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user-inactivated  ·  1562 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Meanwhile in economic news...

The thing that's crazy is that the rice one makes sense. There was a legit shortage. Milk? It was abundant and accessible, just expensive, so people flipped for it whenever it suddenly dropped to a more reasonable price.