the lighter side of words
I have more time to think about the terrible racial injustice in America.
“It’s a great time for me to pick up drinking again.”
— anonymous
“I’m so glad I’m not dating right now so I don’t have to spend all this extra time with some person I don’t know well.”
— single person
“I’m so glad I’m not married to the person I’m dating now so I’m not stuck with them all the time, I can just leave.”
— dating person
“I’m so glad I’m not single right now without a person I love to spend all this extra time with. ”
— happily married person
“I’m so glad when I have any excuse to get away from them.
— everyone
I’m learning creative new ways to procrastinate.
“Now that I’ve had time to actually re-listen to the albums, I’m sure that I had terrible taste in music throughout high school and most of college.”
— anonymous
“There are so many things I don’t need in my life and I don’t need to be spending money on.”
— anonymous
“I guess I have to admit that I love the idea of pizza more than I love pizza.”
— blaspheme
It’s less awkward for me to reach out to people I don’t normally talk to.
“I must have been seriously chronically fatigued before because now I sleep more than ever, but I don’t feel more refreshed?”
— anonymous
“Now that I’ve had time to actually re-listen to the albums, I’m sure that I had terrible taste in music throughout high school and most of college.”
— anonymous
I’ve asked random friends who read more than me to tell me what their favorite books are and why, which is way easier than actually reading more books.
“I’m so desperate for a change of scenery I went to Home Depot the other day and it felt like Paris.”
— anonymous
“Everyone looks like Borderlands 3.”
— seven year old
I have all the time for Netflix now.
“I need more than f****** toilet paper Ricardo!!! ”
— overheard in supermarket aisle
“I don’t talk about it openly because I’m fully aware of how tragic and serious this is for so many people, but I’m kind of enjoying this period? And I want it to be over for the sake of the rest of the world, but for me personally… I’m just grateful?”
— anonymous
Cutting my hair is an adventure for real.
“I love our weekly Zoom where my ‘not-so-sexy now’ co-workers have bald envy for the first time in their shaggy little millennial lives. ”
— bald guy
I bought an aerial swing so I could sleep upside down like Batman but once I set it up I realized that it doesn’t work that way.
“If you’ve never sailed past another ship on the open sea, that’s how it feels to walk down a New York block right now. ”
— sailor, captain
I do not miss the MTA.
“I can Zoom with clients, FaceTime babysit, and live stream a workout all at the same time because I got that Big Dick Bandwidth Energy.”
— anonymous
“Taking my wife out for dinner is less stressful since I can’t do it.”
— anonymous
My neighbor rescued a dog and now he’s super happy.
“I spend more time getting out to walk my dog which is better for me and better for him. ”
— my good neighbor
“I feel compelled to wave hello to my neighbors even though we have nothing in common besides boredom.”
— my shit neighbor
I’ve been drinking more water than I normally do.
“It’s better like this ‘cause I don’t want them seeing my face anyway.”
— guy on 5th ave in full camouflage
“I’m kind of awkward around people and now they think I’m being like considerate or whatever, but I’m actually just really still awkward.”
— anonymous
I’ve been writing letters to my mom, and it feels good.
“Normally my husband and I both work, our teenage daughter has practice after school and our boy is running around, we can never coordinate “Together Time”. Since COVID we’ve sat down together and have had dinner as a family for 26 days in a row. That has never happened before, ever. ”
— working mother
“I realize how bullshit business travel is.”
— businessman
I realize how much time I spend in transit when I could just be still.
“COVID19? I don’t see the big deal.”
— bats
“COVID19? I don’t see the big deal.”
— COVID20