We have lost track of fourth dimension . Social media users felt it , then Wiredconfirmed it . There are no seasonal signposts , like birthday celebrations or the first outflow picnic , just tired meme hang in the air like stale farts in the unventilated flat of our corporate memory .

view this your weekly check - in . To aid sort our net live on into a logical calendar , we ’re looking back at how # CovidContent has evolved . How do last month ’s post - apocalyptic Costco shopper , for instance , liken to last hebdomad ’s hazardous casserole dish pantry creations equate to this calendar week ’s nuclear quarantine sept ? Does that make sense ? Of course it doesn’t — nothing does !

Are celebrities okay?

Attention - deprived fame ask creative release , too . Arnold Schwarzenegger has been din with his equid petsthroughout this whole affair , which is pretty on - brand for a former governor who conducted get together in acigar collapsible shelter . Others appear to have whole lose their marble , such as Shark Tank’sBarbara Corcoran , recently seen pants - less on a toilette in rubber gloves , giving it to us straight and thanking god for grapevines while she toasted a goblet of wine . Kevin Spaceyresurfaced . And then there was Anthony Hopkins .

DrakeI’m late to the company … but better belatedly than never.#SylvesterStallone#ArnoldSchwarzenegger#toosieslidechallengepic.twitter.com / LU6FhmgvNK

— Anthony Hopkins ( @AnthonyHopkins)May 7 , 2020

Image: (Getty)

Timeline Update : Anthony Hopkins is the fresh “ Imagine ” cover .

Is America okay?

Karen , antecedently the middle school teacher whoscreamed racial slurs at parents , has mutated into a MAGA army ofCovid Karenswho will be goddamned if one them ca n’t keep hernail salon loose . of late , The Atlanticand othershave point out that the “ Karen ” nickname was make by those targeted by her racial discrimination . Her pandemic loop clearly deserve a Modern name tag at the demons ’ table . Our suggestion?Covid Carolyn .

Timeline Update : Covid Carolyn is constantly , just unlike .

America is not okay

An anti - vaccine advocate latterly got a serious sheen of believability , thanks to a filmmaker with a studio lighting setup and a basic grasp of video editing skills . The 26 - minute “ Plandemic Movie”—an interview with an anti - vaxxer that seeks to disbelieve the CDC and attempts to convert viewers that rubber protocol like hand - wash and wear masks increase the risk of covid-19 infection — has been viewedmillions of timesacross societal media , reportedly promoted by NFL players and Larry the Cable Guy . ( One Facebook user posted it to New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’sFacebook paries , where the now - broken connection remains . ) The filmmaker visualise an uprising brought about from the pot doing internet “ research ” and paints YouTube ’s moderation as a putz for reinforce government propaganda . It end with a magazine of Dr. Anthony Fauci predicting a pandemic , as though turn out its point that he must be in on a conspiracy . Full disclosure : pandemicsare predictable .

Timeline Update : “ Plandemic ” is the newmisinformed doctors .

Although some are okay

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In Twitter ’s serene waters , people have been posting “ I ca n’t wait to walk down the gangway ” along with aisles they ca n’t expect to take the air down , like airplanes and wig shops and the New York City subway . This seems like a sturdy lifeboat .

Timeline Update : The “ gangway ” is the new Animal Crossing everything .

The weekly Elon Musk antics that tied us through this news cycle

Everyone on the planet have it off this by now but , for descendants , this week soil and Elon Musk christened their creation - baby with a name that escape the limited imagination of wretched earthbound soul . The duo confirmed that “ X Æ A-12″was notread off the back of router , but they have n’t harmonise on thepronunciation yet . The cyberspace had somefun .

Timeline Update : Grimes ’s baby is the newElon Musk

Further indicators that time has passed

It has been three long time since Gizmodo ’s Ryan Mandelbaum ate a slaying hornet . [ Gizmodo ]

It has been nine days since the Pentagon free footage of UFOs . [ CNN ]

It has been six days since the New York Times report the murder hornet invasion of the Pacific Northwest . [ New York Times ]

It has been four days since the news that Nicolas Cage will play Joe Exotic in a written series co - farm by CBS burst . [ multifariousness ]

It has been two days since Gizmodo ’s Tom McKay murdered his hair with a vacuum cleaner for the web log . [ Gizmodo ]

It has been one day since former senator Harry Reid confirmed his belief in exotic life , which sounds about right . [ Vice ]

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