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		IAmGraydon 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal I've asked the same question. I think people are so pampered in western societies that the worst thing they can possibly imagine is not being able to wipe their ass with a fresh piece of toilet paper.

rightbyte 10 months ago [–]

What, no. The toilet paper hysteria began in Hong Kong.

And the irrational urge to panic buy toilet paper became rational since enough people were irrationally buying it.

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