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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

the answer wasn't to lie

now, maybe you're right and it was a noble lie. But also maybe that was the truth and they're lying now and we don't really need to wear masks. Either way, you can't use a known liar as a source now, it's not a reliable source.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I'm not going to defend them, I'm not happy with them either. As people once again horde paper towels, toliet paper, lysol wipes, and rubbing alcohol -- I also won't defend that side.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

what if maybe hording these things is a good idea

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It hasn't been so far.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

but what if. I mean I'm not really predicting because I don't know the future but I think this might be the new normal and the reason for hording these things is not cuz of covid, but because the economy is never going to recover and just get worse so these things won't be made anymore, or go up in price as they're harder to get from china. I am glad I'm stocked up for this second wave anyway. It's good to be a prepper, it takes risk out of not knowing the future.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When Hurricane Karina fucked up the infrastructure for a few weeks about the only thing worth anything was fuel. We turned down cash, gold, and jewelry for car rides with what little gas we had because gold is awesome but without fuel we're all stuck in a relatively small radius. It was literally priceless.

If you think the economy is going to collapse, it's gasoline that will be the top commodity. I don't think it will though, but I wouldn't mind a small hoard of that just in case.