People are imagining how they would explain 2020 to 2019

Rusty Blazenhoff 6:00 am Mon Sep 14, 2020

San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf under orange skies, photo by Paul Hayes @rainingchainsaws

Folks on Twitter are imagining what some of the crazier highlights of 2020 would be like to explain to someone in 2019.

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

Imagine showing this to someone in 2019 https://t.co/osQUO8G4t8
— Ramp Capital (@RampCapitalLLC) June 23, 2020

Imagine going back in time one year and showing people this picture of a stadium full of cardboard fans and a sky of orange. pic.twitter.com/8SU5qhfAxf
— Mike Elgan (@MikeElgan) September 11, 2020

imagine explaining this tweet to someone 6 months ago. https://t.co/RInpu1DTw8
— Zach Cramer (@zacramer) May 16, 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

Imagine waking up from a coma & reading this headline. https://t.co/lPHvbNf41K
— Roxi Horror 💀🌸 (@roxiqt) May 15, 2020

I had to add a few:

Imagine trying to explain this to someone in 2019https://t.co/fRGJMG3AIj
— Rusty Blazenhoff (@Blazenhoff) September 12, 2020

Imagine trying to explain this to someone in 2019https://t.co/8kxWkZPvv2
— Rusty Blazenhoff (@Blazenhoff) September 12, 2020

Imagine trying to explain this to someone in 2019https://t.co/jX1Y9kRYYj
— Rusty Blazenhoff (@Blazenhoff) September 12, 2020

Imagine trying to explain this to someone in 2019https://t.co/NGWcH1aLrG
— Rusty Blazenhoff (@Blazenhoff) September 12, 2020

Previously: Humorous video: Now-self explains the pandemic to past-self

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