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Re:The state of the restaurant industry by Chris2048 on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @08:08AM (#22615680)
> are buying crazy amounts of things with little reason

Seems like there is a good reason to buy more than usual - what constitutes "crazy amounts"?

> Consider for instance the absolute run on bottled water

Water being one of the most essential requirements for human life beyond breathable air?

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Re:The state of the restaurant industry by Godel_unicode on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @02:59PM (#22620065)
There's no reasonable scenario in which the water supply is interrupted by this current flap. All this panic buying means is there will be a huge amount of unnecessary plastic waste this year.
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