In the News·Posted on Mar 20, 202213 Common Things That Will Now Always Remind People Of The Pandemic"We outside, y'all."by Jess GoodwinBuzzFeed ContributorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail Since the pandemic began two years ago(!), there are certain things I just can't look at the same way again. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Things that barely registered with me before 2020 just hit different these days, you know? Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Here are 13 things that will now remind me of the pandemic: 1. Sweatpants. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Quin Lamar @theQuinLamar The pandemic has really raised my standards for sweatpants. I be rubbing the fabric and stretching them before i buy now. Swirling them in my mouth and spitting them in a bucket and shit. 02:49 PM - 13 Mar 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @theQuinLamar 2. The song "Imagine." View this photo on Instagram Grace Segers @Grace_Segers in hindsight I'm really glad the celebrities got the "Imagine" video out of their systems early on in the pandemic 10:03 PM - 05 Oct 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Grace_Segers 3. Grown-out hair. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF jaya sundaresh @timeforjaya pandemic has been exceptionally good for girls with beards. the bearded girlies, if you will 10:54 PM - 13 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @timeforjaya 4. At-home haircuts. Heather Baldock @Heather_Eira I've come back to the phase of the pandemic where I want bangs please stop me 10:58 PM - 14 Mar 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Heather_Eira 5. Tiger King. Freakzilla Scott Steiner 😎 @don_dodda123 The pandemic really had us watching Tiger King 02:58 AM - 17 Mar 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @don_dodda123 6. Doing things over Zoom. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF meri lemon @filmsexuals zoom interviews are one of the greatest things to come out of this pandemic 10:34 PM - 13 Mar 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @filmsexuals 7. Working from home. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 💕 @theglowmuva Working from home and flexible working is the only good thing that’s come out of the pandemic 05:35 PM - 24 Feb 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @theglowmuva 8. Doing things outdoors. Janelle James, moody clown. @janellejcomedy Janelle James The Standups Season 3. Now Streaming on Netflix. @NetflixIsAJoke 02:41 PM - 31 Dec 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Netflix Twitter: @janellejcomedy 9. Random hobbies. View this photo on Instagram alexandra edwards, phd @nonmodernist im on like my fifth new hobby of the pandemic, not because im motivated but because the hobbies are the only thing keeping me together 12:20 AM - 17 Mar 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @nonmodernist 10. Baking bread. LunaThisWorld @alchemist_t Ya know, I think the pandemic fucked me up. But damn I’m good at baking bread now. Fair trade 12:14 AM - 17 Mar 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @alchemist_t 11. Wordle. Matt J @matt_jakubowski Damn, what if my kid writes a pandemic memoir someday and the title of each sad chapter is a Wordle answer? 01:53 PM - 24 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @matt_jakubowski 12. TikTok. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Bridge @bridgecantcook lots of discourse about 2 years of the pandemic…anyone else also marking 2 years of a crippling tiktok addiction or just me 🤪 06:20 PM - 12 Mar 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @bridgecantcook 13. And finally, masks. View this photo on Instagram 𝓯𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷 @heyitsnf Reasons why I love wearing face masks: a) I have acne and b) I get to talk and sing to myself in public 12:26 AM - 22 Sep 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @heyitsnf What common things will always remind you of the pandemic now? Sound off in the comments!