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"During a gold rush, sell shovels" - What are some other examples of this? (feddit.nl)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if all of the ones hoarding toilet paper have managed to use up their stash yet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yup! One in my town was passing out free wipes for over a year.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

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.