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Single toilet paper roll sells for $1000 as coronavirus panic-buying reaches new level
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Single toilet paper roll sells for $1000 as coronavirus panic-buying reaches new level
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A commercial news website reports on the panic buying of toilet paper. URL for full article here: https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/single-toilet-paper-roll-sells-for-1000-as-coronavirus-panic-buying-reaches-new-level-c-729542
In Australia, supermarket shelves were stripped of many essential items once people understood how serious the pandemic was, but the one that became a national obsession was toilet paper. People were filling trolleys with packs of toilet paper as soon as they realised lockdowns might be ordered. Major supermarkets eventually instituted 2 packs per person limits. A black market emerged online. There were many many memes, videos, articles, as well as serious analysis of this phenomenon.
The irony is that toilet paper is in fact produced in Australia, so it was never going to run out.
So this was an opportunity for us to think about human irrationality and panic; local and global manufacturing (and ignorance of this); enjoy humour as a response... and so much more.
Also an opportunity to think about what people used before toilet paper was the norm - squares of newspaper, leaves etc!
Suddenly ads for bidets appeared in our newsfeeds as well!
In Australia, supermarket shelves were stripped of many essential items once people understood how serious the pandemic was, but the one that became a national obsession was toilet paper. People were filling trolleys with packs of toilet paper as soon as they realised lockdowns might be ordered. Major supermarkets eventually instituted 2 packs per person limits. A black market emerged online. There were many many memes, videos, articles, as well as serious analysis of this phenomenon.
The irony is that toilet paper is in fact produced in Australia, so it was never going to run out.
So this was an opportunity for us to think about human irrationality and panic; local and global manufacturing (and ignorance of this); enjoy humour as a response... and so much more.
Also an opportunity to think about what people used before toilet paper was the norm - squares of newspaper, leaves etc!
Suddenly ads for bidets appeared in our newsfeeds as well!
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03/04/2020
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09/20/2020
11/09/2020
3/30/21
05/18/2022
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