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phainopepla2last Friday at 8:36 PM2 repliesview on HN

In the case of something like a world war, which is the type of scenario we're talking about here, I think people would begrudgingly accept that bananas and coffee are unavailable or very expensive.


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pyuser583yesterday at 2:18 AM

People substitute very quickly and happily.

I remember food shortages during Covid. Nowhere near as bad as toilet paper shortages.

I can go without chocolate for a few days. Weeks, maybe. But if it becomes months, I get crabby.

pardon_melast Friday at 10:07 PM

I'll die before I go without my curvy yellow lumps of mush.