Hard question March 16, 2020 · 19:45 · 5 min
Hindsight, American freedom, and the toilet paper panic
The hosts call out twenty-twenty hindsight ('you're shaking your fist at the wrong demon — nobody created the thing') and note America is a hard country to govern because of its freedom — 'if my kids are hungry and I got no food, I will break your curfew.' They riff on panic buying: toilet paper gone while peanut butter and bread sit stocked, a Sam's Club run revealing baby wipes out of stock, and a rant that baby wipes are not disinfectant — 'you're being idiotic, and it's weird' — while people buy bathroom cleaners thinking they are disinfectants. Canned chicken remains fully stocked.