I am unsure I really "get" the manic collection of pasta: why? I mean, what has it got going for it as a bulking-out food which keeps well that rice hasn't, but I don't hear of or see empty rice shelves....
I went and got my hair cut today, and the We're All Doomed conversation there was deeply irritating -- so much of it was complete garbage. For example, apparently we have had covid-19 in this country since November. Huh? I did try to suggest that in that case it really couldn't be all that serious, since nobody seemed to have died of it whilst that was going on, but my comment was completely ignored in the pleasure of discussion of worst-possible-case scenerios. Sad.
And then I went to get my two-monthly meds from the pharmacy, and I was in the queue behind a manwho was trying to buy facemasks for himself and his wife from the pharmacy. (One each, which really wouldn't be all that useful anyway.) They said they had none -- because they don't sell them, but he seems to have missed that bit and was wittering about shortages and not being able to get them anywhere. After he had grumbled off, the nice woman behind the counter sighed and said "Facemasks are no use anyway, except to keep any germs he has from infecting other people" in a weary way; I got the feeling she is getting very pissed off with Joe-panicky-Public.
So I shall go on being in a high-risk category by age and physical condition, and try to avoid other people -- not because I think I will die if I don't, but because I may start to rant about how stupid they are being!