scarecity

Dire-sounding "supplies are limited" claims to get you to act, buy, create, etc.

Telling a junk-food junkie that "There's a worldwide shortage of chocolate" or "Potato-chip companies are scrambling to keep up with demand" may indeed sometimes prompt said unwise indulgers to temporarily cut back on their intake of said empty-calorie-laden comestibles, but once they find out about the bogusness of said "scarecity", they'll likely just go right back to gluttonously stuffing their faces with sugary/salty crap!

by QuacksO October 16, 2025