Biden Food Shortages: Walgreens Starts Rationing Baby Formula

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  1. Alwayssa

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    Part of that is politics and part of that is the cult mentality of modern conservatives.
     
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    What are reasons those jobs left in the 1st place?

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    It's very unbecoming. Extremely.
     
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    1993!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Get up to date.
     
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    Okay ... this needs addressing.

    Stocking what you need for several months is exactly what people should be doing - and while products are still coming on to shelves, is the right time to do that.

    There's NOTHING "kind" about panic buying at the last minute. That's the very thing which will most compromise others. And it's very entitled and unrealistic to expect others to preserve supplies for you, when they're simply trying to stock up responsibly. If you choose not to be responsible, and would rather leave your panic til the last minute, that's on you. Both your own lack, and the impact of your failure to plan ahead on others. The old adage 'make hay while the sun shines' isn't for nothing.

    PS: Your certainty that these shortages and massively inflated prices will be 'sorted in a matter of weeks' is both hilarious and tragic.
     
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    I can answer that.

    Lots of otherwise rational people are reacting badly to global events, and are comforting themselves with the idea of it all being some kind of silly temporary glitch. I think it's the shock of realising our coveted First World existence isn't assured.
     
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    It takes leaders and governments who support the free market and liberty for the people.
     
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    Which the West hasn't had for years. We're ****ed :p
     
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    Who would run and put themselves through what the Dems and MSM would put them through.
     
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    And another one self-deports... :applause:
     
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    Normalcy bias.
     
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    Do you even know what that means? Or are you arguing that people who panic buy when they react to bad news will not try to disbelieve or minimize threat warnings, like not evacuating a costal city when a Cat 5 hurricane approaches, for instance?
     
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    Normalcy bias, or normality bias, is a cognitive bias which leads people to disbelieve or minimize threat warnings.[1] Consequently, individuals underestimate the likelihood of a disaster, when it might affect them, and its potential adverse effects.[2] The normalcy bias causes many people to not adequately prepare for natural disasters, market crashes, and calamities caused by human error. About 70% of people reportedly display normalcy bias during a disaster.[3]

    The normalcy bias can manifest in response to warnings about disasters and actual catastrophes. Such disasters include market crashes, motor vehicle accidents, natural disasters like a tsunami, and war.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor...mality bias,and its potential adverse effects.
     
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    I reckon it's more than that for many. We're all inclined to normalcy bias, but these folk have the added burden of a very deep antipathy towards self-reliance. The thought of being where the buck stops in their own lives, gives them nightmares. I talk to such people all the time (professionally and personally), and can attest that it's a very real phenomenon.
     
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    Panic buyers are the problem. They're the ones who refused to "hear" the sound of thunder, when it was rolling towards them.
     
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    Those who desperately hope to be saved by Govt. The shunners of personal responsibility.
     
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    There it is like Clockwork, Trump! Trump! Trump! Amazing how any thread criticizing Biden always has to be linked to Trump as a diversionary tactic. Funny that you don't mention that, while Democrats called Trump Xenophobic for wanting to ban travel to and from China, because of Covid, Biden also has around 573,000 Covid Deaths under his belt after condemning Trumps 400,000 Deaths.
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    :roll:
     
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    Speak for yourself I have always been smart enough to weigh the circumstances and context and then judge their reactions to and policies for accordingly.
     
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    Yes, which is what I said. Panic buyers are not exhibitive of normalcy bias. For normalcy bias to be considered, it would be a person ignoring the order to evacuate a coastal city and went about their normal business. We saw this with people who want to go about their normal lives as if no coronovirus ever existed. That is not panic buying. What panic buying referes to is something different called catastrophic thinking, hence why panic buying
     
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    Yes I've mentioned to some people the importance of planning ahead, obtaining supplies, learning skills and they get angry.

    It's almost a disdain but we are seeing it playing out now.
     
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    No it isn't, it's the opposite. It happens when a person DOESN'T consider 'catastrophy'.

    Those who're realistic enough to accept that sh!t happens, are not the ones who panic buy.
     
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    OMG yes. It infuriates some of them. Others just think it's hilarious, in that "My belly's full today and someone will save me tomorrow, so who cares" hubris. I know several who think it's very funny .. and unsurprisingly, not one of them has a hope of surviving a further increase in the Cost of Living, much less catastrophe.

    Incidentally, that's a curious aspect of this effect - that it's those who can least afford it who have the most hubris. The rich might scoff gently, but most are also able to appreciate the danger and understand when others plan ahead. It's the 'humble' who are REALLY contemptuous. The curiosity is that it can't be attributed to fear - because obviously anyone fearful due to limited means, would have been bulk buying or whatever (ie 'prepping') to avoid the price increases they can't afford. Instead they've done the opposite .. and allowed themselves to become slaves to the daily market price. They're living like the rich, and buying only what they need from day to day, irrespective of the price. Ease and convenience at any cost - which has nothing whatsoever to do with fear.
     
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    yep, then there will always be those that blame government for the failures of businesses like in this instance

    remember the oil spill under Obama, some on the right were blaming Obama for not cleaning up their mess fast enough
     
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