34 Things That Happened Almost Exactly 3 Years Ago Before The Pandemic That Will Make You Question Reality
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34 Things That Happened Almost Exactly 3 Years Ago Before The Pandemic That Will Make You Question Reality,The world really was such a different place, and I just hope Charlotte Awbery is slaying a subway platform somewhere again.
34 Things That Happened Almost Exactly 3 Years Ago Before The Pandemic That Will Make You Question Reality
It’s been three years since coronavirus lockdowns began.
Tom Pennington / Getty ImagesLittle did we know, a few weeks later, we would all be quarantined.
Focus On Sport / Getty Images2. At the beginning of the pandemic, Nick Cannon only had three kids…
Albert L. Ortega / Getty Images…now he has 12.
Albert L. Ortega / Getty Images3. Remember Charlotte Awbery? She’s the lady who went viral for singing in the subway.
Kevin Freshwater/ Facebook: watchShe was HUGEly viral pre-pandemic. She went viral on Feb. 20, 2020…and was never heard from again.
Kevin Freshwater/ Facebook: kevinjjfreshwater4. Right before lockdown, everyone was talking about Cheer.
5. Tiger King came out and took over the internet as the world was going through its first wave of shutdowns.
Netflix6. And the first season of Love Is Blind was also everywhere at the time.
7. The Invisible Man was one of the biggest movies.
Nurphoto / Getty Images8. So were Sonic the Hedgehog and Bad Boys for Life.
Paramount Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection9. The Grammys had just happened.
Steve Granitz / WireImage / Getty Images10. Billie Eilish won a TON of awards.
Amanda Edwards / Getty Images11. Lana Del Rey was dating a cop.
Amy Sussman / Getty ImagesAnd she wore a dress from Dillards.
Amy Sussman / Getty Images12. Speaking of couples, before the pandemic, Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green were still together.
Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Images13. Jennifer Lopez was still with A-Rod.
Brian Babineau / NBAE via Getty Images14. Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik hadn’t broken up.
Gotham / GC Images / Getty Images15. Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello were still a thing.
Steve Granitz / WireImage / Getty Images16. And people didn’t say “it’s giving” in relation to anything and everything like they do now.
Vogue17. The 2020 Academy Awards were one of the last major events before shutdowns.
Albert L. Ortega / Getty Images18. We were all on a Parasite high.
Neon / courtesy Everett Collection19. And thankfully, the movie took home Best Picture.
Rachel Luna / Getty Images20. Right before lockdown, people were still making Cats jokes.
Kevin Winter / Getty Images21. Everyone lost their damn minds over their reunion.
Vivien Killilea / Getty Images for SAG-AFTRA22. Billie Eilish made this face, and people were real, real mad about it.
ABCLittle did we know this face would be the least of our problems a few weeks later…
ABC23. Before shutdowns, people loved talking about Hustlers. Everyone was pissed about J.Lo being robbed of AT LEAST an Oscar nomination.
Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images24. Another extremely weird pre-pandemic thing was that just before the pandemic, there were SEVEN PEOPLE running for the Democratic nomination.
Win Mcnamee / Getty Images25. Pete Buttigieg won Iowa back in the beginning of February 2020. That was only a month before lockdown.
Win Mcnamee / Getty Images26. Remember when Mike Bloomberg had a *chance*? He dropped out of the race on March 4…a week or so before we were all stuck inside.
Win Mcnamee / Getty Images27. One of the last “major” “events” that happened in a pre-COVID world was that Mr. Peanut died and was reincarnated into Baby Peanut.
Planters28. Just before “shelter in place,” the Pussycat Dolls reunited and delivered one of the best songs of 2020.
They were so unified and happy back then.
Neil Mockford / GC Images / Getty Images29. In early 2020, Jessica Simpson was constantly in the headlines for her book.
Amy Sussman / Getty Images30. At the end of February, just before doomsday, Megxit was announced.
Chris Jackson / Getty ImagesThat’s back before we all found out (against our will) about Prince Harry’s “frozen todger.”
Matt Cardy / Getty Images31. “Social distancing” wasn’t anything anyone ever said or did.
D3sign / Getty Images32. We never uttered the phrases “super spreader” or “flattening the curve.”
Simpleimages / Getty Images33. Likewise, we had never talked about preferences for Moderna or Pfizer.
Carmengabriela / Getty Images34. And no one who wasn’t an actual doctor or nurse ever used the words “N-95s,” “PPE,” “variants,” or “quarantines.”
Dukai Photographer / Getty ImagesIn conclusion, it was a simpler time and I just wish Charlotte Awbery well. I hope she’s doing okay.
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