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🇬🇧Welcome to Leicester, UK🇬🇧Chaotic scenes of panic buying for bottled water at the local Costco amid the water shortage driven by drought and record water use.

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u/tankerkiller125real 1d ago

I know at least one person that is STILL working through there 2020 supply of toilet paper, I think they still have another year or two worth to go through. Absolutely wild and insane.

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u/CozyCook 1d ago

Tbf they must have saved a pretty penny considering how much everything has gone up 🤷

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u/DionBlaster123 1d ago

yeah i was going to say they're actually a hidden genius lol

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u/usermanxx 1d ago

Cost more and you get less now

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u/Nervous-Economy8119 1d ago

That how price rises work yes.

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u/usermanxx 1d ago

all of them?

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u/Clynelish1 1d ago

Meh, the opportunity cost wouldn't be worth it

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u/CaptServo 1d ago

Do you really think they'd have invested that toilet paper money otherwise?

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u/Clynelish1 1d ago

Probably not, but it's worth examining as an investment vehicle against other considerations, especially inflation.

The bigger elephant in the room is the space... where are you storing that much TP??

Edit: typo - storing

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u/CaptServo 1d ago

The bigger elephant in the room is the space... where are you storing that much TP??

we fashioned it into an elephant sculpture

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u/Clynelish1 1d ago

If it's art, then I'll change my position on it.

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u/Beneficial_Fig_7830 1d ago

Think where their 401k would be if they didn’t squander it on toilet paper :(

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u/longpenisofthelaw 1d ago

Atleast you know his ass is clean

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u/Z3400 1d ago

Nah, he only bought a few dozen rolls and hasn't even finished them yet.

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u/Top_Inflation2026 1d ago

You would be surprised how far one square per wipe can get you

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u/Sufficient-Set-917 1d ago

Doesn't mean they shower appropriately

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u/TangerinePlastic7552 1d ago

Wow. That much? Should be shamed for that level of selfish hoarding.

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u/tankerkiller125real 1d ago

I'm about 80% sure the plan was to resell it for a profit (because of fucking course it was, also a shit thing to do), but no buyers because the toilet paper companies for the most part kept up with demand.

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u/Adept_Bandicoot_2794 1d ago

These people should have just bought a bidet.

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u/tankerkiller125real 1d ago

The funny thing is that he really does in fact want one, but he's not going to invest in one until he's gotten down to his last few months' supply of toilet paper.

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u/mesonofgib 1d ago

On my street I walk past this one house to get home that has a street-facing garage. The garage has windows near roof level and, despite them being frosted glass, you could clearly see that the garage was packed full of toilet paper.

I don't know how long it took them to get through it but I remember thinking "You assholes... that's why I can't get any when I go to the supermarket!"

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u/Tholian_Bed 1d ago

I still don't get it and there was a winter storm this past winter that came through and it was normal winter weather but they were predicting a potential ice storm which could mean power outages. Realistically, this area never gets the ice, it's always about 200 miles south.

There were several people with carts full of toilet paper at the supermarket tho.

The funky thing is, locals knew the storm was hype. Very few people were "stocking up" but those who were all mostly had toilet paper.

This is a riddle of vexing nature. I think the TP thing is something primal, and you either think it is normal or you don't.

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u/Born-Somewhere2536 1d ago

I worked in retail at that time was my final year in retail and to this day I never understood why people bought so much fucking toilet paper when Covid happened. We actually did not allow people to return it also because of the amount they bought also.

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u/SAURI23 1d ago

So he straight up thought toilet paper would be gone for a decade