Pandemic Roundup

from Art Department Weekly | Issue 88 Vol. 12

De Blasio Press Conferences

Winner, Winner...

I did not realize eggs were hard to find until I read the tweets warning people not to raise chickens in a pandemic. Then I saw the cupcake skirts. Then Popeye’s had me wondering how many will become dinner rather than egg producers.

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**No excuse for this parking**
Madeline Vega

Don’t Be Like That

I was about to take a picture of the glove when I noticed this Dodge had taken two spots. Then I turned around and saw someone ditched a cart that close to the actual cart return...

I Can’t Quit You

My assortment of Facebook groups currently have so many racist and antisemitic posts I’m sure I should stop visiting the site. But I can’t help it. Not only do I get a view of what’s happening at different stores, restaurants, and local politics, there are things that make me laugh. I bought Avocado, Lime & Cilantro Triscuits. They are so bad. And the string of comments treating Boeing like poor people was brilliant. The horrifying far outweighs the humor, but it’s the slot machine effect—and I’m addicted.

We Are All Dumber Now

Facebook’s algorithm matched up these two stories about the private sector and COVID-19 which highlights for me how divided everything is right now. For every post that includes a picture of someone in a mask, there is a post about how mainstream media has it all wrong. I had to check the math on the tweet about Bezos (he’s worth $113 billion) because I just assume everyone is wrong all the time now.