pandemic

Unfortunately, wearing a mask is a part of our every-day lives in this day and age. And while most of us wear the standard blue surgical mask, some people are getting more creative with protecting themselves from coronavirus. Check out how these people thought outside the box when it came to face masks.

The population is currently divided into two groups of people: those who are happy to wear a mask, and those who make a massive fuss about having to wear them. The Karens of the world, if you will. The ones who will let you know that they are not happy at all to be wearing one, but they know they have to suck it up and wear one anyway. And one entrepreneur on Etsy is catering to these people, by creating anti-mask face masks. Check them out below!

Wearing a face mask is a crucial step in helping to prevent the spread of coronavirus, which means that everyone should be wearing one when they leave the house. So why not make it an original, funny, and entertaining mask if you have to wear one anyway? These people are printing faces on their masks, giving scary, realistic, and frankly quite disturbing results, putting the regular blue masks to shame. Check them out...

100 years ago, the Spanish Flu was sweeping its way across the globe, infecting and killing millions. The guidelines were much like the ones we have today during the pandemic we're living through now - stay home and wear protective gear in public. Thankfully, lockdown is a lot more bearable nowadays and people are finding all sorts of ways to entertain themselves. But these pictures show that a pandemic is a pandemic is a pandemic and if they did it way back then, we can get through it now. Hang in there, people! 

With the world upside down, any big calendar moments during the pandemic have had to be adjusted accordingly. This means that Father's Day this year is being celebrated slightly differently than usual, with some social distancing love. People are getting creative and these Tweets show us just how much you have to think outside the box in difficult situations. Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there!

During these difficult times many people are finding themselves out of a job and unable to pay their rent as normal. Some landlords have been kind, understanding and reasonable, allowing late, partial or deferred rent payments. Others, unfortunately, have not and their tenants have taken to shaming their landlords online for their despicable behavior during the pandemic. Check out just how insensitive some of these landlords are, below. 

The rules of quarantine and social distancing are simple: stay at home, do not see anyone and definitely do not hook up with people on dating apps. Ok, the last one isn't an official rule, but it's kind of obvious. For some people, however, it doesn't seem so obvious, and despite the world being in lockdown, there is some folk out there still trying to carry on as normal and get laid, using Tinder and other apps. While we're all for having virtual Facetime dates, for the time being, meeting up with someone in real life is risky for you, for them and for other vulnerable people. Can love (and sex) wait until coronavirus leaves us? Apparently not for these people...

We challenged our users to give us their best coronavirus pick-up lines because romance shouldn't stop during a pandemic. Just as long as you use them on the internet or from at least 6-feet away, this whole corona saga could bring the romance back! But based on these lines, maybe not... you can be the judge!

One of the positives to come out of being quarantined is that people are bored and people are getting creative. A Reddit thread asking people to come up with official "theme songs" for the Coronavirus pandemic has produced some brilliantly hilarious, albeit morbid responses. Here are some of our favorites. 

As Coronavirus keeps spreading, much of the world seems to be in panic mode, mass quarantining and buying supermarkets out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Essentially, the world is collapsing in on itself. But amid the madness, France had other plans, deciding that going ahead with holding the world's largest smurf gathering was worth risking the spread of a deadly pandemic. Yes, you read that correctly; a small northwestern French town did not let Coronavirus stop them from hosting this important and essential event. "We must not stop living," Patrick Leclerc, the mayor of Landerneau, said, followed by "It was the chance to say that we are alive." Well ok then. When in France, I guess! Here are some reactions to a video of the event, as broadcasted by AFP News Agency on Monday and it's safe to say that the world is not impressed.