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veen · 1471 days ago · link · · parent · post: What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About the Toilet Paper Shortage
I don’t think it’s idiocy, but I don’t think it’s only logistics. Another explanation that seems just as plausible: TP is very big, so it’s easily noticed when in low supply. That + people copying others behavior + the media reporting on it in one place leading to extra shortage in many more places seems to me equally behind this. In other words, too many people thinking “I’ll buy just a bit earlier so I don’t miss out” seems to me equally possible. Also jfc this article is a phenomenal example of just how much you can stretch a minor insight that would easily fit a tweet. Medium, man.