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alaskanpiper

Enabler in Chief
May 23, 2019
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He can see russia from his backyard.. I used to know a sexy lady that said that. She was also from alaska.

Haha, If I lived in Diomede, AK that would be true! She was just in the news again yesterday, apparently for rapping "Baby Got Back" on some TV show.

I know a horrifyingly offensive, yet savagely hilarious joke about her. But it can't be shared here.
 
I can't get the picture, why on earth someone wants to hoar toilet paper, I have only seen this happening in the former Soviet Union decades ago,,
In weather panics, toilet paper is sometimes the first thing to run out. So, hearing that a panic buy is about to hit the stores, some will just go ahead and hoard it ahead of the crowd. Those that didn't hoard it, may have to wait a week to get TP. Does it make sense? No. If everyone would just remain clam... but, if you get left hanging one time after a panic buy out, you'll think differently the next time.

Then, there were false claims that TP was made in China... and that we would suspend trade with China... it was false, but it didn't help the situation.

Kleenex and all facial tissues are all embedded with lotions and shit, now, that breaks most of us out. I know I can't use it at all. It is soft to the touch, but an hour after using it, my nose breaks out and hurts, all swollen and red like a drunkard's nose. So, if I think I may be getting sick, I forgo the Kleenex and buy TP. Maybe others are thinking along these lines also. If Kleenex would just make a regular tissue... but $$$ and marketing.
 
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scloyd

Lifer
May 23, 2018
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Our local Walmart is really low (almost gone) on soft soap but there is plenty of bar soap. Go figure.
 
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We are almost out of TP and my wife went out to buy some at Target but could not get any
People are posting about the huge lines at Costco. It’s almost a jungle out there. We can’t go there.

We have a water delivery service. Those 5 gallon bottles are heavy and sometimes if I am in not in a mood for heavy lifting I would just leave them outside. Today we immediately brought the bottles inside for the fear of water bottles getting stolen.
 

diamondback

Lifer
Feb 22, 2019
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I know it is weird, but....if toilet paper is being hoarded, are tampons and such being targeted? I just found out the hard way Ibuprofen is.

Don’t know on the feminine products but the Tylenol, Ibuprofen, etc. is beginning to sell out here also (near Murfreesboro, TN) if anyone is up for a visit — all comers welcome ;)

I can understand the TP to an extent: people are scared they’ll get stuck in a mandatory quarantine and won’t have it, but do they need overflowing grocery baskets of it? ??‍♂️
 

BROBS

Lifer
Nov 13, 2019
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And the TP hoarding all started because of internet rumors that toilet paper and paper towels came from China and that they would be affected by all this. How in the fuck would that even be viable? Can you imagine huge cargo ships full of charmin? The fucking cost would be outrageous. They make that shit in the US and Canada. And now people are just buying it because everyone else is and they think they won’t be able to get it when they need.
 

chopper

Lifer
Aug 24, 2019
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That's some tin foil hat reasoning to conclude that the Chinese planned this outcome because of some long term goal. Even if you are right, they have drained Trillions and Trillions of yen off their balance sheets. They need that $$$ to pay the debt on all the infrastructure commitments (ports, internet) they have in Malaysia, Africa and Pakistan. They lost HUGE volumes of manufacturing they will NEVER get back because people diversify. China is getting crushed by this thing.
Do you always insult those with an opinion that your narrow-mindedness is unable to accept?

Only yesterday I was reading where a Chinese micro-biologist admitted that the coronavirus was engineered in the high security lab that's up the road from where it escaped.

I've been in bed for most the day and feel like crap. I really can't be bothered to find the link [With a little honest research you could find it for yourself] for the narrow-minded who only believe the propoganda spewed out by MSM.
 

briarbuck

Lifer
Nov 24, 2015
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Respectfully, I've read a number of first-hand accounts from Chinese Military Officers or scientist admitting that this was a military virus. There are wonderful and compelling stories behind each, but they're fiction in my opinion. Well written Fake news to promote an agenda.
I tend to form my opinions based on data and facts not hearsay.
If you have a video of a person outside of China saying that, I'd love to see it. But everything I've seen has been in written form and therefore unreliable.
I'm not saying that it's impossible for you to be correct. But there is no actual proof yet
 
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saintpeter

Lifer
May 20, 2017
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Went to 5 stores today, to look around. 1 out of 5 had to, and 0/5 had hand sanitizer...literally none....
I find scooping french fries out of the fryer with my bare hands kills most germs, but then I wear burlap underwear. You have to be tough to live around here.

As to who, what, when and where the virus came from, I have no idea. I am not even sure we will ever have proof positive as to the full back story.
 
I'm not sure I understand what it matters where it came from. I definitely don't understand why a country would kill off a random huge portion of their own population. What I do understand is that what matters is the importance of just doing what is necessary to slow down the spread so that we don't over run our own medical infrastructure, killing more of our own population. A virus knows no politics nor nationalities nor race. Liberal, conservative, or non-political alike, we all have to keep safe and protect our loved ones. But, for some of us, humor makes the seriousness a little easier to deal with. It is so much better to hunt for food and toilet paper in crowds full of selfish crazed maniacs if you can keep a smile and good nature and crack a joke or two. It's better than just blowing people away over freaking toilet paper. Or, driving up the level of craziness with junk that has no bearing on the mess we are all in.

I hope that if there is a maniacal genius who can make a disease and kill off their fellow human beings with utter disregard for life, that when this is all said and done that they meet a fate worse than death. But, for now, I will do my best to keep love as my driving force, keep my family and friends safe, and hopefully lighten people's moods with a few jokes to pass along some positivity in the face of the shit storm.
 
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