I wonder what degree to which the shopping is inspired by a mixture of

- People anticipating high interest and price hikes in a world where many products are very-slowly-depreciating assets, in the case of game consoles and RAM, even appreciating, and

- A low current of suicidality, with an ambivalent regard towards the prospect of death once the account reaches $0.

- Alternatively, unemployed people in our field often find themselves free from a noncompete to work on profitable projects during unemployment.