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  2020-04-02

  April Fool's!

  A comic strip about Covid-19
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  2020-01-23

  A January 2020 Discord Group Chat

  During January, my friends and I heard about the new virus and were fascinated. We joked and memed and speculated about it, however we never expected it to blow up this fast.
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  2020-03-24

  Symptoms on the Youth

  When the pandemic first broke out out, many people didn't know what to think. In millennial and gen z fashion, many young adults turned to the internet to crack jokes and voice their opinion about the upcoming crisis. This meme pokes fun at the uncertainty of the viruses' signs and symptoms many medical and governmental officials had at the beginning of the pandemic. The mem also pokes fun at the idea of teenage angst and anxiety a rapid number of young adults are starting experience more and more during this recent decade. The pandemic may cause your nose and mouth to not feel anything but the real question is if young adults are really "feeling" the impact of what is going on? A Forbes report in April of this year has indicated that young people between the ages of 18-24 are starting suffer from more mental health problems than any age group since the pandemic started. Think what you will but this study definitely proves that more young adults will suffer long lasting effects of pandemic during and after the global crisis comes to a end. I liked this meme because it a representations of some of my numbs feelings I have had during this pandemic.
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  2021-10-08

  Comic relief

  We all need some comic relief from time to time when the stress of Covid becomes too much. Social distancing and quarantine measures, while necessary to slow down the spread of the virus, has nevertheless affected those who crave human closeness and interaction. Those who suffer from social anxiety must now balance health and emotional/mental health needs in new and creative ways.
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  2020-11-01

  Homemade Mask Meme

  I took this photo of my brother when I went to visit him while he was living in Concord, Massachusetts, and I was studying remotely at home in West Springfield, Massachusetts. We had just come back from visiting Walden Pond for the first time. My brother was living with his best friend's grandfather at the time, and even though my brother did not leave the house much, he still wore a mask inside the house as a precaution. After he finished eating, my brother went to put his mask on again, except he aimed a little high. Thinking it looked funny, I took a picture and made it into a meme. I felt like having the mask cover his entire face was similar to a face-palm or banging one's head against the wall, somehow symbolic of the grind that pandemic life had become.
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  2021-08-15

  Vaccine Passport

  The Instagram page nochill_latinos share a meme directed at those who are making a big deal that vaccine cards are being required at schools and places of work.
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  2020

  Humorous Memes About Quarantine

  During quarantine I collected many humorous memes about staying at home and the problems that brought. All sorts of subjects were covered: cooking, getting along with your spouse/roommates, homeschooling the kids, learning to bake bread, being stuck at home, sanitizing, facemasks, people hoarding toilet paper, boredome, effects of isolation, etc. Here are a few of those memes.
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  2020-03-22

  Essential worker

  I selected primary sources on my personal experience of the covid-19 pandemic as an essential worker. I was employed by Autozone which was qualified to be essential to the public and for that time period where majority of my friends where at home quarantined, I was constantly at work due to the fact that many of my fellow co-workers at the time either caught covid or had a medical excuse to stay home. Life as an essential worker was very hard at the time because I had to take care of my health as much as I could so I wouldn't impact the people who lived at home. At the time I lived at home with my mother and my pregnant sister so I took extra precautions every day whether it was wearing two masks at work, constantly washing my hands and trying everything possible to stay healthy just so I wouldn't impact anyone at home. Working almost 6 days a week and going to school remotely was hard but I made an agreement with my professors at the time to make exceptions regarding classes because I explained due to the pandemic I was essential and I was required to work more due to the lack of workers. Life during this pandemic was interesting being stopped by the cops after curfew cause we closed a little later then we were supposed to and just being no traffic out on the road going home from work. I legitimately had to work 6 days a week and be tired constantly while hearing my friends say they were tired of being home. I Submitted a meme I had on my phone my older sister had sent me as a joke because while she was working from home, I had to go out and work. The meme was funny to me and I felt it was perfect for this project because as a Full time student during the pandemic I was working full time. I always would brag about working during the pandemic and doing school work because the majority of my friends were doing bad in school and I was able to keep up with both.
• 2021-01-11

  My Early Ideas on the Origin of COVID

  This virus, known in early March simply as "the coronavirus", was shrouded in mystery. We were told that it originated in China, which inspired many jokes. A parody of the song "Break my Stride" was the most memorable. In the earliest days of the pandemic, not much was known about COVID besides it's symptoms and things that we were being told could prevent it. That and that it was impossible to find paper products, cleaning products, and eggs. We knew that the symptoms were similar to the flu and that we were supposed to stay six feet away from other people and not high five. We were also told to sanitize everything frequently (hence the shortage of cleaning products) and wear masks. Not much of that has changed since then. We still do all the same things to prevent it, but somehow, it feels that my knowledge has filled out. There is less fear now (the teacher's unions are certainly using that fear to their advantage). Though I know that there is much that I did not understand in March and April, I feel that my opinions and knowledge of COVID have not changed much.
• 2020-12-15T09:30

  Life when Covid-19 was only a rumor

  It was about mid February when I first hear about Covid. I didn't think much of it because all it was to me was a disease in another country. I remember seeing classmates Instagram stories making jokes about it. I wasn't worried even if it did effect America it would be like the flu. I could never had imaged what state the whole world would be like. There was this time in science class when my friend coughed I laughed and said "wow you probably have covid". It was a joke and nothing more. A few of my Friends where on the schools Italy trip at that time. I was still talking with them so I figured the county was okay. But when they got back everybody was nervous and Italy shut down. None of them had Covid so I took it as a false alarm. A lot of the middle school became more worried and I didn't understand why the adults didn't care as much. I still don't know exactly why but my best guess is because it was on social media before the news.
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  2020-11-07

  Graduation in 2020

  This is a meme about how COVID has affect the graduation of the class of 2020. As a member of the class of 2020, I can definitely relate to this. I was really looking forward to my high school graduation. Even though we had somewhat of a very small ceremony only a few members of our family could come and it wasn’t how I dreamed of it. A big reason we couldn’t have the normal ceremony was the cause of the rules and restrictions put in place by our government. Gatherings of a certain number were not allowed and masks had become mandatory because of our government.
• 2020-08-26

  My corona story

  When the corona virus first hit I am gonna be honest it was just a huge joke in my opinion but then people in my county started getting it and I realized this wasnt a joke anymore I got super sad when we started doing online school because it got cancelled and basically never did my school work so my mom got mad and said that I had to go stay with my friend who lived down the street for the rest of online school I got really mad at my mom and we didnt talk as much especially because I was gone 5 days of the week when i was stuck at my friends house her mother knew that I worked super fast so she would let me sleep all day when I was done with work and then I would stay up two days straight doing things like making them dinner and just chilling out watching netflix in my room up in my bed that i had in there house the only netflix show i really like is glee adn thats the only thing that i honestly like to watch but after a while my friend got really annoyed with her and I spent most of my time fighting with her cause after a while it took a lot not to be mad at everything all the time like every single tiny thing irritated me and then i started losing all of my friends and i cried a lot and got depressed and i never really ate any food because i was always really sad i never ever left bed unless it was to get food or go to the bathroom but then after the corona calmed down a bit me and my fmaily moved and we didnt move towns or antything but we moved from a townhome to an actual house that we owned and you could tell that my miserable sister wasnt as sad anymore and that made the rest of my family happy and my depression slowly went away and now i go to school wearing a mask and get masks break and am on a block scedule which im alright with it doesnt bother me i have fun at school with all my friends and im super happy here
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  2020

  Dig Deeper to Find Husband in Garden

  During quarantine, families were forced to be together 24/7. That situation, along with the usual stresses of marriage led to jokes old and new. This meme shows that the wife buried her husband in the garden--we assume because she just. Could. Not. Take. It. Anymore.
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  2020-07-07

  Pun about Pandemic

  This is a silly pun about pandas and pandemics. Since the panda eats approximately 15 hours a day and so does a human being in quarantine, that's why it's called a "Pandemic."
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  2020

  The Onion Must Close. They Can't Make up Anything Crazier than Reality

  The Onion is a humorous news outlet that publishes satire and jokes. But now, in 2020, there is nothing then can write that is crazier than what's really happening in the world.
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  2020-07-08

  “Insufficient facts always invite danger.” - Captain Spock

  A tweet from famed Canadian astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield and resulting response from Ottawa Public Health. The initial tweet shows three of the main characters from the original Star Trek (Bones, Kirk, and Spock) with medical masks superimposed on their faces and another crew member, wearing the red shirt which is often jokingly said to mark a character for death, in the background without a mask. The response from Ottawa Public Health is the addition of a quote from the famously logical character of Spock: "Insufficient facts always invite danger." This is possibly a reference to those who are claiming masks are ineffectual or even dangerous based on limited or untruthful sources- a section of the population with which the Public Health unit deals frequently.
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  2020-06-25

  "If you want to contact trace people, download Tim Horton's app" Tweet

  Tweet by CBC Newfoundland reporter Matt McCann reporting on a joke made by John Haggie, the MLA (MHA) for Gander, and provincial Minister of Health made about the scandal in which Tim Horton's was revealed to be extensively tracking those who use their application. The minister joked that they should use the Tim's app in place of a custom built contact tracing application for those with covid-19.
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  2020-06-19

  100 Days In

  Comic joking about how 100 days would usually be a positive milestone, but in the pandemic the only "something special" we are cracking open is a bottle of hand sanitizer
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  2020-06-15

  "you may be entitled to condensation"

  A tweet joking about the common complaint that the direction of condensation from breath is causing people's glasses to fog up when they wear masks.
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  2020-06-15

  Transpo Requires Masks: 'You better Carrey One'

  A tweet from the CBC News Traffic account reminding anyone taking public that masks are now required when riding, and making a joke referencing the Jim Carrey movie 'The Mask.'
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  2020-03-16

  All Set With Nothing to Do

  This is a humorous statement about the facts of life during quarantine, especially during the beginning phase. Many of us couldn’t work, we couldn’t go out—the “non-essential” stores, movie theaters, malls, restaurants, and bars were all closed, so there was nowhere to go anyway. This is funny because the author was very well-rested and all set to take on the day, but there was really no day to “take on.” He or she expresses our quandary well. We’re up, ready to go, but there is nowhere to go and nothing to do.
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  2020-03-26

  Coronavirus is the Apocalypse Now--Sign.

  When the Coronavirus struck and most all of the stores closed, the streets were deserted. It truly did look like the apocalypse had come. The humor here is that the bookstore jokingly said that it was putting all the Sci Fi post-apocalyptic books into the current events section.
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  2020-06-11

  A Year for the History Books Comic

  A single panel comic suggesting that so much has happened in the last few months there will need to be several volumes of history written on 2020 where the proceeding years would only need one each.
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  2020-03-02

  "Hand Washing" Comic

  A four panel comic from Dami Lee's ongoing autobiographical comedic series, in which she references the common usage of songs, particularly their choruses, to indicate the length of time one should wash one's hands to safely reduce the risk of infection with coronavirus and other pathogens. She then jokes about her own tendency to end up singing the entire song, therefore getting her hands very clean.
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  2020-04-24

  An [Facebook] event can RSVP 'Interested' to, and then not show up"

  This post follows the format of joke Facebook events not intended to actually occur and referencing the tendency of people to RSVP to legitimate Facebook events and then decide not to attend before the pandemic. It was created in response to the tweet which features as the background image for the event page. At the time this was shared with the archive, just under 160 thousand people from around the world had responded they were "interested" in this "event."
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  2020-03-20

  The Crown Diary day 3

  How I felt and reacted to the situation
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  2020-03-29

  Payment Options: Now Include Toilet Paper

  A joke found on social media, showing an payment box from an online store which has been edited to include toilet paper as one of the accepted methods of payment in reference to the hoarding and resulting scarcity of toilet paper in stores.
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  2020-03

  Covid Spread Tweet

  A tweet joking about the spread of covid-19 being like young women who feel they need to travel to find themselves.
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  2020-03-17

  Accessing Healthcare and Preparing for the Worst

  The attached image is a screenshot from an Instagram story I posted on March 17, making light at the end of a few days of attempting to access medicine and joke about my growing confidence in my ability to handle the pandemic situation, even if I did end up ill. Directly following the declaration of a state of emergency in Ontario, in March, I realized I was running low on a maintenance prescription I take and had no refills left on it. To have my family doctor back home, in Ottawa, fax it to a pharmacy in the London, where I was attending the University of Western Ontario at the time, it usually costs $30 out of pocket, so I wanted to see if I could get an appointment before I tried that. I checked the student health website to see if they were restricting appointments and all seemed normal so I called. Plus, with my asthma and history of respiratory infections, I thought it would be a good idea to have a Flovent (steroid) puffer (inhaler) on hand in case I do get sick. I was on hold for 40 mins only to have the receptionist get exceptionally snarky with me and eventually tell me they were not taking regular appointments at that time. So, I called my family physician's office and they/she not only faxed the prescription I was low on but also the puffer and waved the renewal fee. The receptionist said many doctors are doing this to avoid people requesting in person appointments to have prescriptions done, as those are covered in socialized health care. Having the puffer available to me if I began having difficulty breathing is greatly reassuring both in that I would be less likely to require other medical intervention with it at my disposal, but also that I would not be taking up resources from someone who might have the disease worse or be at a higher risk than me, an otherwise health young woman.
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  05/20/2020

  Threat Levels in the U.K.

  The British mentality of keeping a "stiff upper lip" is legendary. This piece pokes fun at the way the British have handled various monumental events throughout history and how they relate to the current crisis being faced. Originally found on the website imgur.com, the meme seems to be playing off of an older joke found at https://www.eetimes.com/england-raises-security-level-from-miffed-to-peeved/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F#
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  2020-03-30

  Zoom Memes for Self Quaranteens

  A screenshot of a Facebook college meme group called "Zoom Memes for Self Quaranteens". As of 03/30/2020 it has 469,370 members. The group was created on 03/11/2020
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  2020-04-29

  "Is It OK to Laugh During Dark Times?"

  This is an article about all the memes surfacing about the coronavirus, and whether or not it's okay to make jokes about what is going on.
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  2020-04-24

  European Joke about US response

  A British doctor says: "In Britain, medicine is so advanced that we cut off a man's liver, put it in another man, and in 6 weeks, he is looking for a job." The German doctor says: "That's nothing, in Germany we took part of a brain, put it in another man, and in 4 weeks he is looking for a job." The Russian doctor says: "Gentlemen, we took half a heart from a man, put it in another's chest, and in 2 weeks he is looking for a job." The American doctor laughs: "You are all behind us. A few years ago, we took a man with no brain, no heart, and no liver and made him President. Now, the whole country is looking for a job!"
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  2006-04-22

  Covid-19 pop, Simpsonville, SC

  This is a "Covid-19 Pop" handed out by a co-worker of my partner and a virus skeptic as a "joke" a few weeks ago. I am uncertain where the humor was supposed to lie. I do think it is an interesting record of what people were thinking and how they were processing this moment. The company laid off half of the workforce due to the virus a few days later.
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  2020-03-12

  Find All Collectibles Trophy tweet

  A common trope in video games is to find a mysterious place where someone has died, and to find journal entries, letters, and other mementos to find out what happened to the person. This tweet uses this trope as a joke since people were in isolation for so long
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  2020-04-03

  Therapist over the phone

  a joke about people losing their grip on reality during quarantine
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  2020-03-29

  Apaguen todas las luces (meme)

  El presidente debería ordenar que durante el toque de queda se apaguen todas las luces de la ciudad así el virus no podrá vernos
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  03/20/20

  social distancing

  The image references to social distancing and everyone having to do work from their homes.
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  2020-03-26

  Peruvian medicine cabinet meme

  Meme comparing a typical medicine cabinet to a Peruvian medicine cabinet
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  2020-03-27

  Story

  My buddy caught COVID-19. He sought out alternative medicine and was referred to a woman who went by the name Miss Frizzle. She got in a school bus that became microscopic in size. She flew into my friend's nostril and destroyed the ever living shit out of the virus. Now my buddy is doing much better still has a mild cough though.