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It’s weird to think about, but…
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Like, this actually happened in 2020.
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A different time. A different place. A truly different world.
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Trump was acquitted on both articles of impeachment by the Senate in 2020.
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The Trump impeachment feels like it happened a billion years ago.
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You probably already forgot that Nancy Pelosi tore up Trump’s speech during the State of the Union.
“Daytona” this. “Daytona” that.
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Speaking of TV shows, Tiger King came out nine months ago, right at the beginning of this mess — March 20, to be exact.
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Another TV show that feels like it came out a trillion years ago but actually came in 2020 is Love Is Blind.
As fiftysomething-year-old moms love to say, “bless this mess.”
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And one of the best/worst characters in TV history, Big Ed, came into our lives this year.
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Believe it or not, in the beginning of 2020, people still went to movie theaters.
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Sonic The Hedgehog and Bad Boys for Life were huge movies in 2020.
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So was Uncut Gems.
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It technically released in 2019, but it was a Christmas Day release, and most of the attention it got was in 2020.
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The Oscars still happened in 2020.
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Remember when people were outraged that Jennifer Lopez wasn’t nominated for an Oscar?
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Take me back to everyone talking about Hustlers.
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Remember when Bong Joon-ho and Parasite rightfully got what they deserved?
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Tom Hanks wasn’t the ‘rona guy then, he was the guy who freaked out when they tried to cut off Parasite’s Best Picture acceptance speech.
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I’m sorry, but it’s just blowing my mind that Parasite’s win was in 2020.
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The great Jen/Brad reunion happened in 2020.
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It’s seriously impossible to believe that there were (at least) seven people running for president earlier this year, like just at the beginning of March.
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To put it in perspective: It’s crazy to think that Pete Buttigieg won Iowa back in February.
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Also, remember Mike Bloomberg?
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.@MariahCarey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is officially No. 1 on the #Hot100 for a third week.
As this is the first chart of the 2020s, she becomes the first artist in history to rule the chart in four separate decades: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s & 2020s.
And it was also #1 at the end of 2020.
This meme just feels legit old.
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Remember how every company made a baby version of their mascots? Remember Mr. Peanut dying and being reincarnated into Baby Peanut? That was 2020.
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Remember the roughly two-week period where everyone was talking about Jessica Simpson because she released a new book?
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It feels like a trillion years ago we were trying to figure out if she got Nick Lachey a gift or not.
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“Megxit” happened in 2020.
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The Grammys also happened in 2020.
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Demi Lovato made her comeback.
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Quibi launched in April 2020. It shut down in October.
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San Francisco turned orange just a few months ago in September.
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Schitt’s Creek won everything at the Emmys a few days after that.
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The NBA had games in 2020 with actual crowds.
Like those are real human people in the stands, not creepy-ass Black Mirror–esque LED screens.
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Remember concerts? This was a Katy Perry concert in February.
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An audience. People together. This happened in 2020!
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To sum up 2020: Time isn’t real.
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