OT/SIAP: Does anyone out there recall this bedlam from forty years ago?

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My sister-in-law, her sister, and their aunt stood in line for six hours, They got one but were bruised pretty bad.


"We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first."

― Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
 
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"We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first."

― Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Like with offensive coordinators.

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