Yahoo Lifestyle The Pandemic Started 4 Years Ago, Here Are 43 Things That Happened Back Then That Will Make You Question Reality
Welp, it's been four years since the pandemic started in 2020.
Because the pandemic completely messed with everyone's sense of time and place, let's look at some genuinely surprising things that happened just before and at the beginning of the pandemic that feel like a billion years ago...
Just weeks before the pandemic...
1.Shakira and Jennifer Lopez were the joint Super Bowl headliners.
It's wild to think that we would all be quarantining just a few weeks later.
2.Remember the voice of an angel, Charlotte Awbery?
She went viral for singing in the subway on February 20, 2020.
Unfortunately, her career completely stalled after the world shutdown.
3.Tiger King had just premiered in 2020.
4.The first season of Love Is Blind was also everywhere.
5.It's wild that we're currently on season 6.
6.The biggest movies in theaters were The Invisible Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Bad Boys for Life.
7."Dance Monkey" by Tones and I, "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi, and "Good As Hell" by Lizzo were the biggest songs.
8.The Grammys had just happened, and Lil Nas X won a ton of awards for "Old Town Road."
9.Lana Del Rey was dating a cop, and wore a dress from Dillards to the show.
10.Billie Eilish also won every major award.
11.At the beginning of 2020, Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green were still together.
12.Jennifer Lopez wasn't back with Ben Affleck. She was still with A-Rod.
13.Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello were still dating.
14.And Elon Musk didn't own Twitter, and was still with Grimes.
15.Just before lockdown, Parasite had won big at the Academy Awards.
16.People were still making Cats jokes.
17.Everyone was freaking out over Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston reuniting.
18.And Ellen was still on TV.
19.Four years ago, people were still pissed about J.Lo being robbed of her much-deserved Hustlers Oscar nomination.
20.There were SIX people running for the Democratic nomination.
21.Mike Bloomberg was still a candidate for president.
22.And Pete Buttigieg had just won Iowa.
23.It's hard to believe, but at the end of February 2020, Megxit was announced.
24.In early 2020, "social distancing," "super spreader," "flattening the curve," "N-95s," "PPE," "variants," or "quarantines," weren't in any of our vocabularies.
25.We had never seen one of these extremely long Q-tips.
26.We had never talked about Moderna or Pfizer.
27.And we had never felt like amateur doctors/scientists conducting our own Covid tests.
28.Then, one day, everything shut down.
29.People were fighting over toilet paper in grocery stores.
30. People became obsessed with washing their hands to the tune of "Happy Birthday."
Stay Safe! Don't forget to wash your hands. My trick? Just sing the 'Happy Birthday' rhyme twice.😁😁
— Financial Didi (@FinancialDidi) April 26, 2020
31. And celebrities started tweeting out jokes.
Yeah, no, sorry. Not gonna do "My Corona."
— Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) March 3, 2020
32. As Kacey Musgraves said, everyone felt like it was the weird time period between Christmas and New Year's when no one does anything.
I feel like I’m somehow stuck back in that weird time period between Christmas and new year where anything goes
— K A C E Y (@KaceyMusgraves) March 16, 2020
33. Vanessa Carlton iconically tweeted, "Don't go downtown."
Don't go downtown.
— 𝕍 𝕒 𝕟 𝕖 𝕤 𝕤 𝕒 ℂ 𝕒 𝕣 𝕝 𝕥 𝕠 𝕟 (@VanessaCarlton) March 16, 2020
34. Celebrities posted fake videos of people on balconies dancing to their songs.
Let Us All RISE UP. everywhere around the world!! 🌎 🌍 #irise pic.twitter.com/NJv93kWnWs
— Madonna (@Madonna) March 15, 2020
35.People panic bought the most random things, like Diane Kruger's husband who bought boxes and boxes of potatoes.
36.Tom Hanks was the first *major* celeb to come out with Covid.
37. Most people forget that Idris Elba and his wife were next.
This morning I tested positive for Covid 19. I feel ok, I have no symptoms so far but have been isolated since I found out about my possible exposure to the virus. Stay home people and be pragmatic. I will keep you updated on how I’m doing 👊🏾👊🏾 No panic. pic.twitter.com/Lg7HVMZglZ
— Idris Elba (@idriselba) March 16, 2020
38. St. Patrick's Day was the first major holiday during the Covid era, and celebs pleaded for people to stay in.
Dear people going to St. Patrick’s Day celebrations: get drunk at home. And stay there.
— Kevin McHale (@druidDUDE) March 15, 2020
39. Taylor Swift's cat listened to those rules.
For Meredith, self quarantining is a way of life. Be like Meredith. #QuarantineCats pic.twitter.com/yEHJ5c5oFi
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) March 16, 2020
40. At the beginning of the pandemic, Priyanka Chopra clapped to an empty field.
I hope this video of Priyanka clapping gets referenced on the WAP remix pic.twitter.com/BhceyDrymr
— Frank Costa (@feistyfrank) August 19, 2020
@priyankachopra/ Twitter: @feistyfrank
41. Seth Rogen watched Cats.
I’m pretty stoned and watching Cats. I’ve never seen the broadway show. It is truly trippy. Am I supposed to know what a Jellicle is? They’ve said it 200,000 times but I don’t know what’s happening haha.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) March 18, 2020
42.And we all CRINGED at that "Imagine" video, which for some reason, is still up.
Lastly, I'll leave you with a fact...
43.At the beginning of the pandemic, Nick Cannon had three kids...
...now he has 12.
