Global Supply Chain Crisis 2021: Megathread - A cozy thread for watching the supply chain fall apart just in time for the holidays

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Getting ready for war or ...?

 

[TheRedChair]

Getting ready for war or ...?

No... These REEEEEtards are lying about everything. China is running out of food. This has been known by me for over a year.

Food Waste In China: Is a Food Shortage Coming?

In 2020 the clean plate initiative was launched to counter food waste in China. Is it possible that food shortage is coming?

www.1421.consulting

There is a lot of problems with China. Again My estimations of over 7 million Chinese dead came from the coof.

Or has people have forgotten about the 24/7 cremation of thousands of dead to the point you can see the heat output from space.

Just remember.

China LIES
China STEALS
China eats EVERYTHING

 

[Sped Xing]

Assuming you want a no-till drill, the cheapest way to get into one for a long time was to buy a worn out 1590 and rebuild it. With the way parts have been the last year, that's probably not the best idea.

The supply chain fuckery has only increased my conviction that newer is usually not better. I'm in the market for quite a bit of equipment this year. If it doesn't have computer chips or DEF, that's a huge plus to anything I buy.

 

[Larry David's Opera Cape]

Bupivicaine with Epinephrine has been unavailable in all but the smallest sizes for over a year now; pharmacy has had to assemble kits containing standalone vials/amps of each plus a filter straw. Now reasonably sized vials of bupivicaine are becoming scarce, lidocaine with epinephrine is unavailable in some concentrations, straight lidocaine vials are only available in very small or very large sizes. Pharmacy has been having to make their own epidurals and running out of materials to do even that.

Dentistry and childbirth about to get LIT.

 

[benutz]

Every single time

I just drove 650 miles round trip to pick up some equipment in the neighboring state. That's the entire length of the UK. Don't be mad that your little provincial island has insane gas prices. The government does that to you on purpose to restrict your freedom of movement (an essential freedom) and we don't need any of that here in the US.

Poast more!

 

[George Lucas]

I should be getting a chest freezer today. Some quick mathemagic says storing flour enough to meet my family's carb requirements for a month would be something like 20 gallons, holy balls. I think I'll fill the freezer with meat, veggies, and milk, and see about some sealable buckets and oxygen scavengers for flour, rice, and the like.

I planted wheat very shittly due to time constraints, so hopefully it at least holds the soil together a bit, but I'll try again next year. Does anyone know anything about electric mills for making small batches of flour?

FWIW, humans can live entirely without carbs.

 

[Sped Xing]

FWIW, humans can live entirely without carbs.

I can live without beer, too. Why would I want to do that?

 

[George Lucas]

I can live without beer, too. Why would I want to do that?

Just trying to relieve you of some panic or stress if you’re having trouble managing your wheat inventory or you run out.

Has anyone seen any Christmas-related stuff on sale yet? I don’t think I’ve seen anything. Looks like it’s all on those boats….

 

[Sped Xing]

Just trying to relieve you of some panic or stress if you’re having trouble managing your wheat inventory or you run out.

Has anyone seen any Christmas-related stuff on sale yet? I don’t think I’ve seen anything. Looks like it’s all on those boats….

If my granaries are empty, I reach for my gladius.

 

[Quindoll]

Time for an unpopular post, but just in order to get some conflicting information into the thread.

There is "The Baltic Dry Index". A price index for dry bulk shipping stock and it is already dropping hard. So at least here one can expect some improvements for the future. This says not much about the following distribution though, but it is way lower than it was in 2007/2008. There the index hit above 10,000.


There is also the CRB Commodity Index. It tracks 19 commodities such as silver, oil, wheat, copper and so on. It is increasing, yes of course. But the overall picture is not that bleak. It has been higher before and people got through those times as well.


Well. Oil products make out around 1/3 of the index and an increase here usually hurts everyday people the most since they have to go from A to B. But even with oil. The prices were way higher in 2007/2008. That time should been enough to somewhat adapt to that possibility. And most countries actually did.

A price increase in oil tends to fuck over the countries the most that already had low prices. Such as Australia, Canada and the United States. Fuel is cheap so it's not such a concern when buying a vehicle. Not to mention the behavior changes that tend to come with a higher fuel price. Such as adaption of public transport, carpooling or the length of the average commuting distance by car.

I might be optimistic. But I don't see it as that bad. Fuel prices were higher in the past during a time where the average vehicle consumed more fuel. At least if we assume that the average distance travelled stayed the same. And some people who bought cars with a "bad" fuel economy just made a bad bet into the future.

 

[Phalanges Mycologist]

Has anyone seen any Christmas-related stuff on sale yet? I don’t think I’ve seen anything. Looks like it’s all on those boats….

Sadly I have, they have a selection of Tree's ouit in my local shops and decorations and some toys getting put on isles.

 

[contradiction of terns]

I wasn't actually there for children's socks, but I saw this because I cut through the clothing section on the way to the register and grabbed a photo.

Wally World running out of their Black Friday offerings with weeks left before Black Friday hits is a good sign, right?

 

[Art Kassul]

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I wasn't actually there for children's socks, but I saw this because I cut through the clothing section on the way to the register and grabbed a photo.

Wally World running out of their Black Friday offerings with weeks left before Black Friday hits is a good sign, right?

10 days of the sock = 5 pairs of socks
Do they not change their toddlers' socks every day?

 

[FAQnews Correspondent]

10 days of the sock = 5 pairs of socks
Do they not change their toddlers' socks every day?

Maybe they're just that progressive and they're concerned about the one legged toddlers.

 

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10 days of the sock = 5 pairs of socks
Do they not change their toddlers' socks every day?

No you are getting 5 pairs for what you would have paid for 10.

10days of socks was 10 pairs. They where Disney branded.. starwars, frozen, etc..

 

[Male Idiot]

No... These REEEEEtards are lying about everything. China is running out of food. This has been known by me for over a year.

Food Waste In China: Is a Food Shortage Coming?

In 2020 the clean plate initiative was launched to counter food waste in China. Is it possible that food shortage is coming?

www.1421.consulting

There is a lot of problems with China. Again My estimations of over 7 million Chinese dead came from the coof.

Or has people have forgotten about the 24/7 cremation of thousands of dead to the point you can see the heat output from space.

Just remember.

China LIES
China STEALS
China eats EVERYTHING

But but but everyone here says it has a 0.0000000000001% rate of mortality just the flue and that's only for beetus grandma.

So it is literally impossible it killed more than a hundred chinamen. They aren't even fatties like americabears.

 

[teriyakiburns]

But but but everyone here says it has a 0.0000000000001% rate of mortality just the flue and that's only for beetus grandma.

So it is literally impossible it killed more than a hundred chinamen. They aren't even fatties like americabears.

their lungs are all crusted with poison from the polluted air. A mild cold could kill them by the tens of thousands.

 

[Puff]

But but but everyone here says it has a 0.0000000000001% rate of mortality just the flue and that's only for beetus grandma.

So it is literally impossible it killed more than a hundred chinamen. They aren't even fatties like americabears.

This is the supply chain thread, not the Corona thread.

 

[Gar For Archer]

A little 'powerleveling' here: I had to help a friend get some textbooks for their college classes. Most of those textbooks you could find on Library Genesis, but there were a few that I could not find and so they had to just buy second-hand.

In any case, I think saying 'just use this special site or programs, bro' misses the point, that most of those attending university and colleges are normies and will know nothing about those programs. Most likely they just go for easiest option and just buy from the bookstore. Certianly, my friend would done if they had not talked to me earlier.

Maybe 80% of engineering textbooks (that cover your basic college shit, nothing too niche or specialized) I haven’t had an issue finding a PDF just by Googling “book author edition pdf”. There’s a few books I’ve bought used because I genuinely like having them around as reference material and they were usually no more tha $50 for a couple years old edition.

 

[Phalanges Mycologist]

Maybe 80% of engineering textbooks (that cover your basic college shit, nothing too niche or specialized) I haven’t had an issue finding a PDF just by Googling “book author edition pdf”. There’s a few books I’ve bought used because I genuinely like having them around as reference material and they were usually no more tha $50 for a couple years old edition.

Machineries handbook is the only one i've not found a good copy of online but it's well worth the money so I don't mind buying a copy.