Update from The House of Plague, Day 43

[elisi]

OK, so here is all the rest of the '2020' content that I was going to post yesterday... Because this year is just on a different level.



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(From out of context btvs)

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Normal life in March 2020
(Follow link!!)

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2020 is so fucking wild that the Pentagon just confirmed UFOs and it’s barely news.

— Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) April 27, 2020

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How to make a facemask out of a sock, using only a pair a scissors!!

My Hispanic people will never fail to amaze me with theor creativity and resourcefulness pic.twitter.com/OCB9j1hkte

— Kevin Arnold (@itskevinarnold) April 27, 2020

(Direct link: https://twitter.com/itskevinarnold/status/1254576063348273152)

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Two weeks ago, Dr. Fauci said that he'd want Brad Pitt to play him.

Two weeks later, Brad Pitt is playing Dr. Fauci on SNL.pic.twitter.com/63TxJxPI2x

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 26, 2020

(Direct link: https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1254257688050954240)

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...ALMOST A CLEANING--!!#PresidentSupervillain pic.twitter.com/jzwKtO7pOn

— President Supervillain (@PresVillain) April 24, 2020

(Direct link: https://twitter.com/PresVillain/status/1253691162696843264)

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And finally - Happy Ed Balls Day! :D

(Ed Balls celebrates Ed Balls Day by teaching us how to work out the volume of balls)

ETA: Couldn't not add this...

we tried to explain the pandemic to our 3yo and now he talks like the first chapter of a dystopian YA novel. "we used to go to the store, before the sickness came." "we have to stay at home, where the sickness can't find us"

— Alix E. Harrow (@AlixEHarrow) April 7, 2020

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Definitely the surrealism of 2020 knows no bounds.

[elisi]

I would like it more, if it weren't all so depressing. But. Living in interesting times sure is... interesting.

[shadowkat]

Elsi? Have you heard from "Maia"? I know you are following her and have interacted. Let me know? I'm worried.

[kerk_hiraeth]

Now I am too; soon as I saw your message I realised she hadn't been posting :-(

kerk

[elisi]

On phone (Hence short msg), but she is fine. She emailed me the other day. Just busy and then worrying that she is not keeping in touch...

[elisi]

Yes! She's fine, just very busy. (She emailed me the other day, being all apologetic.)

<3

Thank you

[shadowkat]

Thank you! I knew you were more in contact and might know something.

Re: Thank you

[elisi]

Serendipitously, I did. ;) (Although I hadn't even seen her post either, so...)

[shadowkat]

On another note - I remember stating after New Year's - now let's welcome the roller-coaster ride that is 2020. My brother even stated that he knew it would be a shit show, but not this big of one.

Yeah - 2020 knows no bounds. It's only April. We have what? Eight months to go?
Watershed years...ugh.

But I loved your links. The Buffy one was hilarious, but so were the others. Although I can beat the masks made from socks. Apparently someone tried to sell my workplace masks made from jock-straps, and haphazard cleaning masks.

[elisi]

On another note - I remember stating after New Year's - now let's welcome the roller-coaster ride that is 2020. My brother even stated that he knew it would be a shit show, but not this big of one.
Every year has been more of a ride than the previous one [since 2016], but yeah, no one could have foreseen how exponential this one would be... (And 8 months left. Good grief.)

But I loved your links. The Buffy one was hilarious, but so were the others.
The Buffy one is genius in hindsight. :D And I do my best to have a good collection. I'm rather enjoying my daily posts.

Although I can beat the masks made from socks. Apparently someone tried to sell my workplace masks made from jock-straps, and haphazard cleaning masks.
I am sure I saw a picture of someone with a jockstrap! But then wiped it from my mind again. Any port in a storm I suppose, but I'd still go for a sock first. D:

[shadowkat]

Yes, my boss told us at a meeting that they'd ordered these masks and discovered they were made from jock straps. Muffled giggling ensued.

[elisi]

Well, people being innovative is, um, a good thing? Still. A scarf would probably work fine.

[shadowkat]

You don't understand crazy workplace. They've come up with cloth and surgical masks now, because apparently getting N-95's for 7200 employees is impossible.

[elisi]

Full burqas is the answer, surely! ;)

[sea_thoughts]

I'm sure SLJ would narrate the year if someone wrote a good enough rhyming poem with enough melonfarmers in it. XD

[elisi]

He's already done 'Stay the fuck at home'...

[sea_thoughts]

Exactly!

[elisi]

We just need a writer... Hm

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

These are all so on point.

[elisi]

Only the best for my flist. <3

[kikimay]

Wow, the thing with the socks is impressive! I haven't thought about it!

Anyway, each and every post is so accurate. This year is ... something else.

[elisi]

Wow, the thing with the socks is impressive! I haven't thought about it!
Isn't it just? I was just mesmerised. (That said, if I need a mask I'll probably just use a scarf. I have a lot of them.)

Anyway, each and every post is so accurate. This year is ... something else.
It really is.

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[elisi]

Clearly I collect the best memes.

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

LOL to the Kermit/Toilet paper one and President Supervillain. God, what a moron!

LMAO at the last one! Poor kid!

Stacey

[elisi]

LOL to the Kermit/Toilet paper one and President Supervillain. God, what a moron!
Words fail me. (Hence, memes.)

LMAO at the last one! Poor kid!
It does sound like something out of a novel. Go us, living through dystopia.