Current Events > I'm still really confused on why coronavirus made people buy toilet paper

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Vaati_Reborn
03/13/20 8:33:25 AM
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I mean the whole thing seems like a successful media fearmongering campaign but why toilet paper? I don't remember any other sweeping flu/disease having people grab up endless tp someone explain


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Foppe
03/13/20 8:34:26 AM
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If you are going to barricade yourself at home, you dont want to run out of tp.

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Spiderman23JII
03/13/20 8:36:28 AM
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Foppe posted...
If you are going to barricade yourself at home, you dont want to run out of tp.

just hop in the shower and spread your buttcheeks. I do this sometimes already.

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The Trent
03/13/20 8:37:15 AM
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Spiderman23JII posted...
just hop in the shower and spread your buttcheeks. I do this sometimes already.

Seriously
You have a tap for water
You have a shower to wash your ass

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Cranie
03/13/20 8:37:39 AM
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Foppe posted...
If you are going to barricade yourself at home, you dont want to run out of tp.

Most people shit only once a day if that. You could just make it part of your shower routine.
Hoarding canned goods and bottled water seems like a more important thing if you are going to stay isolated for an extended period.
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El Mexicano Texano
03/13/20 8:37:44 AM
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It's to prevent you from having to come out. The least time you go out, the less likely you will be exposed to it.

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Master_Happosai
03/13/20 8:37:50 AM
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Diarrhea?
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Master_Happosai
03/13/20 8:38:50 AM
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Cranie posted...
Most people shit only once a day if that. You could just make it part of your shower routine.
Hoarding canned goods and bottled water seems like a more important thing if you are going to stay isolated for an extended period.
If you have a Woman in the house, they use TP when they pee too
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uwnim
03/13/20 8:39:52 AM
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Master_Happosai posted...
If you have a Woman in the house, they use TP when they pee too
You dont need like a hundred mega rolls though.

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I is smart
03/13/20 8:46:24 AM
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El Mexicano Texano posted...
It's to prevent you from having to come out. The least time you go out, the less likely you will be exposed to it.


Except the idiots are still going to have to go out for food by the time they get through their first pack. Every fuckwit I've seen stockpiling toilet paper wasn't buying any long lasting food in any meaningful quantity. They sure were buying out the entire bread aisle though, no need for anything with more than a 2-3 week shelf life for these morons.
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Master_Happosai
03/13/20 8:48:09 AM
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uwnim posted...
You dont need like a hundred mega rolls though.
You would if you have a few daughters lol.
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gatorsPENSbucs
03/13/20 8:56:00 AM
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People suggesting not wiping, I hope youre just joking.

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DevsBro
03/13/20 9:11:54 AM
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I so don't get why it made the stock market have a stroke.

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Vaati_Reborn
03/13/20 9:22:59 AM
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DevsBro posted...
I so don't get why it made the stock market have a stroke.
i guess because of everything getting cancelled and closed?

i barely know what the stock market is but thats my assumption lmao

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NeoShadowhen
03/13/20 9:32:29 AM
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It is partly mass hysteria. People see others grabbing it up and they feel like maybe they should be doing the same thing. Also, people might only have a few rolls at home and think that if it all gets bought up they wont be able to get anymore.

As for the grabbing of giant amounts of it, that is a coping mechanism. The packages of toilet paper are large. People feel the urge to stock up and prepare, and several giant things of toilet paper is very big. Look how big my preparation is. It temporarily alleviates the anxiety they are feeling.
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DevsBro
03/13/20 9:32:53 AM
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Vaati_Reborn posted...
i guess because of everything getting cancelled and closed?

i barely know what the stock market is but thats my assumption lmao
I didn't know that had been happening that long. The market has been crashing for a couple of weeks.

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chrono625
03/13/20 9:34:15 AM
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This is absolutely showing us humanity as a whole would crumble in days in the event of an actual disaster.

we have people hoarding fucking TP.


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DocDelicious
03/13/20 9:34:20 AM
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Really?
It's part of the paper industry.
Think about what else is made of paper, and how that relates to the medical industry.

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SpudForce
03/13/20 9:35:15 AM
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I just bought a large pack because more than likely I'll be working from home in the very near future.

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uwnim
03/13/20 9:36:18 AM
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Master_Happosai posted...
You would if you have a few daughters lol.
That still sounds excessive. Like if theyd use 4x the toilet paper, that would be like a roll a week per girl.

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ALIEN_WORK2HOP
03/13/20 9:36:46 AM
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because I guess the most important thing to our species is to be able to take a shit in comfort before dying?

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DundiesAward
03/13/20 9:37:22 AM
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I remember seeing on reddit it started because someone who stocked the toilet paper at a store came to work late. So that aisle was empty. Someone took a pic and it went viral making people think it possible for stores to run out leading to more panic buying which actually did empty stores for real.

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KillerSlaw
03/13/20 9:39:11 AM
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People are fucking stupid is why.

Went to the store. Out of TP, bottled water and Hand Sanitizer

Know what they were not out of?

Canned goods
Dry goods
Water Barrels
Flour

Not even beef jerky was sold out.


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eston
03/13/20 9:39:49 AM
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What I find mind-blowing about it is that it's not just the US. I was seeing stuff on social media about people buying all the toilet paper in Australia a couple weeks ago

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ZevLoveDOOM
03/13/20 9:39:56 AM
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cause people are idiots.
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Ghetto_Turtle
03/13/20 9:40:15 AM
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Stupid people do stupid things tc
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Lebronwon
03/13/20 9:42:49 AM
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KillerSlaw posted...
People are fucking stupid is why.

Went to the store. Out of TP, bottled water and Hand Sanitizer

Know what they were not out of?

Canned goods
Dry goods
Water Barrels
Flour

Not even beef jerky was sold out.

Yeah surprised at all the can food I still see on shelves. Best thing about this is my local store is doing a clearance sale on frozen foods since people stopped buying them for some reason. It hilarious. We still going to have electricity so buying frozen food it alright. Bought a bunch before the store threw the stuff out.

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E32005
03/13/20 9:42:50 AM
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people are stupid and panicky

they see other people do something stupid so they think have to do something stupid as well.

most people are pretty dumb
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DevsBro
03/13/20 9:43:19 AM
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eston posted...
What I find mind-blowing about it is that it's not just the US. I was seeing stuff on social media about people buying all the toilet paper in Australia a couple weeks ago
Huh, I thought only Americans used toilet paper these days.

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Metua
03/13/20 9:43:36 AM
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It's a great time to own a bidet!

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SuperVegitoFAN
03/13/20 9:44:21 AM
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The Trent posted...
Seriously
You have a tap for water
You have a shower to wash your ass

Seriously

And soap is easier to hoard, cause its smaller.

Why TP of all things, why not Soap? WHY NOT FOOD?

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LostForest
03/13/20 9:48:46 AM
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I honestly fucking think it's like Dundies said. One person posted a pic about it, and it became a meme that spiraled out of control, actually convincing people to run it and but it all.

Like, I have chronic stomach issues, so I use more toilet paper than your average person. Yet even then, me and my wife only buy a new pack like once a month or two.

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Thompson
03/13/20 9:50:40 AM
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SuperVegitoFAN posted...
Why TP of all things, why not Soap? WHY NOT FOOD?
Have you tried to wipe your arse clean with a can of beans? It doesn't work!

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chrono625
03/13/20 9:50:55 AM
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LostForest posted...
I honestly fucking think it's like Dundies said. One person posted a pic about it, and it became a meme that spiraled out of control, actually convincing people to run it and but it all.

Like, I have chronic stomach issues, so I use more toilet paper than your average person. Yet even then, me and my wife only buy a new pack like once a month or two.

I think my wife and I go through a mega pack from BJs every 3-4 months at minimum.

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SuperVegitoFAN
03/13/20 9:51:35 AM
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Thompson posted...
Have you tried to wipe your arse clean with a can of beans? It doesn't work!

No, but i have done it with soap. Quicker, cleaner and more effective, even though it leaves you soaked.

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Ivynn
03/13/20 9:58:39 AM
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People are dumb and have not discovered the wonders of the bidet.

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Dabrikishaw15
03/13/20 11:03:39 AM
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El Mexicano Texano posted...
It's to prevent you from having to come out. The least time you go out, the less likely you will be exposed to it.
I guess this is the main reason. I work at a commissary and had to overstock toilet paper last night because the isle was cleaned out over the scare,

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MrSpaM111
03/13/20 11:09:13 AM
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El Mexicano Texano posted...
It's to prevent you from having to come out. The least time you go out, the less likely you will be exposed to it.

Everybody who is stock piling toilet roll is a jobless bum confirmed

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TwoDoorPC
03/13/20 11:14:23 AM
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from what i heard, a rumor got out that tp is mainly made in china (it's not) and there was going to be a shortage, so some people started panic buying, then other people started panic buying because other people were panic buying, and it just snowballed from there

in other words, there was a rumor there was going to be a shortage, so people in their usual mass hysteria ways went about to make that rumor true

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Starmieketone
03/13/20 11:15:17 AM
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The madness of crowds.

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Santo3485
03/13/20 11:18:26 AM
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Herd mentality caused by fear and greed.

There will always be sheeps in societies.

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chrono625
03/13/20 11:21:07 AM
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MrSpaM111 posted...
Everybody who is stock piling toilet roll is a jobless bum confirmed

As it is I dont shit out in public toilets if I can help it. So even if I maintained my bowel movements to strictly home my TP consumption doesnt change.

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coolboy11
03/13/20 11:21:18 AM
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imagine in the year of our lord 2020 not buying your toilet paper in bulk from Sam's or Cotsco lmao.

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Bio1590
03/13/20 11:26:08 AM
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Basically, the first wave was doomsday preppers/insane people mass buying in a panic "in case the country gets shut down for an extended period of time" or some shit like that.

Then there was a second wave that was a response to the first wave.

Then there was a third wave that was a response to the second wave.

A fourth wave in response to the third.

And on, and on, and on.
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Bio1590
03/13/20 11:26:53 AM
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coolboy11 posted...
imagine in the year of our lord 2020 not buying your toilet paper in bulk from Sam's or Cotsco lmao.

People are clearing those places in minutes
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Strider102
03/13/20 11:28:37 AM
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Yeah the nearest Sam's Club has absolutely no toilet paper. They even has this sign up saying their out and don't know when they'll get more in stock.

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CADE FOSTER
03/13/20 11:37:05 AM
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I am stocking up on bottlecaps our currency of the future
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coolboy11
03/13/20 11:37:35 AM
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Bio1590 posted...
People are clearing those places in minutes
I bought a Member's Mark set in damn September and still have enough rolls for about another 3-4 months lol, those of us who pre buy toilet paper are sitting pretty right now.

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CADE FOSTER
03/13/20 11:38:40 AM
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the only option at grocery stores is 20 dollars for 96 rolls bought 2 of those
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chrono625
03/13/20 1:16:54 PM
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Its 2020 and humanity is getting dumber every day.

what an embarassment.

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