Sure. Beans and ammo were really popular among IT dudes like me who understood the kind of shit-storm that was brewing and was narrowly averted. Silver dollars were also popular, and I still have mine stacked up somewhere.
Now it’s vanished down the memory hole except for occasional cameo appearances as an example of why you shouldn’t pay attention to alarmists.
I drew a different lesson from the experience: not all dire predictions are self-fulfilling. Some are self-negating, and they look exactly like that one. I fondly hope all today’s doomsday alarmism also turns out to be this “unfounded”.
Sure. Beans and ammo were really popular among IT dudes like me who understood the kind of shit-storm that was brewing and was narrowly averted. Silver dollars were also popular, and I still have mine stacked up somewhere.
Now it’s vanished down the memory hole except for occasional cameo appearances as an example of why you shouldn’t pay attention to alarmists.
I drew a different lesson from the experience: not all dire predictions are self-fulfilling. Some are self-negating, and they look exactly like that one. I fondly hope all today’s doomsday alarmism also turns out to be this “unfounded”.