shops are well stocked and there is no need to stock up.
I fear mostly the mass hysteria due to the fake news that populates the social networks
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Most of the Australian shortages were cased (according to the news) by Australians buying in bulk in case there was a shortage ...
Nope. I bought TP yesterday, yes - but only because we were down to the last roll and I always buy 12-packs anyway.
I have heard that CORVID-19 is going to cause a worldwide shortage of iPhones, so you'd probably better get out there and stock up a couple of dozen ...
"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: a worldwide shortage of iPhones I don't see the problem .
Software Zen: delete this;
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Quote: I don't see the problem Nor do I
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I'm not planning to survive the outbreak if it occurs.
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Cp-Coder wrote: Australia are running out of commodities like toilet paper. The result of a self-fulfilling prophesy that it will be running out so by in excess and thus cause it to run out.
In the US, every time there's the possibility of a big storm of some kind the hyped weather reporting (it's always the biggest or worst in some way) cause food hoarding. It wasn't always so - I guess people are (1) obeying their masters (i.e., cell phones) and be (2) are getting stupider by the day.
You can be proud to know you have personally contributed to the problem!
P.S.: I bought four pounds of brown lentils (dry) yesterday . . . they were on sale for US$1 each.
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That's per pound, not per lentil, right?
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I don't know what it's like everywhere else in the world, but, so far as I know, we don't sell lentils (or rice or corn or similar commodities) by the each in the US.
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A missed opportunity.
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Quote: You can be proud to know you have personally contributed to the problem! Twice I have seen what mass hysteria can do when we were close to the path of hurricanes and you could not find a bottle of water in the stores. I don't fear the virus, but mass hysteria concerns me. So I contribute to the problem? All I have to say is: TOUGH!
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I am stocking up on several cases of Corona Cerveza
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Preppers have given a bad name to common sense preparations.
I sure have got a pile of canned food in my basement. Dries soup, too. In my freezer are a couple turkeys ready for baking, and a fair amount of meat. My kitchen cupboards holds about ten kilograms of various flours. I've got a couple kilograms of dried pasta.
Why should the corona virus change this? I always have a stock of dried, canned and frozen food. Similarly, whenever I open my second-to-last tube of toothpaste, I buy four or six new ones on my next buying round. When I open the second-to-last 8-pack of toilet paper, I buy a few more 8-packs. That is just one of my habits.
In a crisis, I might run out of, say, tomato soup so that I will have to eat other soups. I might run out of chicken so I have to eat turkey. But there will be something to eat for several weeks.
I must admit that I do not have a sufficient stock of drinking water. If some poisonous substance gets into the drinking water (and needd for preparing dried foods, bake my bread etc.) I may run into some problems (but I do have the plans ready to remedy that). I should stock up on more drink that can be stored for some time. Maybe I should get a few cases of Corona. Usually, I drink more hoppy beers, but I renewed my familiarity with Corona a couple days ago (it is years since last time I drank it), and I was positively surprised. Great as lighter, fresher alternative.
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Interesting.
While I appreciate your stance...isn't this rather moot in the case of a flood or fire?...which to me seem like a much more likely event...
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