Food rationing? In the US? WTF?

[conuly]

What is this, what is going on here, somebody explain this to me? (Explain it to me by telling me the appropriate panic index for RIGHT FUCKING NOW, okay? I've had a long day, I don't need it to be any longer.)

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Re: Panic: A Self-Perpetuating Vicious Circle

[conuly]

People hear rice is in short supply, so they panic and buy more than they normally would.

See, now, that part I got :)

I was wondering if rice, or any other grain, was in shorter supply than that.

People are idiots

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

... most of those buying as much rice as they possibly can because ZOMFG FOOD RATIONING!!!11! will end up having most of it sit around their kitchen for years before eventually they throw it out because it's ancient and stale.