10 things you'll be glad to see the back of post Covid-19
It's been a tough few months for everyone.
Since a new strand of Coronavirus first emerged in December 2019, our lives have been completely upheaved.
But, as the number of daily infections decreases and lockdown measures are gradually lifted, we asked ourselves what the markers of this time will be, years into the future, when we look back.
Many of them, I'm sure we can all agree, we'll be glad not to revisit.
First up?
1 - Coronavirus hairdos
Blessed will be the day when haidressers can open again. There are probably more man buns in the world right now than when hot yoga became all the rage in San Fran.
While wise men opted for the buzzcut...
Nobody:
Lads during self-isolation: pic.twitter.com/51WZVsXJQT
— Michael Fry (@BigDirtyFry) March 26, 2020
... Others freestyled, to varying degrees of terrible results.
2 - Banana bread
Remember when there was a shortage of flour, eggs and sugar, but every second post on your IG feed was someone's BEST EVER BANANA BREAD Recipe?
3 - Not knowing what day it is
Though we've all appreciated Simon Hulstone's daily Groundhog day posts, won't it be nice when Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays don't feel exactly the same?
John Cooper Lockdown pic.twitter.com/6RC6a5Nrxg
— bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) May 2, 2020
4 - Zoom everythings
Everybody likes an excuse to spend a day in their boxers, but the epidemic has had drastic consequences on what we perceive to be formal clothing... Like trousers, or socks
And just how much would we all do for pints in the pub with our friends?
amazing pic.twitter.com/sY2ExFWQdY
— brian m. watson (@brimwats) April 2, 2020
But doing everything on Zoom hasn't all been bad, especially given that its virtual background functionality let's you do this...
Today I made a Zoom background of myself accidentally walking in on myself in a Zoom meeting. pic.twitter.com/Rl2AsjfZ7V
— Dan Crowd (@itsdancrowd) April 3, 2020
And results in things like this:
my boss turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off, so she was just stuck like this the entire meeting pic.twitter.com/uHLgJUOsXk
— Rachele Clegg™️ (@PettyClegg) March 30, 2020
5 - Socially distant queues
Gone are the days of just nipping to the shop for a pint of milk. Now all the spontaneity has been sucked out of shops...
Meanwhile, someone has turned up to the Waitrose I used to work at in a zorb ball pic.twitter.com/bJ196P4axW
— Sophie Morris (@itssophiemorris) March 27, 2020
6 - Excessive hygiene regimes
As hospitality professionals, we don't need telling how to properly wash our hands. But people have interpreted Public Health England's advice in different ways...
What precautions are you all taking during the global pandemic? My mum is bathing her Tesco delivery pic.twitter.com/96TnBPgjwO
— Evie Lancaster (@EvieLancaster) March 27, 2020
7 - The news being a primary form of entertainment
The Daily Press briefing was an important way of staying up to date on policy developments with regards to Coronavirus. But does anyone else miss comedy panel shows?
positively phenomenal use of the BBC News theme tune. Little does she know this is actually how we make the news pic.twitter.com/3Zx8pw2eeM
— Sophia Smith Galer (@sophiasgaler) March 24, 2020
The government used the same font as Cards Against Humanity for the Coronavirus mailing.... pic.twitter.com/ZphO1Kqrf1
— Luke John Davies (@LJDLabour) April 10, 2020
8 - No parties
Enough said.
Just a little mad one plz pic.twitter.com/bqUBo7R0k8
— Éanna (@finnster93) April 21, 2020
Irresponsible. If anything, they should be breaking them up. pic.twitter.com/axQU0tEEn0
— GlennyRodge (@GlennyRodge) April 9, 2020
9 - Fashionable face masks
When we remember the 70s for the flairs and corduroy trousers, and the 80s for vibrant colours, perms and shoulder pads, we'll look back at the 2020s as the era of haute-couture personal protective equipment...
10 - Famous people (and world leaders) suddenly becoming epidemiologists
This won't go down as one of civilisation's proudest moments:
"Who's dead? I'm not. I'm still alive. So's everybody else I know."
Lord Alan Sugar tells us why he thinks it's safe for the UK to follow the US's lead in coming out of lockdown.@Lord_Sugar | @TheJeremyVine | #JeremyVine pic.twitter.com/ekAD5QBhJN
— Jeremy Vine On 5 (@JeremyVineOn5) June 18, 2020
Nor will this:
How to medical pic.twitter.com/0EDqJcy38p
— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) April 24, 2020
One thing we can look back on with pride is the love and dedication our national health service has shown in these trialling times, with medical staff putting their lives on the line to save ours. But maybe, just maybe, we'll learn to give them the recognition they deserve, and never let this happen again:
So into Charles & Camilla learning to clap for what appears to be the first time ever in their lives
— Ed Brody (@chiefbrody1984) April 23, 2020pic.twitter.com/siMgBjxZmq
Or this:
Shitposting has transformed the world in its own image pic.twitter.com/j3ipm3Z5g2
— Josh Hall (@JoshAJHall) April 23, 2020
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