Returning to a new reality.

1# Off the grid

I will never forget the guy who came into my work this past December with no mask on saying "can somebody please tell me what's going on!!??" We gave him a mask, learned that he had been living off the grid for a while, and had not yet learned that there was a global pandemic.

— icky sticky (@thought_grime) May 12, 2021

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2# Waking up

I remember a woman coming into my work, trying to work out the money. I asked how long she’d been out of the country. She said she had just woken up from a 15 yr coma. Seriously, I paid for her food and said it was a welcome back present

— Ben James🇳🇿🏳️‍🌈♎️❤️😷 (@BenJame59199406) May 13, 2021

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3# Lucky escape

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4# One year per minute recap

Last June I was working a pizza shop, got a call around closing time from a guy that just finished a 20 year prison sentence. I spent at least 15 minutes answering his questions about the world, he didn't know anything about the pandemic or our town's curfew.

— Transgender Factory Worker (Líle Sullivan) (@Lile_Zz) May 13, 2021

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5# Radio silence

My story isn’t as bad as the off-the-grid guy:
My first car had no working radio. I’m driving to campus on 9/11, having no clue what happened. I see everyone crying and hugging, and I’m so confused. Then I see a television, and I’m stunned.

— Charles Lee (@Goofyfan_Chuck) May 13, 2021

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6# Recession

I was sailing across the Atlantic in autumn ‘08. The first call I made when we re-entered mobile reception was to my dad. The first thing he said was “The banking system has collapsed.”!

— Michael Wood (@michaelcwood) May 13, 2021

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