Re:Ask HN: People are panic buying. What to do?
by notacoward on Saturday March 14, 2020 @11:10AM
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> I hate it when people call it panic buying. It's not a panic.
Yes, it is, for some non-trivial percentage of the people doing the buying. There are also people who are stocking up in a more rational way, but those are irrelevant except in the sense that their rational strategy is being thwarted by the panic buyers. It's not necessary for everyone to be in a panic before the phenomenon can be considered real.
Yes, it is, for some non-trivial percentage of the people doing the buying. There are also people who are stocking up in a more rational way, but those are irrelevant except in the sense that their rational strategy is being thwarted by the panic buyers. It's not necessary for everyone to be in a panic before the phenomenon can be considered real.