Ask HN: What are some current shortages you were surprised by?

6 points·dzonga··9 comments

Common sense

Had to redo my online shopping cart three times because of components going out of stock before I finished making my selection... sigh I knew I should have bought it last night but I slept on it and now that lambda a++ psu will have to wait

Toilet paper. Post apocalypse media usually uses soda, sugar, cigarettes, Twinkies as currency, but nobody mentions toilet paper.

Bread shortages were unexpected too, in a nation that mostly eats rice.

US, Austin: I was surprised by shortage of coffee and peanut butter.

Germany: yeast in supermarkets (people bake more at home?), weights in ecommerce (those having to skip the gym training at home?)

I decided to start a new batch of sourdough starter last week, because I was running low on (dried) yeast and my local corner-shop in Finland had run out.

The shop got more stock a couple of days later, no real shortages of anything else I've personally noticed.

I like baking bread even when not stuck at home, and this batch seems to work out pretty well today:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-UYTW-DYF_/

People buy yeast to be prepared to bake at home if food/bread shortage. I don't think they bake more already.

Fresh yeast is a thing in Germany. In the US, it's dried yeast or nothing.

Gym barbells/weights/racks/dumbbells are sold out nation-wide in Australia

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