In 2020, the ability to find humor in dire situations has become an increasingly necessary survival skill. Since the internet banded together to ruthlessly mock Gal Gadotâs âImagine,â America has been finding ways to joke collectively, and the memes alone have been priceless.
Throughout it all, Twitter users have been trying to imagine what it would be like to explain our increasingly surreal state of affairs to people from previous years. Collectively, they demonstrate just how weird this year has been from every angleâbut how we still manage to laugh.
Here are some of the best from the last six months.
In local news:
Imagine showing this tweet to yourself a year ago and explaining "oh no, the masks aren't because the sky is orange, that's for a different thing." https://t.co/nnqoOBk3uM
— Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) September 9, 2020
Can you imagine going back in time and telling yourself that this is what 2020 would be like? https://t.co/zqOsgyb69L
— Go Team Venture! (@sunsetdraculete) September 10, 2020
Entertainment:
imagine explaining this tweet to someone from last year https://t.co/GISIV1yGPx
— Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) April 25, 2020
Imagine showing this to someone in 2019 https://t.co/osQUO8G4t8
— Ramp Capital (@RampCapitalLLC) June 23, 2020
Omg imagine time traveling back one year ago and showing yourself this thumbnail. Your expression tho… …lmao priceless totally worth the trip……would do again A+++ no need to return me to 2020……ty pic.twitter.com/juOQ3sxhtv
— ê§ÊÇɹpoÇpı̣Êê§ (@videodrew) August 31, 2020
Sports:
Imagine going back to 2019 and trying to explain this to people https://t.co/pTBRx5q9rB
— gigabear (@2170cell) August 22, 2020
Imagine waking up from a one-year coma and reading this https://t.co/xffKAvV5N5 pic.twitter.com/6a6o5Ttewm
— On The Prowl (@ontheprowl_MN) July 14, 2020
Television:
Imagine explaining this tweet this time last year https://t.co/PFxAY3QRG6
— eloiserae (@eloiseraexxx) September 12, 2020
Imagine telling yourself in January that this photo would define 2020 pic.twitter.com/9jDqCIZX8C
— Liv Marks â¡ï¸ (@OliviaLilyMarks) September 8, 2020
Fashion:
Imagine explaining this picture to someone in January 2020 https://t.co/gH0e9awuBU
— Ntate Hlalele (@hleaux) September 13, 2020
Food and drink:
Imagine explaining this to someone in 2019 pic.twitter.com/RoKoxUwA7z
— Caroline Keep (@Ka81) September 12, 2020
Imagine trying to explain to a time traveler from the 90âs what is happening in this picture pic.twitter.com/rWL0Yxtjee
— influencersinthewild (@influencersitw) August 4, 2020
Imagine waking up from a coma & reading this headline. https://t.co/lPHvbNf41K
— Roxi Horror (@roxiqt) May 15, 2020
And, well, everything:
Imagine a time traveler showing you this one year ago and asking you to prepare for 2020. pic.twitter.com/i5V4ph6ViW
— Tero Kuittinen (@teroterotero) September 12, 2020
imagine explaining this headline to someone last september pic.twitter.com/vqpnOvy46E
— the teflon don (@sharkweec) September 10, 2020
imagine explaining this tweet to someone 6 months ago. https://t.co/RInpu1DTw8
— Zach Cramer (@zacramer) May 16, 2020
Only three and a half months left to go…
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