Conversation

Notices

1. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2020 02:30:47 UTC Stephen Sekula
   "Fear and shopping in the time of coronavirus" “sold out of bottled water?” by Klara Kim is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Things people panic-buy (and stores seem to have run out of) when faced with a serious respiratory virus: Toilet paperTissuePaper towelsCleaning suppliesOatmealFresh BeefFresh ChickenPastaMilkFresh vegetables, including avocadosFrozen vegetablesEggsBreadYellow onionsBottled water Things people do not buy (still well in-stock) when faced with a serious … Continue reading "Fear and shopping in the time of coronavirus" https://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2020/03/14/fear-and-shopping-in-the-time-of-coronavirus/ ( Feed URL: http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/feed/ )
   • Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin@status.hackerposse.com)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Mar-2020 12:21:19 UTC Joshua Judson Rosen

     in reply to
     @steve another class of items that seem to be conspicuously not sold out is #birth-control. Expect to see a spike in births around December/January....
     "Stuck indoors, scared and bored and frustrated and in need of human contact" is the sort of situation that breeds....
   • Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin@status.hackerposse.com)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Mar-2020 15:41:42 UTC Joshua Judson Rosen

     in reply to
     @steve I really wonder about the rush on things like #eggs..., and REALLY hope nobody's got the bright idea to try to #DIY #vaccine after reading one of those "if you're allergic to eggs" flu-vaccine pamphlets....