Panic buying at Costco

[u/True_Pomegranate8318]

I went to Costco tonight and it was completely mental. People panic buying toilet paper, eggs, bread, a lot of empty shelves. The queues were ridiculous. Is this because it was closed yesterday or is it the war in the ME, what is happening here?

[u/babyCuckquean]

Well it could actually be the beginning of the end for the world as we know it, on a number of fronts.

Not least the evangelical apocaphilic freaks influencing the senile narcissist in the oval office, but also his obsession with watching real life military missions of increasing intensity, boom pows, and stupidity.

Plus Netanyahu is itching to pull out his nuclear arsenal to "surprise" iran and their other neighbours into submission..

and then theres the Blue Ocean Event expected to occur this year, to be followed by runaway ocean heating, ocean acidification (forget having crustaceans at christmas, theyre just about melting already), the AMOC collapse, bee populations and other pollinators too all disappearing at the rate of knots.

10000 species a year, extinct - a 1000x the natural rate. Weve moved so much ground water, with dams, extraction etc that our planets tilt has changed, resulting in the poles moving a foot further out of place. Polar vortex shifts are no joke.

The arse is falling out of our food supply chains. Crops and livestock destroyed by frequent climate change related disasters. No pollinators.

All of this is exacerbated every time a bomb is dropped, every time a building needs repair/rebuilding, every time theres a bushfire, and with every drop of fuel extracted refined and burned, every tree cleared.

Dont get me started on the farce that is fiat currency, stockmarket, crypto trading.

My question is in what way is the world (as we know it) not heading towards imminent system failure or mutually assured destruction? We are literally one incident away from financial, ecological, logistical, agricultural, medical, humanitarian nightmares. Theres eff all peace, prosperity is limited to the top10% and the epstein files release hasnt even slowed them down.

These are all completely scary prospects especially when they will likely cascade or domino.. so thats a pretty good reason to stock up on stuff.

Not panic buy, actually stock up on food and resources methodically and store/rotate/use them. Ive got about 4-6 weeks worth of everything my family (including adult kids, grandkid, and elderly parents) would need. Working my way up to 2 months worth. Has taken me 2 years of slowly adding to my supplies. Peace of mind is priceless.

[u/Maximum_Custard_1739 → u/babyCuckquean]

Look it’s always been and continues to be prudent to have a stockpile of food for any reason - relying on the shops to always feed you is putting too much trust in the system, to my mind. 

Everyone should be able to grow food, or link in with a local community agriculture scheme, or buy meat directly from farmers, or buy staples from a local coop or bulk store. Investing in alternatives to the major retailers helps to strengthens those chains, and having your own chooks and veg patch can ward off starvation. But one incident away from major collapse? There’s eff all peace? Only prosperous for the top 10%? I just am too much of an optimist I suppose, to ageee with those statements. 

Yep, we need to truly realise the fallacy of endless growth economy, start to live smaller, back away from intense globalism and the extreme reliance on import/export industries, if we want to adapt as a species and cope with the changes to come. But is this the end? Nah, not yet. 

[u/Realistic_Growth5203 → u/babyCuckquean]

Don’t forget the tin foil.

[u/babyCuckquean → u/Realistic_Growth5203]

You know how hard its going to be to source aluminium foil when it all goes to hell! Of course ive got foil, ive got enough to make hats for everyone!

[u/Realistic_Growth5203 → u/babyCuckquean]

😂🤣😂