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First, Toilet Paper Got Wiped Out. Then Eggs Disappeared. Now, Civilization is Teetering on the Edge of Some True Disasters.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic we all learned how to behave during a life-threatening shortage of a critical resource … you know, like toilet paper.
That was the precious, and essential, resource, that had nothing whatsoever to do with the pandemic, but that everyone decided to lose their minds over.
People hoarded. In-store TP rationing became all the rage. The press went wild with TP-related stories. Prices rose. Supplies fell, then became non-existent. Stinky fingers got pointed. Heads rolled. Eventually even corn cobs and leaves got called into service as the crisis deepened.
Then enough unmasked and unvaxxed morons found something else to capture their limited attention spans and the great TP terror got flushed away.
And, like I said, we all learned how to behave during a life-threatening shortage of a critical resource. And, how to pay attention to some truly important shit.
Now it’s eggs.
And predictably … since we’re such good learners: