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Collected Item: “What it’s like going to the store int eh Covid-19 pandemic”

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What it’s like going to the store int eh Covid-19 pandemic

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A meme that I found on Instagram, and some games that I have been playing

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

One good example of a story is going to the store. In order to enter you have to wear a mask. When you get in the employees tell you that your cart has been sanitized and you start to shop. All aisles have arrows on the ground that you are supposed to follow. Some people like me try to avoid people while walking through the store. The checkout process is a bit different because almost all checkout lines that employees checkout your groceries for you are closed so you are forced to use the self checkout. You can use money or credit cards but since money is passed around between multiple people I don’t really like to touch it. Now we just pickup our groceries outside the store though. The meme I submitted I thought it was funny and it’s gonna be really weird to explain everything to future generations.I also submitted some games that I have been playing recently. Fall guys is currently relevant and it’s probably viewed as a pretty old game or, most likely, people have completely forgot about it. Portal is currently 9 years old and most people don’t know or care about the game but it’s my favorite game of all time. It’s also underrated. The last of us series is also really good and sorta relevant still. Since the last of us part II is viewed as a realistic-looking game, I’m interested to see how graphics have evolved since then, if they have, which I imagine they did.

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Valve, Naughty Dog, devolved digital, and a Twitter account named @lutricialeroux

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2020-07-16
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