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Post by Pep Streebeck on Mar 16, 2020 21:08:11 GMT
I panic bought beer and wine and panic drank it. Unfortunately I am not someone who substances cause any anxiety relief. So I was panic drunk, now I'm panic hungover. This is so not good. Not even the hangover part - I am experienced enough to deal with it like a trooper. I am honestly in the worst frame of mind I have ever been in, and it's not going away.
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Post by moviemouth on Mar 16, 2020 21:17:40 GMT
No.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Mar 16, 2020 21:34:03 GMT
Went today for a usual grocery jaunt. Shelves all pretty normal again except for toilet paper.
I think the vibe around here is that retailers will soon either choose to shut &/or forced for a week or so. Malls have chopped their hours to 11am-7pm, essentially one shift for employees. Large groups of ppl are already being discouraged if not already demanded.
Anyways, I've got food in the house to last a couple weeks if work doesn't want me in, & if I don't have to go out for it, I won't have to now.
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Post by Nora on Mar 16, 2020 23:13:04 GMT
Just got back from the store and there was carnage in the aisles, with tins especially in short supply. They had 3 types of noodles left, and all 3 were chicken flavour. i really wonder what people are thinking like WHY they are panic shopping, what is it going to do for them at all? Either food supply will still work and they will be able to get essential food, maybe not every day the stuff they want like fig flavored triangle shaped precut prepackaged 10year old extra sharp cheddar, but they will be able to get some food. OR they wont and at that point no food would help them, because people with guns will be pillaging around and unless you have an armed nuclear shelter ready nothing will really help you. i blame the media for spreading the panic without focusing enough on the overall msg "this is not the end of days/food supply is nowhere near immediate jeopardy". Both CNN and FOX are pissing me of with their fear mongering headlines.
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Post by Jonesy1 on Mar 16, 2020 23:29:10 GMT
It's not possible for me to panic buy because there is nothing left in the shops to buy because of dickheads panic buying.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2020 23:59:55 GMT
No, I have plenty of everything to be perfectly fine for several months. Not from panic buying but just normal shopping habits. This includes a fully stocked bar and cases of wine. You know, the essentials! The only thing I'd probably miss would be milk and eggs.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 17, 2020 1:30:18 GMT
Unfortunately I didn't, because now I can't. Meat is gone, water is gone, I'm sharing one bottle of hand sanitizer.
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Post by maxwellperfect on Mar 17, 2020 3:49:33 GMT
Not really, but we did get some extra tp when we found some (without going out of our way to look for it). No hoarding here, by any means, and we didn't punch out an old lady to get our rolls. My girlfriend stocked up on medicines and health supplies.
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Post by shannondegroot on Mar 18, 2020 3:52:07 GMT
Hoarding may be good, because then people wouldn't have to leave the house as much and possibly catch the virus.
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Post by Utpe on Mar 18, 2020 5:52:24 GMT
I lucked out and purchased toiletries a week before the widespread fear ensued. But certain food items such as milk, tuna, and mayonnaise cannot be found at my local supermarkets. I wish I had picked them up in one run.
I'm still baffled as to why people are hoarding TP and hand sanitizer. Diarrhea from the virus? Soap and water not readily available? Price gougers looking to make a quick buck?
Hopefully, things will go back to being somewhat normal by the beginning of April.
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Post by Jonesy1 on Mar 18, 2020 9:28:22 GMT
No. I already have enough canned food, medicine etc. Gatherings of 10 people or more have now been prohibited in Finland today, so this is a good excuse for me to buy chocolate, bacon, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, pizza and beer. As long as we don't all come out of this, looking like land whales:
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Post by TutuAnimationPrincess on Mar 18, 2020 13:09:09 GMT
Nope, my shopping routines have remained normal. A couple things I would buy like soup and pasta have been largely sold out but I'll live.
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Post by maxwellperfect on Mar 19, 2020 4:54:56 GMT
Hoarding may be good, because then people wouldn't have to leave the house as much and possibly catch the virus. I would hope that the people who bought a hundred rolls of t.p. wouldn't continue to pillage the local dollar stores. I can just imagine them huddled in their apocalypse bunkers, semi-automatics strapped across their chests, saying "Come and get us, Godless Virus!"
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Post by movieliker on Mar 19, 2020 23:50:26 GMT
I am, a little. I got more cat food than usual and some frozen pizzas. The ramen noodle aisle only has some shrimp and soy flavor left. No.
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Post by movieliker on Mar 20, 2020 0:59:04 GMT
I am, a little. I got more cat food than usual and some frozen pizzas. The ramen noodle aisle only has some shrimp and soy flavor left. No. I don't know where you live. But here in America, I suspect this whole grocery shortage will be over in about 1 or 2 weeks.
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Post by Nora on Mar 20, 2020 17:52:07 GMT
I don't know where you live. But here in America, I suspect this whole grocery shortage will be over in about 1 or 2 weeks. yep. plus i still dont see much of it at all. i mean there is still plenty food every where I checked.
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Post by movieliker on Mar 20, 2020 17:58:17 GMT
I don't know where you live. But here in America, I suspect this whole grocery shortage will be over in about 1 or 2 weeks. yep. plus i still dont see much of it at all. i mean there is still plenty food every where I checked. Nobody is threatening to shut down the farms, the trucks, the grocery stores, the pharmacies, or the factories and labs that make the drugs. Not domestically or internationally. Most of those jobs are - by defintion - characterized by social distancing. Eventually all the panic buyers are 1) gonna be stocked up and not need anymore groceries. And 2) all the panic buyers are gonna see the stocking up for the "zombie apocalypse" was an overreaction. Either way, panic buying will stop. Not to mention, eventually more and more people will return to work.
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Post by Honolulu on Mar 22, 2020 20:56:09 GMT
I tried but then I just gave up. I guess it's not my thing. Normally I stock up on things anyway so I'm good for a while. Some aren't that lucky. Some people are bed ridden and cannot get outside to do anything so they are just left with that panicky feeling indefinitely.
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Post by CookiesNCream on Mar 23, 2020 7:03:12 GMT
I don’t understand why everybody is shopping like there is a nuclear war coming and everybody is going to be stuck in a bomb shelter for a year Most people are not smart. And not altruistic either.
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Post by CookiesNCream on Mar 23, 2020 7:06:02 GMT
There was no more milk left for my cereal the last time I went to go shop last Friday...
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