Panic buying
Exactly this!
Manufactured panic but ultimately it just goes to show how utterly selfish people are.
The snowball effect is also at play here too. People who aren't actually panicking are watching those who are panicking and thinking that it would probably be a good idea to go and fill up before the stations run short.
Do we have ourselves a FOMO situation
Do we have ourselves a FOMO situation
Telling people NOT to panic is just reminding the rest to panic as well before stuff runs out I hate the media, as if we need daily reminders that man is idiot.
Fear and panic because of what exactly? It's like paying interest on a debt you may not even owe!!!
That being said, I think I still have leftover toilet paper from the first Covid wave.
You should see my impressive pasta collection!Kai wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 3:43 pmTelling people NOT to panic is just reminding the rest to panic as well before stuff runs out I hate the media, as if we need daily reminders that man is idiot.
Fear and panic because of what exactly? It's like paying interest on a debt you may not even owe!!!
That being said, I think I still have leftover toilet paper from the first Covid wave.
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Apparently there's going to be a movie made about it starring Johnny Depp
"Fear and hoarding in middle England"
"Fear and hoarding in middle England"
The world we live in now seems so selfish, people don't seem to care about others.
We also dont see the consequences of our selfish actions, we demand deliveries the same day now, without thinking how that is achieved and the impact on the environment. We demand cheaper goods, not thinking why they are cheap, made by cruelly treated workers in far off countries. We demand cheap turkeys for Christmas, not thinking how that is achieved, by poorly paid and poorly treat imported workers. We demand new goods all the time, not thinking of the waste and impact, and the poorly treated lorry drivers that have to ship it all
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We also dont see the consequences of our selfish actions, we demand deliveries the same day now, without thinking how that is achieved and the impact on the environment. We demand cheaper goods, not thinking why they are cheap, made by cruelly treated workers in far off countries. We demand cheap turkeys for Christmas, not thinking how that is achieved, by poorly paid and poorly treat imported workers. We demand new goods all the time, not thinking of the waste and impact, and the poorly treated lorry drivers that have to ship it all
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Another pithy (less than) one-liner that captures the issue in a moment. Fabulous!
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Its one big cash injection to the goverment scare people to buy buy buy and people fall to this shite