Idiots are hoarding toilet paper because?
 

We know the idiots hoarding bottled water have zero idea about how viruses spread, the water supply, and anything, really. The toilet paper people are similarly perplexing, but their idiocy is at least worth consideration.

Can’t even wager a guess. No clue.

Everyone else is

Monkey see... Monkey do...

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Most people are idiots. Some are worse than others. This type of idiot (TP Hoarder) is taking it to a new level.

FOMO

clearly some people have a strange irrational fear of shitting themselves.

i really don't get it. worst case scenario you could even use a towel and just clean them. one pack of toilet paper last me for months, too.

All I needed was some potatos and cokes. So I head straight to the cokes (left wall) then the potatos (back on the west wall). Then decided to grab some coffee, way back east. So I head east from being far west, didn't take long to figure out I had made a big mistake, for some reason the flow was east to west and I was going the wrong way, I couldn't help but think of......

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It was totally crazy, I should have started coughing that would have cleared a path.

It seems stupid and selfish to me but I suppose if I'm sitting around with a chapped ass I will wish I followed them.

At first, when the shelves were getting bare I thought it was small business panicking buying it up. The public seeing this panicked seeing this and became the next wave of hoarding.

I'm looking forward to seeing all the weight gained when people go back to work. I had to change the way I shopped when I went virtual otherwise I'd graze like a ****ing cow all day. I'm seeing people clear shelves of shit food with directives to work from home indefinitely.

The Covid-19lbs

There is no shortage of TP, the stores will be restocked plus some soon. So it is not particularly selfish, just incredibly stupid.

I bought the last two 12 packs of TP in my town and traded one for a 15 pack of beer. Win!

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I don't call three weeks 'soon'.

Because they are afraid they are going to have a dirty old ass!

You get some nut jobs that start buying it by the pickup load because they have shit for brains and are paranoid. Toilet paper starts running low and everyone else starts buying it because they are afraid it is going to run out, basically buying in self defense. "If I don't load up now, I won't be able to ever get it again!" mentality. It's a messed up cycle. There are a lot of things disappearing rapidly out there. Pet food is rolling off the shelves, which is another example and God only knows what else. I know meat was getting skinny in the Grocery store I was in yesterday as well. People have gone completely off the rails.

The only thing that would not make self incarceration work. No TP

I began stocking at least 4 months of TP and TP in the house back in the late '90s because I'm lazy. I hate having to go to the store to buy stupid shit like that every month. And it's cheap, so why not? Of course for one person that doesn't shit 6 times a day this isn't a big deal. Even when I was married, my wife saw the reason in it, so we kept it up (would've anyway even if she didn't, but at least she could be rational occasionally).

I actually don't understand why everyone doesn't have at least a few months of TP in their house.

But this hoarding of it now is just reeruned. Some friend of a friend on FB just announced a few days ago that she spend the day driving around her state buying nothing but TP and PT; nearly $3,000. WTF? Does she need $1,500 of TP for a month or two? How often does she shit? How many squares does she need for one shit? 50?

Are some of you idjits putting yourselves in debt over TP?

Because three seashells are even harder to find in Denver.

Duh.

This kind of reminds of one the the big gun/ammo runs back around 2001 or whenever it was. I went into a LGS to pick a gun that I'd ordered, and the place was a madhouse. People just sweeping boxes of ammo into carts, with no regard for what they we taking. I watched some fool walk up to the counter and point at a half a dozen semi-auto rifles and request 5 each. Then he asked what caliber they were. He never even picked one up to look at it.

People are in panic mode and just buying crap like TP and bottled water because they saw it on TV or FB. Not a whit of wit among them. The sheep are stampeding.

I have a 1980s bathroom in my house (renovating). It has a bidet so I’m feeling pretty smug. Never used it but quite curious

Bidets are awesome. Why wouldn't you use it?

Most people are just really stupid and easily influenced by other people that are equally dumb. If you ever want to lose faith in humanity, just visit any Walmart.

The first group of people who were hoarding toilet paper were stupidly caught up in the COVID-19 hysteria and now the rest of us have no choice but to panic buy as well since the in-store inventory is so low.

Hahaha, **** you sheep! Going to literally wipe your asses to death!:evil:

https://preview.redd.it/eeelgnp9dnl4...=webp&8b688f06

It was really interesting to me that the Walmart TP shelves were completely empty while Target was still fully stocked. Of course, that changed after a few days and Target was bare as well. It was simply interesting that the extreme idiots appear to prefer teh Walmarts.

We get ours through subscribe and save. We're stupid and forgot to skip it several months in a row so we have a lot in the basement.

I’ve been on the sprayer so I had no idea it was a thing. It’s such a thing that it’s a thing in SCOTT CITY KANSAS. What the **** assholes?

LMAO

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People still don't know how to use the three seashells? Wow, this society really is stupid.

I believe it's because the media started reporting that costco and other places were selling out of toilet paper and like NPC's they all started rushing for the TP.

Sadly, this is pretty much the case. Especially with the prospect of things continuing to spiral out of control.

Personally, we had plenty of TP on hand, but bought a single extra package just in case. There are only two of us, so we easily have enough now to last a few months.

I figure if we end up running out at that point, asswipe will be the least of our worries.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. People were too stupid to realize that there is/was no shortage of anything necessary to survive. So instead they panicked about the virus, hoarded items (which other people saw), created a shortage, and now we have a halfway panic going.

On the plus side, there is only so much that people can hoard. Unless this is going to kickstart the real estate market and people will be forced to buy bigger homes to make room for their mountains of toilet paper.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/t....co/YPeXEot79a

It was assholes.

I installed a bidet seat on my toilet about 2 months ago.

I'm feeling great about life and great about my shiny clean butthole.

A lot of small businesses buy TP cleaning supplies etc from big box stores such as Costco and Sams Club. Sams Club doesn't allow regular members in till after 10AM business members at 8AM. I was at the Sams right after 10AM a couple of weeks ago and saw vehicles at the pickup having those big carts being offloaded into trucks and vans full of TP paper towels and cleaning stuff. Folks come in after to shop and see the TP nearly gone when it's normally full up in rafters and the hoarding commences.

How do you know it's shiny?

People are extremely selfish idiots.

I know most of you like to make fun of people who live in Florida. But people in Florida know how to store extra water and TP from Hurricane Preparedness. Especially those of us that live on islands.

What kind of idiot lives on an island in the middle of a hurricane zone? That’s like living in a treehouse in Tulsa Oklahoma.

I went to Whole Foods today and it wasn’t too bad. I didn’t even check for TP because we didn’t need any. It seemed pretty normal there although they were low on some random items like bananas, granola and spaghetti. Other than that it was pretty normal. It may cost more to shop there, but it’s definitely worth it to not have to deal with Walmart.

My Walgreen’s was keeping packs of TP behind the checkout and limiting customers to one. I told them I appreciated that.

Talked to several people while running errands today and was encouraged by how many were rolling their eyes at the hoarders.

I wonder how many TP hoarding idiots we have on CP?

It's selfish... someone at work yesterday said they went to three different stores to find some because they actually needed some TP. And someone started grabbing a bunch, so they grabbed more than they needed because **** everyone.

The ripple effect of otherwise intelligent people who are actually out of TP and are now doing the same thing is kind of dumb... to your point, stores will restock. But, I don't entirely blame those people for taking an extra package just in case.

Just checked Amazon, plenty of TP of every brand and style available. I could have it delivered to my house within 2 hours if I needed some.

BEP! BEP! BEP!

Why hoarding bottled water too?

Does no one drink tap water anymore?

You must have a special Amazon.

It took me an entire night just to find some at a gas station. And I was only looking because we were getting low and I have three kids.

In the last two days I’ve spent about $400 on groceries. No point in not stocking up on food that I know were going to need and might not be there the next time I have to shop.

Which brands are you seeing as available? I just checked Amazon as well and every brand of toilet paper says "Out of Stock" to my LA zip code.

Same for Barilla and DeCecco pasta: Out of Stock

Costco.com is also out of stock for TP and pasta.

People that think their face is a ass so they act like a ass and hoard toilet paper.

I would post a screenshot if I could, but in Los Angeles I am looking at PrimeNow delivery options and see Quilted Norther, Cottonelle, 365 Everyday, Angel Soft, etc etc. I put one in my cart and requested delivery and they said it would come between 5-6pm if I wanted it.

I don't have a ton at home but there is no reason to panic so I am not ordering any.

They are worried that their coat will smell like shit and will need to be cleaned...

A few of them are the same ones declaring that Jones tweet and Reids last public statement means that he is gone.

Was at the grocery store last night buying a few things, nothing crazy. The store has put a limit of 2 on items such as hand sanitizer, TP, paper towels etc.. So we get our stuff and go to check out.

Get in line behind 3 ladies. Each had a cart filled up with the limit of all the goods everyone is wanting. When it comes to check out all 3 of them pile their stuff on the conveyor belt together and one lady pays for all of it.

What' the poor high school aged checkout kid going to do? call them out on it? Nope, just checked them out and kept the line moving.

Maybe the same ones that said the Andy is a horrible football coach and will never win a SB...

This is what I see when searching Toilet Paper on Amazon:

All brands "Out of Stock".


The only brand available is some offbrand that's made from recycled paper. Then when I click on the link for the Recycled TP, I receive this message:

Currently, there are no sellers that can deliver to your address.

Aight forget "It's 72 and Sunny in Olathe" CP meme.

The new hotness is "I can have premium toilet paper delivered to my house in 2 hours"

I'm looking at Prime Now, not the main site.

it makes no sense, I have no idea

LMAO. That seems about right.

Pasta? People are hoarding pasta? Jesus. I just bought some angel hair at Aldi and there was plenty.

That's all many people can probably cook on their own.

People should take pictures of the idiots with crap hoarded in their carts and publicly shame them online.

I thought about it earlier. Lady in front of me at Walmart had 72 rolls of TP and spent $305 in groceries

JFC

the more people keep asking this question and talking about it the more people hoard it. The news keeps rattling on about people rushing Costco so it keeps happening.

It's probably got something to do with your mother.

funny though people aren’t bum rushing the beer aisle, for which I’m thankful

Yep. I posted pics in the other thread of the aisle at Ralphs being completely empty.

I can't get it on Amazon, Target.com, Walmart.com or Costco.com.

I had no idea that pasta was so popular or that it was a "Desert Island" food.

My local store was running out of rice and ramen noodles. Just now seen all the 24 Walmarts are shutting down through the night due to lack of stock. What the hell

Same thing happened with guns and ammo, especially .22LR, after the Sandy Hook shooting.

Stores got bought out, secondary market boomed where bricks of .22LR that normally sold for $20 were being sold at gun shows for up to $175.

All other ammo was $1 per, minimum. Any AR-style gun sold for no less than $1500 regardless of brand.

Soon, everything related to guns, even reloading supplies, got scarce and expensive.

This TP scare (and Purell, face masks, cold medicine) feels the same way, and it's a shame for the people who actually run out of TP and can't get more.

Even my local supermarket and Dollar General in a town of 1200 is out of TP, but everything else is well-stocked.

The 12=48 mega-roll of Charmin Ultra Strong that normally costs $12 is now $75 online.

Amazon officially out of three seashell bathroom kits until November . . .

I think it was started based on a hoax. This picture was made by an Onion like site, and the gullible ****ers on Facebook ate it up.
https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2020/...resize=865,452

poor people are stupid and st joe is poor and stupid. there was a ton of people buying a shitload of shit rags and I couldn't even muster up the give a **** meter to give a **** .

I checked with my buddy who runs the gun counter at Cabela's and another buddy that owns a small LGS here in town; 9mm and .223 rem/5.56 NATO are gone.

I have no idea how you wipe your ass with small caliber ammunition. I'm not a big guy, but I'd need to use at least a small handful of .44 spl/.308 Win to wipe my ass properly.

Ha, now I finally have use for Granddad's antique paper shotgun shells that I'm afraid to shoot.

The hell of it is, Covid-19 doesn't even give you the shits.

Holy shit! Old shotshell hulls are made of paper!!!

Selfish and stupid. too many listening to the media hype this as the end of the world. Just like after 9/11, people were filling their tanks with gasoline because they were afraid that society would fall apart. For some reason, they fail to realize that an extra tank of gas isn't going to go very far if there is none to be had.

I was at the store today, meat section was poor (however the Sunfresh by my house is always poor) and I saw a few people loading up their carts with TP. There was plenty to be had. They are playing these people, I've never seen TP on an end cap before.