>These people are actin' like the zombies are comin'…
Don't tell them that diabetes kills more than 200 Americans everyday. They'll be shooting kids on Easter Egg hunts in hopes to save our youth.
>Can anyone explain the run on toilet paper, it just doesn't make any sense?
Sure it does. It's one of the few essential supplies that doesn't go bad in time. Eventually, people will use it up.
Also. Worth noting that people who do have excess money like to buy shit up when it gets in high demand. Then, when said good becomes in high demand and people have no where to buy it, people will begin to sell their stash at higher mark ups. Think about concert tickets and sporting events. Very common for scalpers to buy up all available supplies just so they can control the supply and tax the sale. On a side note, many of those sporting events are now cancelled. People need new scams. TP is so hot, right now. Might as well follow the trend.
People are funny creatures. Especially, when there are 2 or moar of them together. When one sees the other with something that the first doesn't have, they immediately want. I've worked in a grocery store for years of my life. There are many different ways that we psychologically exploit consumers. Ordinarily, one would expect a full shelf of goods would be ideal to showcase to one's customers. This is not the case. In fact, consumers become intimidated by the nicely stocked shelves, and tend to buy less. Perhaps, because they don't want to take away from the pristine display. But quite often, when they see a low supply on the shelf, they don't even ask why the product has dwindled, they just grab, thinking it's a "sure bet". Since they know plenty of others had also bought what they now will, they automatically feel reassured by their purchase, no matter how ridiculous it may be.
It's crazy, but this is one of many reasons why I don't trust people in crowds. They become irrational very quickly, and easy to exploit/manipulate. The elite know this, and have been using it against the masses for centuries, if not longer.