Quarantine Nostalgia

I miss Quarantine, 2020 was peak life. at least OG Fortnite is back now.

Animated by: @raggersART

Take Your Time

#ninye
0:00 I miss Quarantine
0:49 The Beginning
1:18 Spring Break
1:50 Spring Break Week 2
2:53 Lockdown Week 3
3:53 Lockdown Month 2
5:11 Lockdown Month 3
6:16 Trying to Fix My Life
6:24 Depression

[akihikosakurai]

Lockdown was heaven for us introverts. Really nothing changed other than the fact that we weren't expected to go anywhere or do anything anymore

[brandenmanuel]

As an introvert, I pretty much THRIVED during the quarantine

I didn’t have many friends and I was able to adapt easily to the lockdowns. I had PLENTY of things to do like gaming, reading, drawing, watching YouTube videos, educating myself on my interests, and overall I had unlimited time to do things I actually wanted to do.

For me, Quarantine had way more pros than cons

[pinningthenortheast]

It’s crazy seeing how different everyone’s quarantine was. Being in healthcare I worked more hours than I thought was possible. When people say they did nothing all those months it’s baffling to me, and I wish I could’ve partook in it

[Shoto_of_DaiSho]

Quarantine simultaneously destroyed my mental state and made my mental health issues far worse but also helped me see what was important in life and grow closer to my friends, all within the span of like five months. But hey, I passed Sophomore year due to the teachers also giving up at the same time as us, so I suppose we'll call this one a draw

[pizzazzslushhii]

i loved quarantine man. not the part where everyone got sick, but the part where i didn't have to go to school! i got to do a lot of things i enjoyed(which didn't require me to leave my home). also i didn't pay attention to anything and the tests were so easy. it was a nice break from the world

edit: i understand it was hard for many folks out there, and my heart goes out to them. i was so lucky that i was a kid who could be sheltered by my parents at that time. i got to work on myself, but i would never, ever wish to have a global pandemic ever again. i guess i wanted to make the most of the situation at the time, and i did, but i know that some people couldn't even dream of doing that.

[tortoiseoverlord]

Quarantine was awesome, my friend group grew closer in that time period than they ever did pre and post quarantine. Turns out having the time to exist allows you to exist

[FinancialCharles]

2020 was my favorite time ever tbh. everyone was losing their minds and I was sitting back wondering why everyone is stressing so much. I remember seeing so many people online complain about not being able to interact with other people but I thought that was a highlight for sure

[verena]

2020 was actually my best year and i got depressed AFTER quarantine ended lol

[sunyl]

The late night walks are relatable. I felt so old when I started to take super long walks daily because I never had the desire before, but now it was the highlight of my day. Also I remember once when my sleep schedule was super fucked up I was talking with my family, they said that the previous evening I sat down at the dinner table when dinner was ready, said that I was too tired to eat, and went upstairs. To this day I have NO RECOLLECTION OF THIS EVENT EVER HAPPENING

[sloesou]

i actually miss those days so much bro some memories were so great

[Shlaps]

quarantine unironically saved my life.

it happened during my junior year of highschool and I was completely broken at the time. my literal last highschool memory was breaking down on the floor of the choir room to my now husband and best friend. I recall repeatedly saying "I can't do this anymore" as I sobbed.

I got worse for a while but I was able to feel everything I needed to in private and without school suffocating me. I was able to start therapy online as well as online psychiatrist appointments. I have a phobia of hospitals so this was the best outcome for me, I still do psychiatrist appointments online because of covid.

a year or so of this passed and I finally got diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. this diagnosis completely changed how I viewed myself. so much of my behavior made sense to me, I could finally rationalize my feelings after years of blaming myself. now I'm on the right meds for me and it completely stabilized me. I've never been more comfortable with myself. I've never felt more like myself.

I don't think I would have survived to 18 without lockdown happening. I couldn't stand being around people, I hated myself, I hated people who where happier than me, I hated being angry, I hated not trusting people, I hated feeling like everyone would leave eventually, I hated life.

now I'm 20, actually capable of feeling happiness with the most beautiful person in the world as my spouse. the effects of covid are horrible and yet it was able to bring me peace with my life. covid took so many lives and yet it's the only reason I'm alive today. the cosmic irony of it all.

[TheWeirdcoreMan]

As a person who also misses the quarantine times, thank you for making this video. It’s attracted other people who also feel nostalgic for the quarantine times.

Truly like moths to a flame, we arrived.

[oliverbatliner]

Ninye never fails to make us feel one with him

[akihikosakurai]

Other than the warped perception of time that made it feel like I was speeding towards the grave (18-20 years old in the blink of an eye) I loved quarantine. No responsibilities, an excuse to not get a job, no places to be, no schedule to keep, etc. and for the first time in years I started watching anime again, a decision that I'm still proud of because it allowed me to discover some absolute kino

[Jay-wmrp]

Ugh I love it when the wind waker music kicks in, fresh off a few hits it's golden

[jex_fooly]

Quarantine hit me like a truck cause like right before it I experienced a huge loss in my life, and I was just completely broken at the time though I'm thankful for it because it gave me time to grieve alone..

[JesusDoBem]

I enjoyed my time during quarantine in Brazil. I remember when it first began in March 2020. I was a senior in high school, 18 years old at the time. I used to play PS4 with my friend and felt relieved not to be at school. Back then, I had been struggling with my grades, especially in math and physics, despite my parents investing in private classes. This made me feel like a failure.

The pandemic changed things for me. Home schooling allowed me to get good grades much easier. Unlike younger students, we didn't have to keep our cameras on during online classes. The first year of the pandemic was quite calm; I stayed inside, playing games.

In 2021 I moved to a place near the beach and started socializing with friends and also started smoking weed. We even attended a few illegal beach parties, which were a lot of fun. Surprisingly, I didn't miss in-person classes, and I was also able to get into a good college. I remember that in the beggining of 2022 I smoked pot with my economics professor to celebrate the end of the pandemic.

I also started surfing in 2021 and was able to lose quite a lot of weight. Surfing now is the sport of my life.

[baltimore._.]

The quality of the editing is growing every time this is incredible

[Melonapplesauce]

I remember the few weeks before lockdown, I was a 13 year old who really just wanted to play Minecraft Bedwars all day cuz I really enjoyed it, when the corona virus started to become known I would talk about it with my friends and we would be scared, a few weeks after I was just sitting at home finishing my homework and then my parents got the message that there will be no school cuz of covid until further notice, I will never forget that moment of hype I felt, it was late and instead of sleeping I went straight to playing Minecraft as I cheered in happiness with all 3 of my siblings. Fast forward to when online classes started, I would just stay up all night playing MC/Among Us with my friends in a room alone, watching YT etc. and knowing that school will be online in the morning so I have nothing to worry about. Seriously the most fun times I've ever had and probably ever will.

However, in mid 2021 was when it all hit me that I pretty much wasted more than a year of my life draining my health and barely passing my classes, it did take a while after that when lockdown ended for me to recover from all of the damage that covid had done to my life but thinking back to it now, all the fun I had was for sure worth it. I don't enjoy any game anywhere near as much as I used to pre-covid and during covid but thinking back on the memories, there will be nothing close to as fun as them.

I never say that I want lockdown again cuz so many people were affected by it and even died, including one of my uncle, but part of me really wants to relive Late 2019-Early 2021 again, just 13 year old me not caring about a single thing in a world but just sitting at home and having fun, it is unmatched.

[kris-sama]

As an introvert I actually LOVED lockdown. I didn't like the part of course where people were getting sick and dying, that made me feel terrible. But I was getting $600 a week from the government because I was a cafeteria worker at a school, so of course my job shut down. $600 a week for months, plus being able to stay indoors ended up being the best time of my life. I was getting paid more than when I was actually working. It was insane and I cried when I had to go back to work to scrape by again.