Collected Item: “Covid-19 Memes from the Anime Community”
Give your story a title.
Covid-19 Memes from the Anime Community
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
meme, drawings, found on Twitter, Tumblr, and Reddit
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.
I like anime and have been feeling depressed during the pandemic. Silly memes like these make me smile. (For reference, "weeb" is a shortened version of "weeaboo", which is someone who really likes anime). A lot of people who have nerdy hobbies like watching anime have spent much of quarantine inside indulging in their hobbies but many are wanting to go back to normal life. Some things from normal life that have been canceled due to COVID-19 is the ability to go to anime conventions and bookstores, where many weebs can hangout and meet with each other. The frustration from the "anti-mask" movement and the lack of decline in coronavirus cases has spawned many anime memes promoting mask wearing and proper handwashing during the pandemic. (The image of Unit 01 (the purple robot) "washing" their hands is currently hanging on my bathroom door at home).
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?
HIST3158, University of Cincinnati, UC, anime, memes, nerd memes, reddit memes, tumblr memes, twitter memes,
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
the internet
Give this story a date.
2020-03-15