It's Official, People Want A PlayStation 5 More Than They Want Toilet Paper

Cast your mind back just a few months, and you'll be reminded of what I like to to think of as one of the lowest points of modern man. Back in the early days of the pandemic, when nobody was really sure what was going to happen or what restrictions might be imposed upon us, there was a great panic as people headed to stores buy as many necessities as they could carry - and often far more than they needed.

Supermarkets resembled the opening hours of a low-budget zombie film. Row after row of empty shelves, eerily lacking the likes of pasta, flour, and various tinned goods. These items briefly became worth their weight in gold, as did hand sanitiser.

But perhaps most perplexing of all was that people were bulk-buying toilet paper. Loo roll became such a scarce commodity around my neck of the woods that we actually had to start ordering it online for much more than it was actually worth. It was a disappointing time that really brought out the worst in people. People with clean bums, yes, but blackened hearts.

As it turns out, however, the people are a lot more interested in getting a PS5 than they ever were in grabbing toilet paper. According to Google, more people used the search engine to as "where to buy PS5" than "where to buy toilet paper" this year. And here I was thinking loo roll would remain the hot-ticket item of 2020.