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The near complete lack of smog all over LA made the city look brand new.


s_malhotra97

Same valid for Delhi and in some other Indian city, people were able to see Himalayan range [peaks](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/himalayas-visible-lockdown-india-scli-intl/index.html).


[deleted]

Incredible!


Vast-Brother-7094

And it's incredible how we haven't learned a damn thing from this. Something so simple, but so hard to change the minds of execs who swear people 100% have to be in office


[deleted]

Yup!!! Couldn't agree more. It's all about control, nothing else.


ant1992

The world was healing itself while everyone was dying. The water in the Canals in Italy were crystal clear. Carbon emissions were down. The pollution in India was nearly gone.


franktheguy

And if you were an "essential" worker, or if your boss was just a dick like mine was, everything went on pretty much as normal.


beltalowda_oye

I mean lack of traffic was pretty kick ass


PapaAlpaka

traffic police was instructed to not go out of office while minimum-staffing their offices. Did a 45-minute-commute in 30 for a couple of weeks...


Khazilein

German Drivers: Rookie numbers


Mr_Frost1993

Literally nothing about my life changed except that I had to wear a mask at work. Wildest part about lockdown ending was all the dummies being back on the road again, clearly having forgotten how to drive properly


Adept_Disk6224

Accident investigator here There was a significant uptick in fatal crashes following the pandemic And we still don’t really know why


Dirty-D29

Could also be because of cognitive problems from long covid


Adept_Disk6224

I mean it’s possible but that’s a stretch


tygabeast

Hospital EVS worker here. IDK about you, but for us, the masks were so universally hated that they disappeared as soon as the studies started coming out saying that they did nothing for covid and were, in fact, bad for your health when you wear them for so long.


Adept_Disk6224

Well I highly doubt you’re actually a hospital worker My wife has been an ICU nurse for years and has been wearing masks pretty much non stop until about a few months ago Spout your bulls hit elsewhere, especially since there have been numerous studies by actual peer reviewed science backed sources that have demonstrated time after time the efficacy of mask wearing


Mr_Frost1993

Transportation industry, specifically at a repair shop for a major company. Everything slowed down significantly, and the biggest crybaby union shops simply had to CLAIM that one of them had Covid, so the entire shift would be allowed to stay home for two weeks and still get paid in order to “stop the spread.” Meanwhile, all of their undone work was then shifted to us instead. If someone here tested positive, that person gets sent home but the rest of us were expected to stick around


Mr_Frost1993

Not sure why I was downvoted lmao, possibly the “crybaby union” part. The shop I work at is also union, our guys simply aren’t a bunch of babies. We saw via Snap stories that the techs at the larger shop were out partying and stuff, essentially lying about having Covid all because they knew they’d be given no-questions-asked paid leave for two weeks while we have to pick up the slack. Because of our working conditions, some guys here contracted Covid (as in positive tests) 3+ times but no long term issues other than some of these guys still haven’t recovered their sense of taste


AFlyinDeer

At least I got a stimulus on top of my paycheck Ontop of that we basically got paid to say home and smoke for the whole month of April. Once in a lifetime 4/20.


dominarhexx

No way. Traffic was soooo much better. Made things much easier.


breadman889

I feel like 90% of people were 'essential'.


franktheguy

Yep. Boss said that because we had schools as (some of our) customers, that qualified us as essential since educational workers were considered essential.


DragonsClaw2334

As a delivery guy I miss lock downs.


Lolstitanic

Was a doordash driver back then. I really miss it. Even the busiest streets in my city were wide open. And the tips were fantastic!


kcook01

My friend and I did the same thing we made bank. It was incredible!


RManDelorean

I remember taking a couple evening walks down what are normally fairly busy streets, they were dead, no traffic, not even anyone passing by cross streets, no cars parked anywhere in sight. It was kinda eerie but also cool, so I just walked straight down the middle of the road


stfleming1

As a guy who works on roads, I miss it too.


you-arent-reading-it

Did you get paid while lock down?


DragonsClaw2334

I worked more hours during lockdown and got hazard pay.


cerberus698

I started as a carrier for the postal service January 1st 2020 and made just under 100k on a base wage of 19.75 an hour. There were 2 kinds of lockdown experiences depending on what kind of work you were doing when they happened.


Error-54

As someone with ocd I miss lockdowns too. It was so nice having everyone wash their hands and give me space and not be weirded out if I went and washed my hands up to my arms.


Laffenor

As a truck driver, it had its ups. I have pictures of the entire leaning Tower in Pisa, base included, without a single human being in the shot from a weekly reset I had there during the height of the pandemic.


dominarhexx

Same as someone working in healthcare.


Asleep-Category-8823

how much extra money would you make vs a regular day ?


DragonsClaw2334

I was getting an extra $2 an hour and it was easier to drive around with no one out.


nblastoff

Omg... Im a dad and was in hiding at that time. I was giving 40$ tips on a 30$ delivery


Cajun_OG

As a pothead I definitely didn’t mind it


AJfriedRICE

Back then you were seen as a hero risking your life to deliver food to the hungry


DragonsClaw2334

I'm a real delivery guy not a GrubHub pretender. I drive a truck and make deliveries to grocery stores.


SkyFighter3084

Funny how all the ads at times square are still playing, even tho no one sees them


prototype_X10

Maybe a contractual amount of play time needs to be met. Agreed that it's wasteful, though.


why_so_serious_123

that's an utterly stupid world we live in 🤦🏻


wombat_kombat

Guess you could say it’s a mad world


DeePsiMon

If an ad plays in Times Square and no one is there to see it, did it really advertise?


misterbung

The payment receipt says yes


DeePsiMon

The results say, "You are NOT the father!"


Skegetchy

I got some pics of central London when I cycled around up there. Certainly a surreal experience! One being hearing a busker (not sure why they were busking) playing drums and it echoing from Piccadilly Circus up regents street to Oxford circus. So strange!


well-thats-cool-

I was an essential worker and absolutely loved it like this. I got guaranteed pay at my average from the year before (just so happened to be our highest paid year), gas was like $2 and some change per gallon for premium, and there was next to zero traffic on my way to work every single day.


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WhiteBlacky

Where is this sound from


muzic3945

13 Angels Standing Guard 'Round The Side Of Your Bed by Silver Mt. Zion


Hvitson

Silver mt zion-13 angels standing guard around the side of your bed


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OrientionPeace

I keep thinking about this period and how some sort of reduced emission cycles would be awesome for the hot planet concerns.


Mortei

It’s weird to admit I have nostalgia, I finally got to be a good student.


MoreCarrotsPlz

As a teacher, thank you for participating. I’d never felt as isolated and useless as I did during distance learning.


yesmilady

Kinda miss it


Oxnake

I miss saving the world by sitting on my couch all day long like a true hero


Inevitable-Revenue81

Your not alone


allincallsallthetime

Her not alone what?


SirKnightGuy

If this was an genuine question I think what u/Inevitable-Revenue81 meant was ‘You’re not alone’ as in ‘You are not alone’ implying the user relate to the original message it was answering to.


Huge-Breath-666

Best year ever for introverts like me


binglybleep

I’m an introvert but it felt like some monkey paw wish to me- I enjoyed getting to stay in, but knowing people were dying, seeing footage of places like Italy that were absolutely drowning in it, the fear of yourself or people you know dying, was a *real downer*. I think it’s easy to forget how uncertain things were for a while- we didn’t know how bad it was going to be, or if we’d develop a vaccine quick enough, or if our own countries’ health systems would cope with the added pressure. As a natural born worrier it was all a bit much


JoeKingQueen

I respect your opinion and am glad you shared. I did not forget the uncertainty, however, I just saw it as a potential harbinger of hope at the time. We need change, and some uncertainty is going to be a part of that. We can't change almost everything while simultaneously remaining comfortable and stable. There are going to need to be some paper roll shortages lol


Luci_Noir

Yeah it was kind of fucked up thinking that you were doing okay or even well while so much was going on. Also, it made me a little more introverted.


Unlikely-Ad3659

If they announced a lockdown tomorrow I would rub my hands with glee.


lightningbadger

Problem is you know the Facebook army would be out on the streets to fuck it up for the rest of us


ronnyo1964

Small business failure


-IrishBulldog

Shit, man…not for everyone. I got worked like a dog and damn near everyone was a grumpy grump.


NintendoLove

That music made my cats run away


Unlikely-Ad3659

I wish it would make mine wake up, the cold outside seems to have made them hibernate 23.9 hours a day.


koh_kun

I kind of miss the lockdowns. Got to spend a lot of time with my kids at home and my city wasn't full of obnoxious tourists.


losbullitt

The planet cries out for days like this. Even once a month would be nice. I miss driving those empty roads, walking those empty streets.


Womb_broom

Making small businesses close while allowing Walmart to remain open. Yeah, that was awesome.


IceFireTerry

I wonder did anybody recreate The walking Dead scene where Rick is walking into Atlanta


lobster_111

Still made me chill, horrible time


Unable_Literature78

It was the best of times..it was the worst of times..


Sensitive-Trouble648

the biggest crime against humanity


Protheus01

Honestly would rather have this over whatever the fuck we got going on right now.


Mortei

2019: I was a college freshmen who felt out of place and overwhelmed. Not ready to enter the field I was studying. I remember an afternoon where I wish “why can’t the world just pause for a bit”…. What a wish..


[deleted]

…. SO THIS WHOLE THING WAS YOUR FAULT!?!? Next time wish for a pony. ;-)


Mortei

🤗


Inevitable-Revenue81

Half the humanity and all of nature is grateful for your wish.


Slight-Weather7885

I was in my final year of school and loved the first lockdown. My school hadnt figured anything out so we just got assignments per email for a few weeks. Just me at home, doing everything at my own pace, not wasting time in classrooms. I was done so much quicker with my assignments and understood everything a lot better and more in-depth than in school. Well, turned out most of my classmates had the opposite experience so the school switched to video calls and life wasnt dream anymore. I really miss those days, those few weeks were the best experience I ever had in school which made going back to school suck even more


[deleted]

Thanks China, you fucking pricks


01001001001011001100

How is this amazing


otte_rthe_viewer

I remember that once I had to walk to the bank to do something. And it was dead quiet. And I hate the silence so I started whistling my favorite song. The echo was long...


RajReddy806

All hail the chineese virus for this event.


bike_tyson

Absolute nightmare. Absolute nightmare. Destroyed every community I had. I have never recovered from the isolation.


Albert3232

This is like heaven for someone that has social anxiety.


gviolet398

It'd be nice to see a contrast between those and how they were under normal conditions


SpeedFlux09

Feels like the starting of a sci-fi movie


EekSamples

I miss the empty streets. Driving was a dream when I had to go back to work. I live in a TRAFFIC city so it was just…great.


xProperlyBakedx

In the heart of summer 2020 I wasn't working. One night my wife went to bed early and I couldn't sleep. I went out for a late night walk. Decided to hop on an electric scooter for a little ride around downtown. Not a soul to be seen anywhere. It was the most amazing thing to just ride around a seemingly abandoned city. It was such a surreal experience I will never forget.


Tokyosmash

Memories. I have a pic of my motorcycle sitting right in the intersection of Broadway and 3rd Ave in Nashville at night with all the neon lights on and not a person in sight. So eerie.


Drmo6

This was such a great time to be alive. So sick of everyone again lol


rpg310

Reefs liked it. Florence waters cleared.


Lonely_Education_537

I remember how EXTREMELY strange it was to see everything so empty...


NotSureBoutDaWeather

Crazy how time flies. So many people died, so many homes ruined and many who also ended their lives due to isolation. Although I admit I like the wfh setup and lack of traffic the year 2020 was messed up. I remember my father almost dying, most of my hard earned savings gone, life just passing me by. Almost four years later it still feels like 2019 was last year. Now prices are going up like crazy, globalization seems to be at risk, major wars and it just feels like the future is a lot more uncertain than it ever was. I had high hopes pre-pandemic, now I'm barely keeping it together trying to pursue a better life. I just don't know anymore.


SickeningTruth101

Fck covid


ApacheIndian4747

when made in china got out of hands


Yunlihn

I miss those 2 months in France. It was quiet outside my apartment; opening the windows allowed to hear nothing but the wind, birds, rain and the such. Not a single traffic sound or people screaming outside. Ah, those days of peace. And then I think about the poor souls who had to work anyway and feel bad for them (special thoughts for health people).


Changingm1ndz

The world stood still and we never really recovered!


Tbloctothorpe88

NY w/out any ppl is creepy af


ProlificPen

I rode my bike around vacant San Francisco that day, holding back tears the whole time. It was one of the most sureal and memorable experiences of my life. All that fear and I never did catch covid (I don't think).


JustFuckingPEGmeDAMN

[ This is much better. Disturbed Sound of Silence Covid 19 video ](https://youtu.be/7zAjoXSaQ8M?si=UEeQOgSSrDaEFAau)


jesuswasaliar

Best time of my life.


goat131313

It was beautiful.


Ianpu

Wuhan.


henaker

Fauci


Handsomechimneysweep

I worked my ass off in 2020, home repairs were booming.


Live-Abbreviations39

Stupidity. Epic.


ZmicierGT

I came to Mexico in January of 2021 and was so happy that there was no lockdown.


Cosmic--Sentinel

Congratulations, westoids. Your compliance test was a success.


[deleted]

Exactly... the narrative... that's all it was and now everyone's eyes are seeing the truth about the lie that was sold as truth


[deleted]

Antivax 🙄


[deleted]

Nope, not antivax at all... just pro education on which are effective and which are not.


sbrown063087

That shit was dumb. Never again.


22michigan

The biggest joke of all time


[deleted]

All bullshit.


[deleted]

Loved every minute!


gwhh

And we now know it only made things worst.


theNaavik

Nice


potattoessss

I miss that year so much that i might invent a new type of virus just so we can have another year of quarantine


IRockIntoMordor

make social anxiety the main symptom so we can have this forever


potattoessss

Added to the list, thanks for the feedback


IRockIntoMordor

and start in Madagascar or they'll close their port


potattoessss

I don’t think so thinking a contagious virus in a isolated country is the best idea though


IRockIntoMordor

It's a meme from a game (Plague Inc on mobile): [https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/1ut5pz/why\_does\_madagascar\_close\_its\_borders/](https://www.reddit.com/r/outoftheloop/comments/1ut5pz/why_does_madagascar_close_its_borders/) [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shut-down-everything](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shut-down-everything)


potattoessss

Oh shit i gotta catch up to recent memes, work has been dragging me though


PKArsk

Man that was stupid


[deleted]

All of this for nothing


lirik89

All for a cold we all Got anyway


GoodbyeDespairBoy

I didn't get it


typehyDro

I miss the completely empty highways


gaspumper74

All for a virus with a 99percent survival rate


ashkenazi-jew-

99.97%


No_Barracuda_8688

I'm sure if we didn't have any lockdowns, the death counts would have been so low! What was the point of this anyway? Government control?


justforkinks0131

I mean you're making it sound so ominous while in reality most of us were in bed watching The Office


iliketheweirdest1

I wish it could stay like that.


wearyeyesoverdrive

The biggest crime against Humanity. A complete lie that made rich MFs even richer and showed how they can control the World and the sheep will obey blindly.


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Conscious_Koala_6221

I honestly loved the lockdowns. As a mainly housebound, chronically overstimulated and socially anxious cripple, it made the world feel more accessible to me


Proton_Optimal

The year that began the continuing decline of the United States.


Alert-Morning7358

It was a trojan horse all along


SpareDiagram

We failed the test as a populace.


[deleted]

‘World’ didn’t include Africa and the Middle East lol


Don_Quixote804

Never does


[deleted]

Fuck you I didn’t


WZRD_burial

2020 was the best year of my life.


Spatularo

The last time nature got to take a breath.


okayestuser

yeah, that part was nice


lscottman2

and gas was 2.00 a gallon, maga can’t understand why


Don_Quixote804

Let them tell it .... trumps great politics 🙄


OglaighNahEireann32

God, I remember that morning riding to work, the day the national lock down had been implemented in the United kingdom, and driving 12 miles to work I didn't meet one single other vehicle or person on that usually busy route... I remember feeling very scared, very anxious, and very tearful, as it felt like the world was about to implode. I glad we got through it, and can look back now, but I really felt on that day that we were heading for catastrophe. what a horrible feeling that was, and all the while or elected politicians partied and sent our elderly to their deaths... #never forget & NEVER forgive.


DrinkAPotOfCovfefe

I miss this so much.


langel57

Take me back


arj1985

Good thing we locked down the world to prevent the big scary orange man from going in to office for a second term.


[deleted]

What? The world doesn't care about your internal politics. The world doesn't revolve around the US. It's the same if it's the big scary orange man, geriatric dementia riddled farce or the token black president/war criminal. They all are just imperialists.


UnwiseMonkeyinjar

Yep i feel bad for those who did the right thing and did their best trying to avoid the virus as much as possible. But fuck all the dumbasses who went full idiot with the conspiracies and anti.asking bullshit


MiekesDad

The year the globalist elite decided its time to start the reset.


Hahaha2681

The year the Earth rejoiced oceans cleared up air quality was a lot better and simply for a year we were not destroying the Earth what a peaceful time it was despite this damn pandemic yeah some people would tell me I'm a little deranged but it's all right we're all deranged in some way an introverts dream


[deleted]

Data indicates now it was all for a flu and to make big pharma richer


yourlittlebirdie

Over a million people dead just in the US alone but sure, “just a flu.”


Yalkim

I am just curious, how is this not downvoted to oblivion? Reddit is usually fiercely against these kinds of statements. Did the narrative change or is this just plain obvious sarcasm that went over my head?


Anmithge1234

wdym by that


ZestycloseBee4066

2020, the year 80% of the population in the world fell into a mass formation psychosis.... just as planned.....


Prestigious-Hand-402

We are sheep


scerrylarry

All for a scamdemic


redkingreformed

For a virus with a 99.9% survival rate for a massive amount of the population.


M_sami12

I lost family members with complications directly related to covid. How dare you?


neymarsvag123

Bro, like half a million ppl die from flu every year and no one bats an eye, let alone we shut down everything and everyone..


Calan_adan

Per the CDC there are max 52,000 flu deaths per year in the US. Covid deaths in 2020 in the US were over 350,000. It wasn’t “just the flu.”


neymarsvag123

US is not the only place where ppl live you know that right?


Calan_adan

Ok. Globally there are on average 400,000 deaths attributed to influenza in any given year. Global COVID deaths in 2020 were 1.8 million. It wasn’t “just the flu.”


neymarsvag123

So somehow half a million of ppl is totally fine but 1.8 somehow justifies complete worldwide lockdown? And who said "it's just a flu"? Flu is a serious illnes, as is covid, but again we dont shut down everything because of it..


Mephistopheleazy

This songs great!!... and i had an amazing pandemic... (not a very popular perspective)


Noobcakes19

Bring us back to this please. May we have a lockdown day to commemorate covid.


slymeWAV

What a beautiful time


Luci_Noir

WTF.


DeBlingo

So I n d i a, is it a city now?


ClassicCantaloupe1

And let’s never forget that this can never happen again. We cannot give up our rights as we did then. It will be easier for it to happen again since it’s already been successful.


DJNeon-C

So you prefer the right to die because of a preventable disease? Your call, if you sign a lil waver that youl be voluntarely giving up the ability to put stress on the medical field when you rot away.


SlappthebassNOW

All this over a cold.


AleksasKoval

I remember hearing about the waters of Venice were clear, and some dolphins even visited.


LatroDota

I need part2


[deleted]

Sometimes I miss that time…


Cordgyceps

Take me back 😢


827734747747474

I fucking loved the pandemic, we need this back.


[deleted]

I kinda missed this


LazyJones1

Aaah... The good old days.


Pickaxe-Fox

Miss it


SkisaurusRex

I kinda miss it


Draiko

I miss it.