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My more pessimistic estimates put the losses at more than the FDIC had at the time and I have no idea what happens when the FDIC runs out of money.

It probably wasn't rational but I was really scared.

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Don't feel bad man, I remember there being a run on food staples. Things like 50lb bags of rice and beans were sold out at Costco. People were stocking up on guns and ammo preparing for fucking Mad Max. I am not ashamed to admit I participated in some of that myself by doubling up the emergency rations I keep for hurricane season. You withdrawing $2k was not irrational at all given the scale of what was going on.

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