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  • Hey, don't use this!

  • Use the toilet roll instead!

  • Why?!

  • I went to panic buy and bought too many toilet rolls

  • and they're all going to be expired soon.

  • There's an expiry date for toilet rolls?

  • Just use them!

  • Have you wondered why you bought so many rolls of toilet paper?

  • Many of you would have seen images like

  • this and this and this and many more

  • But have you ever wondered why people panic buy toilet papers

  • of all things during a disaster?

  • Or even a “disasterlike this COVID-19,

  • which is made out of False Evidence Appearing Real?

  • (Background) What’s False Evidence Appearing Real?

  • Well, I don't know, so let us know what you think

  • in the comment section below.

  • Moving on, let us explain why people panic buy toilet paper

  • during a disaster, and this is not just based on our theories,

  • even though we do have a lot of them

  • but let's listen to the experts for this

  • Let's go!

  • Hello?

  • I said let's go!

  • Don't follow, forget it!

  • *manly snores*

  • In case you didn't know, there are actually four reasons

  • why people buy toilet rolls during a disaster

  • instead of something else like

  • I don't know, clothes?

  • I mean, I still do buy a lot of clothes during this period of time

  • but that's another topic for another day

  • You see, according to Dr Dimitrios Tsivrikos,

  • an expert in consumer and behavioural science at the University College London

  • the size of it contributes to the panic buying.

  • He said and I quote, “The bigger they are, the more important we think they are."

  • I know; it sounds quite bizarre

  • and I know it doesn't really make sense

  • But like a wise old man once said

  • "Big things are more expensive!"

  • Exactly

  • And we tend to associate things that are expensive to be more important.

  • Another expert also pointed out that due to its size,

  • it’s easier for shelves to be emptied out

  • and so we think that the product is even more important than

  • it actually is

  • And we also think that,

  • "Oh, shit, the shelves are being cleared out

  • I need to buy now!"

  • That's basically what happens

  • So, he also said,

  • "Seeing something small, like

  • for example, hand sanitiser,

  • get bought from the shelf is nothing unusual

  • Because it's just a small hole

  • that'll eventually get filled up by other products

  • But if we talk about something big, like toilet rolls

  • that's massive

  • That massive amount of shelf space

  • cannot be readily replaced by other products

  • That's also why rice is sold out so fast

  • because it's big and it looks important

  • but other than size,

  • what other factors contribute to this highly irrational behaviour?

  • Herd mentality

  • What is herd mentality, you ask.

  • Don't worry, we've created this scene for you

  • Hello, do you guys want chicken rice?

  • Guy A: No

  • Others: No

  • Then do you guys want rice with chicken?

  • Guy A: Yes

  • Others: Yes, of course!

  • You see how illogical that situation is?

  • The question asked is the same,

  • but the answers are totally different

  • simply because were allmonkey see monkey do

  • This is even worse for someone who’s been to NS

  • Here, let us go interview someone who’s been through NS

  • Let's go!

  • Host: So, what is the "monkey see monkey do" behaviour in NS?

  • So when I was in BMT

  • Basic Military Training

  • Then the Enick told one of the company guys

  • to come down to take something

  • The guy didn't inform us and just went down himself

  • The rest of us went down because it was "Enick's instruction"

  • You know, in the army, Enick is king

  • So we followed

  • I told my friends and my friends told their friends

  • Then the whole company went down

  • After that, it turned out that

  • the Enick just wanted to borrow a lighter!

  • The company sat down there for two hours

  • Two hours just because we thought the Enick wanted us to fall in

  • In the army, we can do a lot of things in two hours

  • You young people ah (???)

  • So how much are you paying me for this interview?

  • Host: We'll discuss that later

  • Okay, because if you pay me more, I'll talk more

  • So should I continue to make up stories-

  • -I mean, I mean-

  • So you can see that it’s essentially a monkey see monkey do kind of thing

  • Associate Professor Nitika Garg from the University of New South Wales, said,

  • "They think if this person is doing it

  • my neighbour is doing it

  • there’s got to be a reason and I have to do it too!"

  • So, it’s not that were naturally drawn to

  • white butt-wiping paper in a crisis;

  • it’s that we feel like we have to because other people are doing it.

  • Sadly, that's the truth

  • And you know what human beings like the most?

  • No, it's not money

  • but close

  • It's being in control

  • When there is an epidemic

  • aside from taking precautions,

  • there’s really nothing you can do to

  • guarantee that you'll never ever contract the disease

  • Of course, there are some ways that you can avoid doing

  • For example, like, not touching your face-

  • (Background) Cher, Cher, Cher, she touched her face

  • I never

  • I saw, I saw, she touched her face

  • You then touch your face lah

  • I got no face what (HAHAHA)

  • Toilet paper~

  • But anyways, this takes away all our control from the situation

  • And because humans are such control freaks

  • we can't handle it

  • So, what do we do next?

  • Purchase something practical

  • Niki Edwards, School of Public Health and Social Work,

  • Queensland University of Technology, views toilet paper

  • as a symbol of control.

  • She said, "We clean up and tidy up

  • It deals with a bodily function that is somewhat taboo.”

  • Basically, stockpiling toilet paper is something that we do

  • as a compensation for what we have no control over

  • and we compensate by maintaining control over something we can

  • the cleanliness of our butts.

  • Humans are essentially irrational. Didn’t you know that?

  • (Background) No

  • Okay, now you know

  • And it’s precisely this illogical thought that leads to the next expert’s views

  • Perception of Scarcity

  • In case you didn’t know, toilet paper does not cure

  • the Covid-19 virus, nor does it prevent infection or kill the virus.

  • Psychologist Emma Kenny pointed out that when we buy toilet paper

  • were not actually reacting to the epidemic

  • rather werereacting to the fear of what’s going to happen if people all panic buy

  • I know, mindblown, right?

  • This, in turn, creates panic buying which feeds the whole cycle, she said.

  • You may have read articles about supermarkets being wiped out

  • along with pictures of empty shelves

  • which would probably lead you to panic and grab whatever you

  • can lay your hands on at the nearest supermarket

  • So, if let's say you were to hear that

  • supermakets in Singapore today are running out of toil-

  • (Background) Wait, wait, wait!

  • (Background) Singapore supermaket ran out of toilet paper?

  • No,no, no. I was just giving an example

  • (Backgound) No! I need toilet paper!

  • (Background) My butt is dirty!

  • *Whispers* Lights, ok

  • So as I was saying

  • we tend to buy toilet paper because we keep reading about

  • news that supermarkets are running out of toilet paper

  • and we fear that that would not be enough left for us

  • It's just like a man who had a headache and Googled his symptoms

  • and somehow managed to convince himself that he had brain cancer

  • Yeah, blame the Internet for that

  • Now, there’s still one more reason why people are panic buying toilet paper

  • Throughout history, there have been cases

  • when toilet paper went out of stock in supermarkets

  • The latest one being Taiwan, when in 2018,

  • forest fires actually caused the prices of toilet paper to balloon

  • I know, it's insane, right?

  • And there are actually many more cases of such incidents

  • You can ask Google about it

  • Hey Google

  • Can you please list down the periods

  • of when toilet papers actually ran out of stock?

  • (Google) Hey idiot from Goody Feed

  • did you know that you can use water to wash your butt

  • instead of toilet paper?

  • So, from now on, please do yourself a favour

  • and don't anyhowly hoard toilet paper

  • You're just wasting money

  • Instead, get something useful

  • Hey Google

  • What do you buy during an epidemic?

  • (Google's son) I think you shouldn't buy anything but

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