Culture of Hysteria

I went to a local Walmart grocery today. Even here in Arkansas where there is more common sense than the entire state of California, there was a sense of frenzied buying. Canned and instant soups, rice and some breads were either gone or very noticeably low. However, the big surprise was in the paper goods aisle. There was no toilet paper, paper towels, napkins, paper plates or wet wipes. In the next aisle there was no hand sanitizer. This is crazy hysteria that has no rational basis. I suppose when this cools off in about a month these same people will still be working off the excess supply. BTW Amazon has lots of all of the above items and an order of $35 gets you free shipping.

Thanks for the report from the front lines, Artler. My younger brother was in Winco today he said he saw a bit of shopocalyptic buying. As someone mentioned during all this, perhaps for every loser there is a winner. An economist talking to Dennis Prager today noted that businesses that use a lot of petroleum products (for transportation, manufacturing, etc.) will be loving it.

And Kimberly-Clark (or whomever) probably has factories working overtime on sanitized wipes, etc.

Amazon is a great place to purchase stuff. I leech off my sister-in-laws Amazon Prime family account. So you get free shipping (“free” in quotation marks) on about everything. (I think they raise the prices a little to Prime customers to help pay for the “free” shipping.)

In fact, rather than running out to the mall the other day, I ordered a couple shirts, sweatshirt, and other essentials online. And it wasn’t because I was afraid to go to the store. I’m not. I figure I’ve had so much crap the last few years, I’m probably immune anyway.

But retail places have become such a pain…getting through the checkout line mainly.

I never thought the stock market would drop like it has. And I don’t know when the time to buy is. But I’m guessing now is a pretty good time if you can hold long-term. But I’m guessing the lifespan of this current hysteria is 3 more weeks, tops. Once people realize that these idiot politicians are shutting down the world because of yet another normal flu season, we should see some push-back.

However, if people start dropping like flies and it’s 1347 all over again, then all bets are off. But I don’t expect that. I don’t think from the data we have right now (with reasonable extrapolation and guesswork) that the death rate is any worse than any normal flu.

Damn, damn, damn,  Oaklawn is closed for spectators until further notice because of this crap. Wife and I were spending the weekend in Hot Springs. They are cancelling classes at schools all over the state including the U of A. I have loaded all my weapons waiting for crowds of marauding pro-crypto Nazis. Who the F**k do these people think they are?

They think they are in charge. And they think that a significant percentage of the population (85%?) are pansies. I don't think they're wrong. Sorry about your racing weekend going bust. I'll keep posting notes on great movies you can find on Amazon Prime.

Generally one is saying very little if one can’t be proven wrong. My hunch is the same as this Chris Stigall guy at Townhall in his article: Is Anyone Asking Questions During Coronavirus?



I don’t know this to be the case. Maybe this is 1347 all over again. But I suspect the truth is much closer to “flu” than “black death." This article suggests there is an incentive for the CDC to hyperventilate. His most important point is probably:



At another forum, way back when, I remember questioning the hysteria of “global warming” (now called “climate change,” which can never be disproved and thus is not science). I was accused of forwarding propaganda from the oil companies.

When it becomes socially incorrect to question our nanny masters, we are no longer citizens of a republic, we are domesticated sheep. That doesn’t mean it’s okay to forward every half-baked conspiracy theory. But it should not cause someone to be shunned and socially ostracized simply for questioning the status quo.

But that’s where we are now. And you all know it. You know your jobs could be in peril if you question that some dude dressed up as a woman isn’t actually a woman. If you question “climate change.” If you question the inherent victimhood status of “people of color.” If you question that you have “white privilege.” If you question that the world should reorder itself and men be demeaned and demonized just to try to push women up through the door to “equality.”

One of the funniest and most ironic lines of the 60’s (who are at the heart of the deep social rot of society) was the throw-away line “question authority.” Can anyone say there is any honor or respect for doing so unless you are questioning anything that isn’t specifically forwarded as leftist/liberal goals or ideas?

This whole series of never-ending dramas and hysteria show that we are not a healthy electorate….and it has nothing to do with a flu bug.

I've not heard that before. Given that Jack's victims were women, there must be one hell of a convoluted trail of Leftist logic to get to that statement.