neidu2@feddit.nl to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months ago"During a gold rush, sell shovels" - What are some other examples of this?message-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up182arrow-down1message-square"During a gold rush, sell shovels" - What are some other examples of this?neidu2@feddit.nl to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
A couple of others I can think of: Crypto-boom of 2016ish: GPUs/mining rigs LLM/AI hype nowish: User generated data 90’s dotcom bubble: Server space
minus-squareneidu2@feddit.nlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoI wonder if all of the ones hoarding toilet paper have managed to use up their stash yet.
minus-squareHelixDab2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoNope. Still good for a few years. But that’s because I always buy toilet paper and paper towels at Costco, and buy more when I’m down to two cases. Two is one, one is none.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoI don’t know about that, but I do know I grabbed basically a lifetime supply of hand sanitizer a year or so ago because the grocery store was so overstocked they were giving them away for free, LOL.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoYup! One in my town was passing out free wipes for over a year.
I wonder if all of the ones hoarding toilet paper have managed to use up their stash yet.
Nope. Still good for a few years.
But that’s because I always buy toilet paper and paper towels at Costco, and buy more when I’m down to two cases.
Two is one, one is none.
I don’t know about that, but I do know I grabbed basically a lifetime supply of hand sanitizer a year or so ago because the grocery store was so overstocked they were giving them away for free, LOL.
Yup! One in my town was passing out free wipes for over a year.