We sincerely don’t want to relive this year. But our job is to review it. If you would prefer to skip this exercise in masochism, we completely understand.
If, however, you wish, for some sick reason, to re-experience 2020, now is the time to put on your face mask, douse your entire body with hand sanitizer and then — to be safe — don a hazmat suit, as we look back at the unrelenting insanity of this hideous year, starting with …
Normally as the winter gets colder, we cheer ourselves up by lighting a warm fire in the fireplace, or at least watching one on TV. But this year? 2020? Hah. For this year, we have a one-hour video of a dumpster fire… literally.
Watch for: at 2:40 the 2020 planner going in; 9:00 hand sanitizer; 12:00 stockings hung; 15:00 toilet paper; 21:00 Zoom meeting request; 23:15 a tie; 25:00 a bra; 29:00 face masks; 35:15 wiping the poker down with a cleaning wipe; 36:45 the wipes go in; 38:30 an OPEN/CLOSED sign; 41:00 stale rolls; 45:20 a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle; 51:30 printed-out emails and a travel bag.
Includes traditional holiday music like Jingle Bells and Silent Night.
Further notes from This is True: “…a 2020 appointment book, hand sanitizer, face masks. “The sourdough starter was hilarious to me,” said managing partner Karissa Anderson, “because I couldn’t get mine started for the life of me.” Airline tickets and a suitcase represented cancelled plans; a jigsaw puzzle stood in for boredom. The hard part, Anderson says, was getting a fire to burn in a dumpster for a full hour: her dad had to weld up a custom dumpster with a grate as the bottom so it could pull up air to feed the flames.”
XKCD has an intriguing map of where Democratic and Republican voters were. It’s a lot more evenly distributed than you might think: https://xkcd.com/2399/. Remember to hover your mouse over the graphic for more information.
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