Someday, someone will invent time travel. Then the government will get hold of it, and the first thing they'll do is over-regulate it. "All forms must be completed in triplicate--and no, you can't fill them out ahead of time."
One of those regulations will state, quite explicitly, that you CANNOT go back to any point in the 2020s.
No, not because of COVID: because the insanity might be contagious.
We've gone through way worse times, as a country and as a world. The American Civil War was awful. The Great Depression kinda sucked. The 40s could have been better. The 50s were okay but, as with most times, it depended on who you were.
I don't know bout the 1820s, but the 1920s were roaring. The 2020s? Just ... weird.
And I thought that before the Chinese spy balloon came over.
Honestly, I was convinced the thing was from North Korea. The Chinese have satellites, for crying out loud. Maybe the North Koreans were just trying to dip down and steal some grain.
I mean, have you seen Kim Jong-un? He's the only person in the country who's not starving. They have to keep bread on his table, or he'll start eating his subjects.
The Chinese, in the interest of spreading conspiracy theories, have solved that problem by cutting into the population with viruses. It seemed like a good idea at the time. (Kidding! Just in case their balloon managed to land spy technology on my roof.)
It's probably worth mentioning that in 2020 Iran launched their own military satellite.
Then Russia's very own dictator saw what Kim Jong-un was doing and said, "Here: Hold my vodka"
What Putin didn't realize was that the Russian Army's warranty ran out in 2019.
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Meanwhile we had only the 3rd Presidential impeachment in history, and naturally the whole thing ran along party lines, because aren't the parties more important than the people? Sure they are.
In 2020 oil prices tanked. Remember that? No? Now gas is so expensive that instead of a fast food place attached to gas stations, they're teaming up with those payday loan places. "I just need a cash advance so I can get to work so I can earn the money to get to work."
Want to know the fun part? Most of that stuff happened, or at least started, in 2020. Just the first year of the decade that time travelers will someday cancel.
The rest of the decade actually gives a sense of dejas vus, which is a Latin term meaning "what, again?" Recession, shortages, racial tensions, crazy storms, nuclear threats, government bloat, inflation ...
Holy crap. Three years into this decade, and we're in the 70s again. That explains the Déjà vu, anyway.
And we've got seven more 20s years to go.
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I recall a meme about a time traveler coming back and asking what year it was. 2020 was the answer. "Ah, the first year of Covid," and disappearing.
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I've always been surprised at how many people thought COVID would be over in just one year!
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