Self-isolation got you down? Practicing social distancing is a must these days, but it can take its toll. Humans are social animals (even us introverted ones!), and managing worries about sickness and shortages can make isolation all the harder. Thankfully, we live in the age of the internet, and if there’s one thing the internet is good for (aside from cute kitten pics and pornography, obviously), it’s collective comedy. The witty and smart-alecky of the world have been churning out the goods and riffing off each other for a good couple of weeks now, so if you’re sitting at home and could use a little mood picker-upper, you’re in luck! Just keep scrolling . . .
First up: general jokery!
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Next up: Apparently, potty humor never grows old, because the toilet paper jokes are almost as prevalent as the toilet paper hoarding . . .
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As we have all now discovered, it turns out 20 seconds is a painfully boring amount of time to sit there washing your hands multiple times a day. But we took our frustration and turned it to comedy gold!
First there were the CDC conversation jokes. It began with Neil Diamond, and mushroomed from there:
Then there were the captioned hand-washing instructions, an ingenious idea made possible by 17-year-old william (@neoncloth). You can make your own at washyourlyrics.com.
And here’s one for after a full day of washing:
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A lot more of us are working or studying from home these days and can probably relate to at least one of these jokes.
There are some for the productive:
And some for the “productive”:
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And finally there’s your grabbag potpourri assortment of silly, beginning, as perhaps we should have expected, with wild Italian boars:
And to round off this roundup, let me leave you with a priceless news story, 100% not satire, as reported in the New York Post: ISIS tells its terrorists not to travel to Europe for jihad — because of coronavirus. After all, if you don’t have your health… :D
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Well, folks, that’s all for this roundup, but remember: the internet will be here all week, hope to see you back again soon!