Buzz·Posted on 13 Jan 2022Aussies Are Sharing Their Frustrations Over Their COVID-Infested Summer And I'm Both Laughing And WeepingRemember pre-COVID summers, when you'd just snog a stranger in a bar? I now require a negative RAT to be presented first.by Julia WillingBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Lav Baj @lavosaurus thinking about how I have spent the last two years not travelling in order to avoid getting COVID only to contract it in fucking Ballarat 02:51 AM - 08 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @lavosaurus 2. Jess McGuire @jessmcguire This is day five of iso and we are still waiting for our PCR results 🙃 Meanwhile someone we urged to go get tested finally got a test on Saturday morning, and had same day results Good news is, if I have Covid I won’t by the time by results come in!!!!!! 02:14 AM - 10 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @jessmcguire 3. Alexia Mitchell @lexilegs99 No Australian has all three: - a RAT in their possession - avoided contracting COVID - enjoying hot girl summer 11:59 PM - 02 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @lexilegs99 4. dave horwitz @Dave_Horwitz Quarantine time limit lowered to 30 minutes in your car on the way to work 08:06 AM - 10 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Dave_Horwitz 5. CAMERONWILSON @cameronwilson stay tuned for yet another cliffhanger ending of the "do i have covid symptoms or am i, a grown man, unable to take care of my basic needs?" show 03:54 AM - 10 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @cameronwilson 6. S🌟tella @Havish_AF Due to travel restrictions, all roads lead to the fridge now. 09:41 AM - 05 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Havish_AF 7. keely flaherty @keelyflaherty so far these 20s are less “roaring” and more “helpless whimpering” 08:28 PM - 08 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @keelyflaherty 8. CAMERONWILSON @cameronwilson respectfully sydney you can’t be both humid and in the middle of a covid outbreak. pick one 07:46 AM - 05 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @cameronwilson 9. Maddy @TheEmojiDev New goal is to work out how to have a hot girl summer while self-isolating due to being high risk for severe covid 😌 01:08 PM - 03 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @TheEmojiDev 10. Daniel Bleakley @DanielBleakley Just stare it down! Enjoy the cricket! 01:34 AM - 08 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @DanielBleakley 11. dan nolan @dannolan Probably the grimmest sight of the pandemic I’ve seen thus far 10:39 PM - 03 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @dannolan 12. woody @muttsy99 How good is Morrison on COVID. Australia mid summer and registering huge infection rates exceeding those of European high density countries that are in the middle of winter. 05:25 AM - 04 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @muttsy99 13. cosmic jester @cosmicjester If you don’t have any Panadol don’t worry, just do the same trick I’ve been using for twenty years. Just ask literally any woman with a purse if they have painkillers. They’ve all got a mini pharmacy up in there. 09:39 AM - 11 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @cosmicjester 14. dan nolan @dannolan the 1k fine is in place to fine insta influencers who post their rapid tests and I say about time 11:54 PM - 11 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @dannolan 15. Ben Jenkins @bencjenkins [scanning down the menu of a fancy Covid restaurant, looking for the second cheapest Covid] That one would be lovely, thank you. 07:56 AM - 18 Dec 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @bencjenkins 16. Lauren Bonner @laurenybonner Maybe if we’d killed Johnny Depps dogs then none of this would be happening. Fly them back to Australia, blood for blood 10:13 PM - 04 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @laurenybonner 17. Sue Lappeman @suelapp Local Coles. 05:28 AM - 06 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @suelapp 18. John Delmenico @thebigjohnnyd @DHughesy Hi Dave, just checking in. How has summer been? 05:43 AM - 06 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @thebigjohnnyd 19. natalie tran @natalietran I'm just grateful retailers will still profit from rapid antigen tests. 12:46 AM - 03 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @natalietran 20. wheels @wheelswordsmith i have seen two ed hardy hats in the wild today is this a symptom of long covid 05:02 AM - 11 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @wheelswordsmith 21. Marc Fennell @MarcFennell Is he hacking up the Xmas tree or an extremely on-the-nose visual metaphor for the state of Australia’s COVID summer? Honestly, who can say at this point. 02:24 AM - 04 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @MarcFennell 22. czarcasm @triniliciousd Has Covid-19 forced you to wear a mask and glasses at the same time? You may be entitled to condensation. 04:15 PM - 11 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @triniliciousd 23. Xava 🧚🏼♀️ @Xava_Unbound Absolutely JONESING for nachos and frozen margaritas but omicron has sent my Covid anxiety back to summer 2020 so no I will not trust a restaurant until spring 07:40 PM - 10 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Xava_Unbound 24. Andrew @andrew_the_pom @no1historychick @ChaserInterns to make sure people in western sydney stay at home so people in bondi can spread covid in cocktail bars 09:34 AM - 10 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @andrew_the_pom 25. natalie tran @natalietran What an absolute clusterfuck. An antivaxxer sports star, asylum seekers who have been locked up for 9 years, and rapid test shortage crossing paths. It's the 11th of January. 04:27 AM - 11 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @natalietran 26. Patrick Lenton @PatrickLenton Rapid antigen tests are actually totally affordable - here’s how one proud millennial couple managed to buy a pack of five, through hard work, saving, and only a little bit of help from the bank of mum and dad 09:36 AM - 03 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @PatrickLenton 27. munasib @MunaHamid1 All my pre pandemic memories are fading it’s so sad 03:23 PM - 09 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @MunaHamid1 28. Hannah Ryan @HannahD15 Me: help, I’m sick, my friends are sick, everyone I know is sick The government: sit tight, we know what to do! We’re gonna deport some tennis players 10:41 PM - 08 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @HannahD15 29. james hennessy @jrhennessy I feel like there are less people out and about in Sydney today than during actual lockdown 02:04 AM - 02 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @jrhennessy 30. Jess McGuire @jessmcguire Ppl getting tested today at the same location I got tested a week ago are getting same day results, that’s fine, I’m happy for them, I also think it’s cute the helpline just has an answering msg that says “still waiting on results? They’re coming! Stay in iso!” then hangs up :) 04:28 AM - 12 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @jessmcguire 31. Miles Klee @MilesKlee won't get covid as long as i keep my wordle streak going 06:45 PM - 12 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @MilesKlee 32. Sagittarius A* @fictillius Not getting COVID in Sydney be like 04:39 AM - 06 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @fictillius 33. Dr Greg Kelly @drgregkelly Completely empty restaurants in Sydney AKA “Living with Covid” Feeling really sorry for small business owners trying to get by with no certainty and no support. 09:16 AM - 07 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @drgregkelly 34. And finally: Marie @mariewalsh18 08:24 AM - 05 Jan 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @mariewalsh18