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  2021-01-28

  Election was Stolen

  A comic strip about Covid-19
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  2020-03-13

  Bread?

  Before this was taken, I found out school would be online for the rest of the semester heading home for spring break plus two weeks. Boy if only I knew what I know now...
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  2022-04-04

  Traumatic Event After Traumatic Event

  Screenshot I found from @lovedoveclarke on Twitter. A little dark humor surrounding the many traumatic events we keep experiencing
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  2022-04-08

  The Herman Cain Award: the prize no one wants to get and creators want to destroy

  This is a news story from WBUR by Amory Sivertson, Ben Brock Johnson, and Quincy Walters. This is an interview that has been transcribed about the subreddit r/TheHermanCainAward. This subreddit has over 500,000 members. It is named after Herman Cain, a former businessman and Republican presidential candidate, who died in 2020 after getting the Coronavirus. One of the moderators, "Hammy", says that specific anti-mask and anti-vaccine people are featured on the subreddit in an attempt to influence, and in turn, take what is posted publicly, and throw it back in their faces. In order to get an "award" on the subreddit, one has to die. Nominations are for those that go to the hospital. The subreddit makes sure that all information is verified so people cannot call it "fake." They also go to lengths to black-out names, faces, and places in order to protect privacy. Though, even with attempts to make things anonymous, people are still found out. The moderator "Hammy" also does not wish to include their real name in this interview for fear of harassment. Glenn, someone that got featured in the subreddit, was also in this interview to explain his reasoning. Many of his doubts stem from the way the government has been handling it, in addition to the producers of the vaccine themselves asking for more boosters after the initial vaccine, which to him, doesn't seem normal for a vaccine. Glenn also recounts getting lots of harassment on his own Facebook page after getting featured in the subreddit, saying it isn't treatment their own kids should have to see, like people cheering on his death. Despite being vaccinated, "Hammy" contracted "long COVID." Glenn ended up with COVID pneumonia.
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  2022-03-02

  I Support the Current Thing

  This is an Instagram post by waking.the.dead. This is an NPC meme of people claiming they have a healthy distrust of authority, while supporting things imposed by authority. The NPC meme is a meme that gained popularity in the late 2010s and has had continued popularity in the 2020s. NPC stands for "Non Playable Character", which is a term used in gaming for pre-programed characters that have a set script for when the players interact with them. This has expanded to apply to people, with it being used as a slight towards any and all political sides, and portraying the side they don't agree with as having no original thoughts of their own. The context of the NPC meme with the "I have AIDS" thing at the bottom is a reference to the claim that some of the COVID vaccines actually weaken immune systems and sometimes give people AIDS. The mask with the Ukraine flag refers to the current war between Russia and Ukraine, and support of Ukraine in some circles has been seeing as "following the herd because the media/government said to." The top part of "I have healthy distrust of authority" is meant to be ironic, as the NPC has fallen for all the current narratives without question.
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  2021-03-19

  The Coronavirus Sounds Kinda Dangerous

  This is an Instagram post by clarellou. The post is of a comic showing a man with unhealthy habits calling the coronavirus dangerous. This is supposed to be criticism of people not taking care of their own health, while being fearful of something less deadly than being obese or a drug abuser.
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  2020-06-28

  2020 is like being careful but getting hit by an airplane

  This is a funny meme describing our lives in 2020. Despite being careful and "looking both ways before crossing the street," we will still get hit by an airplane.
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  2020-06-25

  European nations where virus first went mainstream nearly cleared as US cases soar

  Viral tweet today highlights the differences in cases between EU nations which were greatly hit by virus early on and the US. The days case increases of 190 for Italy, 81 for France, and 330 for Spain draw a stark contrast to America's over 33,000 new cases for today. The virus first drew mainstream attention in the west once it left China and started affecting western nations. Italy in particular was an early poster country for the pandemic, but now seems quaint compared the the United States. I included this tweet because it essentially sums up the current status of the virus globally. European nations are almost clear of the virus due to strict pandemic guidelines. Meanwhile the United States has taken the opposite approach and any hope for the pandemic being over soon is officially gone. What struck me about this tweet was remembering the public reaction when Italy was the center point of the virus, and the denial of the US ever getting that bad. Now the story of the pandemic has shifted dramatically.
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  2020-06-15

  Bat study on hold over fear of spreading virus — to the bats

  To control potential impacts on already strained bat populations, scientific research is being postponed.
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  03/12/2020

  Rudy Goberg tests positive for hubris

  In March, during the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak reaching Europe, Australia, and the USA, some people were still taking the risk less seriously than others. Twitter has a nose for irony, and a lot of people picked up on what happened to basketballer Rudy Gobert. In early March when the NBA was still denying the need to shut down the season, he touched every microphone and surface he could reach to mock the possibility of COVID-19. A week later, he was sick with it, and the NBA season was called off. Twitter user Jeffery Cook (@JefferyCook)
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  2020-04

  Corona & Cherry Blossoms, Washington DC

  When Cherry Blossoms bloom in DC many visitors take in their beauty. At the same time, their is a tragic irony of the corona virus blooming across the region and the world. The cherries bring the joys of nature,, the virus brings the opposite.
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  2020-05-01

  Visalia's MAGA Mayday rally urges Newsom to reopen California

  This image illustrates the irony of the protests within the Central Valley. There are currently 743 positive cases within Visalia's county (Tulare County), and 40 deaths within that county as well.
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  2020-04-15

  Experiencing the outide from inside

  The idea was to show my attempt at bringing some of the things I missed from the outside world to the inside of my house. It is meant to be ironic and sort of comedic as it is obviosly kind of impossible for me to bring the beach or to go on a walk around the city inside of my house but it shows the reality of the right now. It was an assignment from my class at Parsons, PUFY 1001, A09 with Professor Jensen
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  2020-04-17

  “Spread The Love Not The Disease" Mural, 82nd Airborne Unit, French Quarter, New Orleans, LA

  This “Spread The Love Not The Disease” mural was done by members of the 82nd Airborne unit, French Quarter New Orleans.
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  2020-04-13

  Prominent Virginia pastor who said ‘God is larger than this dreaded virus’ dies of covid-19

  This article explains that a pastor from Virginia named Gerald Glenn still held in-person services at his church. The governor of the state ordered that all non-essential businesses and gatherings of more than 10 people are prohibited. However, the pastor continued with his in-person services. According to him, his God and preachings needed to continue because they're bigger than the virus. On Saturday, April 11, the pastor passed away due to coronavirus. His wife also tested positive with COVID 19.
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  2020-04-19

  People demanding the right to be eaten by zombies

  @Kellydavio writes "What zombie movies got wrong about the actual apocalypse, part 1,487: they omitted scenes of people on the street demanding the right to be eaten by zombies." Kelly Davio refers to recent protests in Michigan and Denver, CO where protestors took to the streets to protest shelter-in-place guidelines in Michigan and Colorado. Commentary includes Memes that show protestors as Zombies.
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  2020-03-18

  Celebrities be like

  shows the inequality between celebrities and the average person, as celebrities were trying to relate to them
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  2020-03

  Celebrities during quarantine

  Many celebrities were expressing frustration about being quarantined, despite that they were very wealthy and had extravagant homes, unlike the average person.
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  03/25/2020

  La gente todos los días/en quarentina

  What people do every day versus when in quarantine
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  2020-03-27

  Essential Businesses

  A viral tweet making fun of the difference between the 1920 Spanish flu outbreak and today's coronavirus. In 1920 Prohibition was in effect, but today liquor stores are considered essential businesses, not effected by mandatory closures.