Man who stockpiled hand sanitizer donates it all ahead of investigation

Re:Man who stockpiled hand sanitizer donates it all ahead of... by smnrchrds on Sunday March 15, 2020 @10:05PM (#22589026)

I am curious, why were onions specifically banned? I imagine they had some reason to believe onions were uniquely susceptible to this kind of marker manipulation in a way that potatoes, garlic, cucumber, etc. aren't. But I cannot think of how onions are unique in this respect.

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Re:Man who stockpiled hand sanitizer donates it all ahead of... by H8crilA on Sunday March 15, 2020 @10:37PM (#22589233)

Mass outrage. Kind of what happens to the guy from OP (I'm not saying he's a good guy, he clearly isn't). Never underestimate the madness of the crowds.

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Re:Man who stockpiled hand sanitizer donates it all ahead of... by eru on Sunday March 15, 2020 @10:58PM (#22589363)

Because the guy specifically tried to corner the onion market and the response was a re-action, not a pro-active one.

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Re:Man who stockpiled hand sanitizer donates it all ahead of... by smnrchrds on Sunday March 15, 2020 @11:05PM (#22589415)

Weren't they afraid he or a copycat would corner potato market the next year, green pepper the next, cotton the next, etc.?

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Re:Man who stockpiled hand sanitizer donates it all ahead of... by H8crilA on Sunday March 15, 2020 @11:16PM (#22589473)

I am fairly confident in the simple interpretation of a mob of angry farmers demanding that something be done right now.

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Re:Man who stockpiled hand sanitizer donates it all ahead of... by eru on Sunday March 15, 2020 @11:29PM (#22589550)

And some calmer heads might have prevented the outrage spreading too much?

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Re:Man who stockpiled hand sanitizer donates it all ahead of... by megablast on Monday March 16, 2020 @12:35AM (#22589994)

Because it happened to onions.

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