In a time that is filled with negative news stories, rising illness numbers, and being confined to the house, no one knows how to make light of a situation quite like the generation of technology. We are known for making jokes in times of hardship because it is better (and easier) than being sad about situations we cannot control. In between streaming videos, taking up new hobbies, and completing online courses, people have taken to social media to share new renditions of viral memes relating to COVID-19 and being quarantined.

While working on the assignments for class this week regarding remix and remix culture, my mind kept going back to the memes I’ve been seeing on various social media platforms. Viral memes from the past few months have been recirculating after being remixed to fit the current Internet climate and they seem to be a hit.

Twitter has always been a hotspot for generational humor and this case provides no exceptions:

I have only shown a few examples here, but if you go to Twitter yourself and simply search “quarantine” in the search bar you will find thousands more. Even though everyone is living different lives during this hard and confusing time, people relating to the same memes tends to show that we aren’t that different.