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Collected Item: “Present”

Give your story a title.

Present

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

A tweet.

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.

Living during the pandemic, everyday felt like yesterday. The same things happened over and over again. It left me pondering when things will ever get back to normal. But even if things did get back to normal, these normal things will happen everyday. What makes the pandemic so different? The pandemic and COVID made me realize the many things I took for granted: seeing my friends and family, going outside for fun, going to school in-person, and much more. This is why I chose this post. Today, it is so true that the real world is an escape from the internet, especially with all of the Zoom and online learning, going outside is a pleasure.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#twitter, #internet, #realworld, #today, #disappointed, #pandemiclife

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Noah Smith

Give this story a date.

2020
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