The problem is, now that they posted this as an article, people are going to read it, panic buy, and create the shortage they are predicting, and it would have nothing to do with container shortages.
It was posted as humor. Sorry you didn’t get that. After my trip to Costco and Sams this morning I saw they had tons of paper towels and TP.
I remember in the 1970s Johnny Carson made a joke about toilet paper, and there was a rush on the stores the next day.
Same for sugar in those same years.
He made a joke about Emus and the next day the Emu market collapsed. People were turning them loose as there was now no place to sell them.