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[–] rickki6 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

lOl!

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[–] joeneesima 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

There was a TP shortage in the 70's...nothing new under the sun...will we ever learn?


Some snippets from the article:

The Great Toilet Paper Scare of 1973

For most Americans, 1973 was marred by shortages. In the year’s first few months, the stock market crashed and lost over 45% of its value -- one of the worst declines in history. In October, an Arab oil embargo sparked an ongoing crisis that saw gas rise from $3 per barrel to nearly $12 per barrel. Quietly, the U.S. spiraled into a period of economic stagnation and malaise it hadn't seen since the Great Depression (albeit, much less serious).

Gasoline, electricity, and onions were heavily reported as goods and services that were in limited supply, and Americans cultivated a “shortage psychology.” Then, right in the midst of this economic turmoil, a toilet paper scare ignited a communal panic attack. Perhaps the most memorable shortage in a decade of shortages, it involved government officials, a famous television personality, a respected congressman, droves of reporters, and industrial executives -- but it was the consumers themselves who were ultimately blamed.

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In the climate of shortages, oil scares, and economic duress, Froelich’s claim was absorbed without an iota of doubt, and the media ran wild with it. Wire services, radio hosts, and international correspondents all sensationalized the story; words like “may” and “potentially” were lost in translation, and the shortage was reported as a doomed truth. Television stations aired footage from the Scott Paper Company -- one of the ten largest producers in the U.S. -- of toilet paper rolls shooting off the production line.

The ground had been set for a consumer panic; all it needed was a spark to ignite it. When Johnny Carson cracked a joke about toilet paper on his television talk show, things got serious. “You know, we’ve got all sorts of shortages these days,” he told 20 million viewers. “But have you heard the latest? I’m not kidding. I saw it in the papers. There’s a shortage of toilet paper!”

Absolute madness ensued. Millions of Americans swarmed grocery outlets and hoarded all the toilet paper they could get their hands on. “I heard it on the news, so I brought 15 extra rolls,” one customer told The New York Times. “For my baby shower,” said another, “I told my party guests to bring toilet paper.” In the chaos, company officers and industry leaders told the public to remain calm; store owners ordered astronomical quantities of toilet paper, and set limits of two rolls per customer. Nobody seemed to play by the rules.

“If people wouldn’t hoard and get so excited about this, everything would be okay,” a supermarket executive told the St. Petersburg Times. He subsequently increased his toilet paper from 39 cents to 69 per roll, but customers still cleared his shelves each day. Merchandisers struggled to re-stock supplies, as the boxcars they relied on for shipments were in high demand by thousands of other stores.

For four long months, toilet paper was a rare commodity. It was bartered and traded, and a black market even emerged before the whole ordeal subsided in February of 1974. Slowly but surely, the American public realized that there had never been a shortage to begin with: rather, it had been artificially created by a pop culture frenzy.


https://priceonomics.com/the-great-toilet-paper-scare-of-1973/


I was pretty young at the time (ahem...) but I do remember it being on the news...which my folks watched every day on the Tee-Vee.

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[–] PeggyGilmour ago 

When Johnny Carson, late night talk host, made a joke of it, they blamed him for causing more TP shortage since everyone went out and bought it all out.

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[–] unchainedmind 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

that is about the year we got off the gold standard and started to print the fed's monopoly money. Fascinating!!

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[–] kishind ago 

1971 bucked the gold standard because ww2 debts were promises of gold.

1973 was the year minimum wage had the most buying power. Marked by shortages, hmm...

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[–] NewSouthernBelle ago 

Interesting observation!

So maybe it's now when we go back on the gold standard.

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[–] amenanon [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Thanks for sharing that. It's probably the same people reliving the whole toilet paper panic of 1973. wow!

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[–] Smells_Like_Tacos 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I meet a trucker with full load of Charmin. He pulled up at his house. Broke a few out of the pallet and on his way. I'm like wtf

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[–] aiiin1 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Its Charmageddon

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[–] Zadim 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

The street value exceeds the same weight of cocaine

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[–] KosherHiveKicker 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Never get high on your own Two-ply.

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[–] Zadim 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

That is a rule to live by!

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[–] Floppyhorsecock 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

I picture a fast and furious on the highway kind of heist. I can totally see Vin Diesel tossing a roll to Paul Walker, 'here ya go kid, you earned it'.

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[–] ihatejunkiemail 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

bet they shit in their pants when they got caught

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[–] wasupwitdis 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

but they had enough tp to take care of it lol

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[–] StormRanger 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

I just don't understand this toilet paper thing. Must be mass hypnosis. Like the dog and the food bell thing. I know if I thought the zombie apocalypse was upon me I would have at least grabbed some Raman and a couple cans of beans.

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[–] Glasswall 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I think the toilet paper buyout is a psyop.

Think about it. In a country where the news media has zero credibility on any topic, what could convince a population that a threat is real and not a media hoax or political game?

Empty shelves.

So some intelligence agency or action group pays a bunch of unemployed niggers to do mass buyouts of something.

But what? Canned food? Too expensive. Too heavy.

What can you wipe off the shelves and cause a shortage of with a very moderate budget?

Bread, TP, bulk shit like that.

Buy out a few stores, take some pictures, upload some videos of niggers fighting over TP like its the last bucket of chicken and you can convince an entire country that there is an emergency... and they need TP!

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[–] Smells_Like_Tacos ago 

Neve forget the great chiggun madness of 2019/2020.

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[–] verboten 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

This was a worldwide psyop, and now they topped it with a false flag heist..