Doing a little research for an unrelated article, I stumbled on a site called Panic Buyers. To make this as simple as I can, they want you to go to your local grocery store on May 15th, 2008, and buy carrots. Yep, that's it. The creators of the site say that this is the result of a drunken idea to have everyone go to the store and buy certain items. In their own words, they're "not quite sure what the reason behind this is is, other than the fact that a global shortage of carrots would be quite a laugh."
The site offers links to a Facebook group promoting the cause, where membership has already surpassed 221,000. There is also a link for "buying real carrots online," which remains unverified at this time. The site suggests putting the carrots to good use and asserts that the creators of the project will be using their carrots to make food for the homeless locally.
The concept is reminiscent of the Paint the Moon project a few years ago. That project hoped to combine the power of peoples' laser pointers from all over the world to create a visible spot of light on the moon's surface. The unprecedented attempt was unsuccessful due to the physics involved.
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This idea is not all that crazy to me after living in Russia for 30 years of my life. We were panic buyers of many goods (including salt, laundry detergent and regular soap), not necessarily one kind at a time.
That's a good point. Hopefully this will make people appreciate the standard of living the western world enjoys compared to other places.
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