41
Where were you when you learned of the first 2020 lockdowns in your country? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by droning_in_my_ears@lemmy.world to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee
38 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I remember I was at my uni library and I learned from a tweet of the health ministry that schools and unis are shutdown for the foreseeable future. I immediately went home early.

I remember telling my siblings "Meh this will probably last a week or so". lol in hindsight.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Nangijala@feddit.dk 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was at home. My boyfriend had gone to the store to buy toilet paper - I know, the irony - and he calls me and tells me everybody has gone insane and is buying a ton of toilet paper. He's standing there with with his humble little pack of toilet rolls while people are tumbling pack after pack into their carts and acting frantic.

Took him half an hour to get through checkout. We spent the rest of our night watching the news.

I think there had been talks of lockdowns for a few days or so before that and we had all been kinda joking about it a little bit, but most of us didn't really think it would happen until it did.

I still think it's low key hilarious that my bf went to buy toilet paper and ended up in the toilet paper apocalypse for half an hour.

this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2025
41 points (100.0% liked)

[Migrated, see pinned post] Casual Conversation

3378 readers
4 users here now

We moved to !casualconversation@piefed.social please look for https://lemm.ee/post/66060114 in your instance search bar

Share a story, ask a question, or start a conversation about (almost) anything you desire. Maybe you'll make some friends in the process.

RULES

  1. Be respectful: no harassment, hate speech, bigotry, and/or trolling.
  2. Encourage conversation in your OP. This means including heavily implicative subject matter when you can and also engaging in your thread when possible.
  3. Avoid controversial topics (e.g. politics or societal debates).
  4. Stay calm: Don’t post angry or to vent or complain. We are a place where everyone can forget about their everyday or not so everyday worries for a moment. Venting, complaining, or posting from a place of anger or resentment doesn't fit the atmosphere we try to foster at all. Feel free to post those on !goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
  5. Keep it clean and SFW
  6. No solicitation such as ads, promotional content, spam, surveys etc.

Casual conversation communities:

Related discussion-focused communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
orangeNgreen@lemmy.world
neidu2@feddit.nl
BoozeOrWater@lemm.ee