181Kviews
40 Twitter Users Share Pics Screaming ‘I’ve Been In Quarantine For Way Too Long’
As we have passed the one-year mark of the pandemic, people online decided to look through the year they have left behind and what the hell they have been actually up to. Over the course of the notorious 2020, we more or less spent our time in the shelter of our homes. If you aren’t a key worker and depending on which country you live in, then it’s most likely you have spent quite some time in quarantine with stricter or lighter rules and regulations. And as what we were used to as ‘normal’ all of a sudden vanished or turned into not-normal, or got blown out of proportion, we all of a sudden had to think of how to get entertainment for us and our households and more or less stay sane.
The popular American actress Brie Larson addressed the internet community on her account @brielarson, asking people to say they’ve been in quarantine for a year without actually saying they’ve been in quarantine for a year. And if you haven’t baked something, put together a puzzle, or purchased tons of gym equipment, have you really experienced quarantine? Let us know what you've been up to and if you can relate to some of these posts in the comment section.
More info: Twitter
This post may include affiliate links.
@brielarson's post, with 34.1K likes and counting, received so much attention not without reason. Being taken away from our daily routines, hobbies, and pastimes and suddenly finding ourselves in loungewear for more than 7 hours a day, 7 days a week trying to help our children make the Zoom classroom work suddenly became the norm. Perhaps you fell into purchasing collectible cartoon figures or gym equipment online, to mourn over shut gyms and your fantasy club meetings.
Growing out beards has also been great evidence of spending a year mostly at home, as well as stacks of series of books that have been devoured during the year the earth stood still. You had a few walls that needed painting? That’s probably done now, as well as completing 2-3 hand-knitted items and re-arranging everything in the living room that needed re-arrranging.
Statistically, they're likely to be black, dark brown or navy blue.
And if you haven’t engaged in baking, perhaps someone that you know did, that one friend that we all have that baked sourdoughs for everyone and posted at least one scrumptious vegan salad photo every two days, since restaurant meals have been replaced with wonders created in the comfort of personal kitchens. Maybe you have turned your living room into a music studio, recorded two or three decent-sounding tracks, and uploaded them on SoundCloud. And if not that, then maybe at least you bought some new instrument and learned how to somehow scratch your favorite tune. And at the end of the day, if you have done none of those things, well, that also could be serious evidence of spending a whole year in quarantine.
At first I thought this was showcasing a cluttered office, it took me a second to realize that it was the size of a book!
I love how her hand it resting on her watch, ready to see if work is over lol
Ah but did you sort them by voltage as well? Some of those "used up" batteries probably have enough power left for a clock, or the tv remote.
Hopefully the dining table/chairs deserved to be painted and you weren't just avoiding painting the bathroom...
Bravo for doing more reading! Meanwhile, I finally finished writing the first draft of a book that I had been working on sporadically before the pandemic.
as an avid book lover i wish i could do this, but I've got my board exams in May 😔
Same :( I didn't read anything new the entire year and I still don't know anything 💔
Load More Replies...
Does it count if the books aren't technically physical or professional?
I have my Kindle showing over 600 still to read and I read and delete as I go..
154 on my Kindle. I haven't even gotten to the 8 hardbacks I got for Christmas!
A lot of us could use the library from Beauty and the Beast right now.
I read over 200 books in the 2018-2019 school year, so I'm a little worried to see what the number would be from when quarantine started until now
When ISN'T it a good time to make cookies the size of your face?
Note: this post originally had 48 images. It’s been shortened to the top 40 images based on user votes.
It is a hard feat. Its been a rough year for everybody.
Load More Replies...
Same. And have been busier than ever. Videogames company - gotta keep folks entertained.
Load More Replies...
Surviving, like a lot of people. It was tough (and still is) for many.
Load More Replies...
Is it only me that feels the amount of boredpanda's reader who are below 18 has increased during this pandemic? While some contents and comments are clearly better for 18+...
I've gone through 50 pounds of flour. I bake and cook a lot and usually go through 20 pounds a year. Now that I'm sick of baking I've taken up inappropriate cross stitching
I have been at work in the building industry, which has boomed through the entire pandemic, working overtime every day in heels, in a non mask wearing office. I am SO deeply envious of the people that have been quarantined at home this whole time. I'm a painter, crafter, reader, writer, gardener, and no time to do pretty much anything.
I... uh... welp, I was ten years old when this madness started. Oh lord.
Working from home many days of the week. My canine assistants are in the bed in my home office, which I called the big pink. The walls are pink, and are full of music posters. Call it Music from the Big Pink.
Kermit collapses in bed & sez, "HOO-BOY, WHAT A YEAR!" whew-60691...bb759f.jpg 
I have played over 1,200 rounds of board games on BGA since 4/13/20 (board game arena) I have read at least 1 book a month (love to read rarely found the time before) I have completed at least a dozen 500-1000 pc puzzles. I redecorated my apartment. I learned to cross-stitch. And now I'm learning to paint with watercolor.
I've picked up a couple of hobbies from when I was a teenager, I've started skateboarding again and growing my hair long.
I started a new business and a new skincare routine. My cat gained weight, I lost a little. Mostly I just watched a lot of TV.
Taught myself to crochet. Then taught myself to make French pastries like eclairs. Have done the Marie Kondo routine ("does it give me joy"?) and repurposed/revamped/repainted three rooms. And every day, everything I was doing anyway. If I stay busy enough, maybe the stress can't catch me!
Literally started what was going to be an epic, beautiful bullet journal one week before quarantine started. You can't have a daily/weekly/monthly/yearly page(s) without any activities to put in them. It's embarrassing to write that Monday you scheduled waking up at noon, trying to cook, then several hours of Netflix. It's just so f*****g pathetic-smdh. Legit was pretty sad for 3 weeks when I realized I wouldn't get to use it last year.
jknbt whine, part 2.... now I have got the homeowner's association HOA after me to clean out the flower beds. They do need the attention after the Feb freeze, but what has a guy gotta do to get a break around here? I called my gardener/lawn mow service, but they never got back with me. I just opened a certified mail letter from the obnoxious HOA board threatening legal action marked "last notice/final notice".... The good news & happy ending is that I have mostly recovered and spent the weekend fixing up the yard. Yes, it needed attention. What a year!!! Hoo-boy!!!
Last year had tickets to 2 concerts with my son. Both were cancelled. Hopefull live music events will happen this year.
in Texas where I live, the quarantine has been rather minimal & unenforced... guess what? we have the lowest new infection rate and death rate of all the states in the US... the math doesn't tally out, huh? My quarantine involved me being a long-haul covid experiencer... yep, got three, count 'em, THREE episodes of the virus... I know because the fever broke with cold sweats three times. One fever break was so bad I had to get in bed with a heating pad on my belly, & still was cold, cold, cold. Then I had the long-haul fatigue. I had the complication of walking pneumonia. Mr doctor got rid of that with antibiotics. Then the Feb 4th freeze hit. All my tropical & subtropical plants died. It cost $400 to get a plumber out to fix the damage which was four bad breaks. (what did I do, God? I repent!!!).... I had to wait a MONTH to get a plumber in the house. I was showering at the gym, washing clothes at the washateria, and water from my neighbor who got his pipes fixed,
It is a hard feat. Its been a rough year for everybody.
Load More Replies... Same. And have been busier than ever. Videogames company - gotta keep folks entertained.
Load More Replies... Surviving, like a lot of people. It was tough (and still is) for many.
Load More Replies... Is it only me that feels the amount of boredpanda's reader who are below 18 has increased during this pandemic? While some contents and comments are clearly better for 18+...
I've gone through 50 pounds of flour. I bake and cook a lot and usually go through 20 pounds a year. Now that I'm sick of baking I've taken up inappropriate cross stitching
I have been at work in the building industry, which has boomed through the entire pandemic, working overtime every day in heels, in a non mask wearing office. I am SO deeply envious of the people that have been quarantined at home this whole time. I'm a painter, crafter, reader, writer, gardener, and no time to do pretty much anything.
I... uh... welp, I was ten years old when this madness started. Oh lord.
Working from home many days of the week. My canine assistants are in the bed in my home office, which I called the big pink. The walls are pink, and are full of music posters. Call it Music from the Big Pink.
Kermit collapses in bed & sez, "HOO-BOY, WHAT A YEAR!" whew-60691...bb759f.jpg
I have played over 1,200 rounds of board games on BGA since 4/13/20 (board game arena) I have read at least 1 book a month (love to read rarely found the time before) I have completed at least a dozen 500-1000 pc puzzles. I redecorated my apartment. I learned to cross-stitch. And now I'm learning to paint with watercolor.
I've picked up a couple of hobbies from when I was a teenager, I've started skateboarding again and growing my hair long.
I started a new business and a new skincare routine. My cat gained weight, I lost a little. Mostly I just watched a lot of TV.
Taught myself to crochet. Then taught myself to make French pastries like eclairs. Have done the Marie Kondo routine ("does it give me joy"?) and repurposed/revamped/repainted three rooms. And every day, everything I was doing anyway. If I stay busy enough, maybe the stress can't catch me!
Literally started what was going to be an epic, beautiful bullet journal one week before quarantine started. You can't have a daily/weekly/monthly/yearly page(s) without any activities to put in them. It's embarrassing to write that Monday you scheduled waking up at noon, trying to cook, then several hours of Netflix. It's just so f*****g pathetic-smdh. Legit was pretty sad for 3 weeks when I realized I wouldn't get to use it last year.
jknbt whine, part 2.... now I have got the homeowner's association HOA after me to clean out the flower beds. They do need the attention after the Feb freeze, but what has a guy gotta do to get a break around here? I called my gardener/lawn mow service, but they never got back with me. I just opened a certified mail letter from the obnoxious HOA board threatening legal action marked "last notice/final notice".... The good news & happy ending is that I have mostly recovered and spent the weekend fixing up the yard. Yes, it needed attention. What a year!!! Hoo-boy!!!
Last year had tickets to 2 concerts with my son. Both were cancelled. Hopefull live music events will happen this year.
in Texas where I live, the quarantine has been rather minimal & unenforced... guess what? we have the lowest new infection rate and death rate of all the states in the US... the math doesn't tally out, huh? My quarantine involved me being a long-haul covid experiencer... yep, got three, count 'em, THREE episodes of the virus... I know because the fever broke with cold sweats three times. One fever break was so bad I had to get in bed with a heating pad on my belly, & still was cold, cold, cold. Then I had the long-haul fatigue. I had the complication of walking pneumonia. Mr doctor got rid of that with antibiotics. Then the Feb 4th freeze hit. All my tropical & subtropical plants died. It cost $400 to get a plumber out to fix the damage which was four bad breaks. (what did I do, God? I repent!!!).... I had to wait a MONTH to get a plumber in the house. I was showering at the gym, washing clothes at the washateria, and water from my neighbor who got his pipes fixed,
