Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self - 1 Year Later

It's been exactly one whole year of forest fires, murder hornets, pandemics, isolations, protests, quarantines, elections, vaccines, and riots and yet here we find ourselves, back at the beginning... What would happen if I tried to explain what's happening now to the January 2020 version of myself?
Part 1 here: • Explaining the Pandemi... ​
Part 2 here: • Explaining the Pandemi... ​
Part 3 here: • Explaining the Pandemi... ​
Part 4 here: • Explaining the Pandemi...
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[@julienolke]

Thanks for watching!! Sure sex is great but have you tried subscribing?

[@jimmyb7479]

Is this the last episode of the explaining pandemic to my last self

[@yashchandel]

I did, it was great. Subscribing i meant

[@iamthechange4152]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@yashchandel]

And why was that relatable.

[@jimmyb7479]

I’ve been subscribed since she did that podcast thing on KZbin news or whatever that thing is

[@ThalesWell]

The most impressive part is that she can still remember enough about pre-pandemic to act like a pre-pandemic.

[@travis1240]

Ahh the before time. The long long ago.

[@starblaiz1986]

@@travis1240 Hey! you stole my comment I was going to make! give that back you comment thief!

[@PapaCharlie9]

For reals. Starting to seem mythological to me at this point.

[@logiconabstractions6596]

OR maybe WE don't remember crap from pre-pandemic, so whatever she does that's not very pandemic might feel like it could be pre-pandemic. How could you tell!?!?!?

[@devanshimerchant6517]

Are you stupid or something? It's time travel. She travelled back in time. 🙄

[@ShaunCheah]

"Are you good?" "No. Absolutely... Not. No, irreparable damage has been done." Perhaps the most relatable exchange in what has so far been an incredibly relatable series.

[@trinaq]

Yes, pretty much a universal exchange, at this point!

[@cassandragoth8486]

@@trinaq Definitely. In every country :( Same.

[@luns486]

Too relatable.

[@Hanmerhack]

I am making that my new ringtone

[@MyMarsham]

That hungry desperate look when she’s asking what a handshake felt like.

[@iamaunicornandidontbelieve8897]

The most accurate part of this video is the deterioration of social skills we've all experienced as a result of isolation. Julie touching her past self's face and asking all those creepy questions was hilarious! We've truly gone insane

[@darrylbrookes2780]

and people wonder why prisoners re offend and go back to jail

[@markelcreek56]

ive forgotten how to say high so everybody looks at me crazy when ever i try to introduce myself.

[@markelcreek56]

by everybody I mean my reflection and stuff animals.

[@Anna133199]

Hmm.. I was kind of like that pre-pandamic, so I'm glad all you people have gone to my level. Welcome!

[@angelstarr746]

At first I was panicked and crying that I was forced to work throughout this entire pandemic as an essential worker...but now I'm actually a little grateful. I still go to work with the public 6 days (50 hrs) a week as usual, and then I still spend my nights with my boyfriend and my mom I live with as usual. As an essential worker and an introvert, not too much has changed in my life, besides the fact I haven't been in a restaurant or at a concert in a year.

[@kmcq692]

“That plot sounds all over the place. Like they’re trying to squeeze too much into that storyline.” “Yeah. It’s ambitious.”

[@romxxii]

I remember the good old days when Contagion did not have a very believable plot.

[@DanYHKim2]

@@romxxii it didn't have a very believable plot. After all, when a vaccine was developed everybody took it.

[@maika4530]

Wait until they add a world war in it

[@checkadam42]

Waiting for the final episode: "Explaining what Life was Like Before the Pandemic to my Current Self"

[@Laura-oy5wu]

please!!!!!

[@GardenMinistry.]

Those good old days 😭😭😭

[@DeeFig66]

yEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS

[@1o1beauty]

I can’t explain it I don’t remember

[@YourFriendlyInsuranceAdjuster]

Yes please

[@RedRooster9]

"Who's in it?" "oh, um, psh... everyone." These videos will literally be the only thing I miss from the pandemic.

[@trinaq]

Haha, me too, it's pretty hilarious, and the only positive side to this current disaster!

[@anirudhvattem9934]

lmao imagine explaining the post-pandemic world to pandemic self

[@martinm8991]

Agreed. One good thing that this pandemic brought, is this fine and easy (=not overcomplicated) use of time travel in storytelling. Also - who would have expected that it is possible to gently evolve this story for so long, while keeping it top level perfect.

[@WeighedWilson]

Keep pretending that there's gonna be an end to it.

[@jackyoh971]

Everytime she made one of this someone said that please stop I started to think you cursing us...

[@andie_pants]

"Are you good?" _"No. Absolutely not. No. Irreparable damage has been done."_ Thank you for acknowledging this. These scars are going to take a long time to bury. I'm too old, and they're never going to heal. Just gotta bury them.

[@TheJrbdog]

We shouldn't be afraid the scars. Burying them will only make them a ticking time bomb.

[@andie_pants]

@@TheJrbdog So true. My brain knows that in time the scars will toughen and become valuable lessons. It's just so f--king hard to the heart to feel hope while the slow-motion knife is still mid-laceration. (proverbially... that's just an analogy)

[@TheJrbdog]

@@andie_pants Strangely enough, learning about the Black Plague has helped me. Knowing the horrors they went through, and knowing that humanity still survived, helps me hope for the future.

[@timbuktu8069]

I worry more about children. Imagine being 4 or 5 and living a year of your life through this.

[@andie_pants]

@@timbuktu8069 The neighbor's kids have been playing tag and using Covid and active shooter instead of "it". 😥

[@beneciotheperson]

Julie from 2022: "Don't even get me started on the aliens..." Edit: GUYS. ITS THE YEAR.

[@Idkstatic]

2022 Julie: don't even get me started on the *dinosaur spider hybrids*

[@Chuck_N0rris]

2025: We got a new president. Nice! Who? Oh its just Trump again..

[@MrBored-zm9ww]

2026: so... we live in mars now.... the earth kinda got destroyed.......

[@challengerjj9760]

@@MrBored-zm9ww again.....

[@caseyshuniak]

... wut?

[@nitrokrazy3593]

That moment when you feel like you watched part one a few days ago and then it hits you that it's been a *whole year*

[@AstroKevin]

Yup you'r commentary slapped me with his deep thruth... That's rough

[@peach411]

She thought the previous one would be the last. Turns out this is a lifetime gig.

[@ravfromsweden]

December Julie was right that no one was going to visit her tho. 😅

[@heseme2]

@@ravfromsweden Oh fuck, that's true. And brilliant.

[@ashleyegan6949]

@@heseme2 I choose to think December Julie was too drunk to have a conversation

[@stza16]

😭

[@VoxTox]

More like lifestyle one) kzbin.info/www/bejne/epCui5SYjbh6gM0

[@tarabaillie7115]

I have forgotten SO many things that happened in late 2019 and early 2020 in the “before time”. It seems like a lifetime ago 😕

[@olivialim7541]

it's like 2020 packed enough into the year to make a whole lifetime

[@jacobd1984]

I couldn't even tell you when the pandemic started at this point. I think it was either February or March 2020, but I'm not sure. It's just a blur.

[@30percentBattery]

My brain is still stuck in 2019 tbh

[@LyfaLeeZhure_DavidShawn]

@@jacobd1984 May 17th, 2020, at 11:59p, was the day the world shut down. At least that's how it happened in Vegas. The months that followed were quite surreal; picture the entire "Strip" a ghost town--all the casinos dark, with boarded-up doorways. Construction crews decided to also tear up the entire "Strip"--looked like the aftermath of an earthquake. That would've been the perfect time to shoot an "apocalypse movie".

[@zuzunywol]

Julie: ‘Who’s starring in it?’ literally everyone in this world.

[@RyanGeorge]

oh god the look at 2:55 was hilarious

[@julienolke]

Thanks Ryan!!!

[@oglatnik]

Oh, hi Ryan!

[@pedrocambier]

"So, you got a pandemic video sequel for me?" - "Yes sir I do!" Sorry... couldn't help it...

[@Alfrebaut]

Man, what kind of a person would make a whole series of videos talking to themself?

[@masterdrift4493]

@@pedrocambier then he did a backflip, snapped the bad guys neck and saved the day

[@called2voyage]

Past Julie: Pandemic??? Present Julie: *Hagrid voice* shouldn't have said that

[@bellawahbeh2944]

😂😂😂

[@maxime_robert]

Hilarious!!! Talk about reusing a joke! Ya nailed it!

[@specialagentweener1073]

Im confused cause she said she had just met with april 2020 julie and they talked about the pandemic...?

[@GarettHarnish]

@@specialagentweener1073 they did, but only April 2020 Julie knew exactly what was happening in April 2020 and she never mentioned what by name or in provided enough detail to conclude that was what was going to happen.

[@specialagentweener1073]

@@GarettHarnish gotcha. I was reading the title of the video at that point. Haha

[@IJustWantToUseMyName]

A nurse was trying to start an IV in the back of my hand the other day. As she was about to insert the needle, she said: “I’m just going to hold your hand here for a minute” and my mental response was a whispered “thank you.”

[@Dutch3DMaster]

I had surgery right before they postponed absolutely everything here in 2020, and the anesthesist came up to me and went "I would really like to shake your hands, but unfortunately that's not possible at the moment. I'm going to put the IV needle in" *grabs my hand, starts tapping the vein* and my mind was like "This is NOT making sense" :P. (Right after that they took a final temperature reading and I was showing to be close to a fever, and I saw 3 doctors looking at each other like "Oh shit, this could mean trouble!" and then I got how serious it was after having underestimated it like many other people did before).

[@emilyrennie52]

“Invest in Game Stop, they’re gonna short it” “I don’t know what that means...” “Nnnneither do I 😏” Absolute gold hahaha.

[@yeebler]

They didn't short it, they went long and squeezed the shorts out. So, neither does she.

[@thehikingviking2049]

I made it to the very end like "I'm really surprised she didn't mention-- ooooh there it is. Nice."

[@michaellatta7699]

@@yeebler the rich were going to short the stock but reddit rallied and drove the stock sky high for a short time.

[@SG-vy1lk]

@@yeebler yes, that’s the joke.

[@pm-ir7zd]

Next next julie will need to explain nft games

[@ajreyesf13]

"Are you good?" "No. No. Absolutely not. Irreparable damage has been done." I FEEL THIS SO HARD DEEP WITHIN MY BEING.

[@1bcordell]

That's what she said!

[@moonhunter9993]

totally true for me. never gonna trust that the majority of humans possess common sense...

[@DragonRider-cx7br]

@@moonhunter9993 because they don’t :)

[@moonhunter9993]

@@DragonRider-cx7br i realized

[@francescagrignon5049]

Unfortunately same

[@grinningllama]

Plot twist: 2021 Julie was asymptomatic but infected past Julie and that's what really started the pandemic!

[@THE202]

So it's 'The Prisoner of Azkaban' kind of time travel?.. interesting.

[@indigocatalyst.]

@@LegendOfIgnayteus isn’t it airborne though

[@stefancoban59]

It was China and its lab. Stop spreading fake news and Canada hate

[@ChroniclesofaRunawayBride]

Best use of the "Plot Twist" meme I've seen

[@Kevin97587]

Plot twist: asymptomatic transmission isnt really proven yet besides with very weak and questionable science, prove me wrong ;)

[@makingbabytaylor]

"They're gonna short it" "I don't know what that means" "...neither do I." Pretty much all of us, tbh

[@dontreallyhaveanoriginalna9876]

@@AhsimNreiziev can you explain that again as if I’m a toddler? Cause like, that is still way to complex for my brain

[@jayshah4203]

@@dontreallyhaveanoriginalna9876 basically, in a real basic sense: you're betting AGAINST a company. So, you make money, as the company stocks go down. Which is what was gonna happen to GameStop, but people (Reddit ppl) decided to buy the stocks so the price went up and all the investors that had betted against the company actually lost their money...

[@ShadesofSage]

@@jayshah4203 Oooh! Thank you so much 🤗!

[@kimian1864]

@@dontreallyhaveanoriginalna9876 a snake borrowed a banana, and then sold it to some monkeys for 20 dollars. But by the time they need to give back the banana, the price of bananas went down to 10 dollars. So the snake buyes a banana for 10 dollars and gives it to whoever they borrowed it from, earning 10 dollars in the process That is shorting Now the monkeys find out that the snake is doing this, so they all go out and buy bananas to drive the price up. Now the bananas cost 30 dollars, so the snake has to pay 10 dollars more for the banana than what he sold it for, lossing money. Replace banana with stocks, snake with rich people, and monkeys with redditors, then you get the picture.

[@yashvisharma8897]

Wow I learnt something here. Thanks!

[@brendanblanks4438]

I love how post-pandemic Julie's reaction to "hugged someone yesterday; friends after we left the movies" was exactly the same as my own.

[@dannyweggy7719]

I love how during her rant (2:30 - 3:00) she missed so much stuff and still told us a story that a year ago will scare all of us

[@auroraofclanborealis]

And that save, "It was a neeeeeewww movie..."

[@uncensored008]

Yeah, remember when we almost went to war with Iran?

[@katiaromero7149]

@@uncensored008 OMG! It was in January, right?

[@elli3352]

Don't forget the alien subplot.

[@Searching4Reason]

Missed the voter fraud and stolen election.

[@saraseehusen5218]

“I hugged my friends after we went to the movies” Me: 😭😭😭

[@HanKnu]

We’ve been able to do that here in Australia for months 😜

[@viddeliten]

Same! ❤️ I miss people!

[@GregBromage]

@@HanKnu Unless you were about to get the AstraZeneca vaccine, in which case you still can't...

[@HanKnu]

@@GregBromage I’m in QLD, we don’t need the vaccine to go around to go to the movies where I am. Gold Class recliners, popcorn, drinks, ice cream and all the usual stuff is open to us. Last one I watch was actually The Demon Slayer movie 🥰

[@MJ-il5hl]

@@HanKnu but what about covid cases? Are they controlled in australia?

[@emmabnd5206]

I can't decide if it's funny or terrifying. My eyes can't decide if I'm laughing or crying. My whole life is confusing

[@SulyAmely]

😩 Sameeeeee it’s so complicated

[@QUICKBOOKS1]

I WAS laughing at the first one. The ones following were/are absolutely terrifying. I keep reminding myself, I am getting the Vaccine on Monday. I've just found out AstraZeneca will be fine because our family has no history of Blood Clots.

[@emmabnd5206]

@@QUICKBOOKS1 I hope it will be over soon. I feel like I am sleeping and this is a giant nightmare

[@thepeacechannel7083]

I know, I kind of got emotional watching this, instead of laughing:(

[@emmabnd5206]

@@QUICKBOOKS1 yes I hope it will be fine for you. I’m not even close from getting the vaccine because I live in France and they’ve decided to give the vaccine to people older than 50yo even tho they don’t wan’t want it while young people are craving for getting the vaccine and getting back to a normal life...

[@darksand17]

I'm sad she didn't say hello to December 2020 Julie. Poor thing needs love!

[@ladyicondraco]

I almost cried when 2021 asked the last time 2020 had hugged someone.

[@VoxTox]

Then you shouldn't watch this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epCui5SYjbh6gM0

[@RichardLeslieWhereat]

I know the effing date. Like, 2 months ago.

[@badabing8152]

Imagine being so stupid you listen to the government telling you you cannot hug your family. Hahahahahaha. God i'd kill myself if i was ever that stupid

[@rendomstranger8698]

@@badabing8152 Imagine being so stupid that you ignore the *global* scientific consensus that needless contact puts you family at risk. Imagine being that stupid and only realizing that you've infected your family after it's already too late. Now imagine them having to go to the hospital because of you, ending up in massive debt because of it. A debt that I'm certain you wouldn't pay a penny off. And that is in a best case scenario. The alternative is having to live with the guilt that you are responsible for their death.

[@phoebusapollo8365]

@@rendomstranger8698 THANK YOU, thousands of people died and dumbasses are still going “oh, it has 90 something survival rate, blah blah blah” bitch, thousands of people died and you’re helping to increase that number.

[@trentskillet]

"Could you uh, could you smell them?" Perfectly sums up not having any physical contact for a year 😂

[@tanzanite8908]

Yep. Sigh

[@AlexSchmid-TheAceofSpades]

Which is why I don't live in California.

[@jamieb8216]

I literally was like omg I forgot Bout the smells 🤩

[@randomtology2173]

and the masks

[@rodrigogoytia925]

Maybe she had covid and lost her sense of smell

[@stevedietrich8936]

"You want bad news? Trying being the Captain in the Suez canal, calling his supervisor."

[@TheFren]

This will be an absolutely amazing historic document one day, showing exactly what it feels like living through a bunch of historic events.

[@Clisare]

The fourth wall break SENT me ☠️🤣

[@joecola6487]

It was ILL 😎

[@BobBigWheels]

It was the fourth wall break we need

[@EmilyOlson]

came here for this comment 😅

[@andrewj1754]

So that everyone can focus on having a good time.

[@bertoandon9681]

Huh, didn't expect to see a Tryer here

[@MJSailing]

How many more months will it be before a stranger reaches out to shake your hand and you don't jerk back in horror thinking "What are you doing? I don't know you or where you've been!!". 😬

[@yoloparrot42]

Years

[@shelfcloud487]

I couldn’t give a shit less about a virus with a 99.6% survival rate.

[@user-ie7vo1hj3j]

I hope handshakes will slowly die and we will greet each other with just "Hi!". It's so awkward and unsanitary. Same with 6 feet distance, masks, hand sanitizer and avoiding people gathering.

[@shelfcloud487]

@@user-ie7vo1hj3j Stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. About handshakes anyways. Are you for or against social distancing, masks, gatherings & hand sanitizer? I would agree with that dying quickly. If people just ate right and exercised we wouldn’t have to worry about any of that stupid bullshit.

[@phatmonkey11]

@@shelfcloud487 Yeah let's just get, what is is now? 7 billion people? to do that you ding dong.

[@moving.quotes]

lol I like how she talks to camera and says "don't think too much about this time travel thing, that way we all can have a good time" 1:02

[@ninjacrobat350]

That had me rolling 🤣.

[@TheFaro2011]

Lol

[@gerardcollins80]

"Are you good?" "No. Absolutely not. No. Irreparable damage has been done." I... *I felt that* 🥺

[@tamaramoon8487]

That’s when I started crying. Honestly this was absolutely genius but too real to be funny. She’s amazing though.

[@nocturnhabeo]

I'm accepting that I am now this person.

[@VincentLeBlancLokdal]

Yeah, the feels started

[@amitym.6457]

Sitting in a hot bath, listening to dad music and counting the days until I can see someone again (club Pferza, 2nd shot yesterday). Definitely hit me in the feels.

[@gerardcollins80]

@@amitym.6457 On my end. Happy to avoid the world of employment. Instead I'll keep house for the family, care for the dog and vibe with the backyard plants.

[@jadanouti9222]

Hey Julie! A guy from Beirut here. Thank you for mentioning us in the video, honestly having people remember that this tragedy happened and is still affecting the people in Lebanon is a breath of comforting fresh air

[@paperdr0ps828]

Here with you, friend, donating here & there when I can. Stay strong

[@brittanyparistx]

I remember that day so clearly. That was terrifying.

[@jalindacilien1719]

I'm from the US and I remember watching the blast on tv. I never forgot about it. Hoping for better days for you all.

[@ssherbet]

@Had Anouti what is the aftermath nowadays?

[@DreamnEnjoy]

We have not forgotten. I hope you'll recover as soon and as much as possible.

[@MarySpender]

Let's get the hand double nominated for an Academy Award. Fine work Julie. Fine work. x

[@julienolke]

Hahahahaha the award speech is in sign language

[@LoreMIpsum-vs6dx]

@@julienolke Was it Gina? Who was the hand-double?!

[@simoncelt5590]

You mean joey from friends ? I loved that show

[@razmataz13drums]

@@__Lorenzo may patreons get it sooner

[@delikatessbruhe9843]

I can just see the conversation. "Hey, could you help me with one of my videos?" "Sure, what do I do?" "I need you to touch my face. A lot."

[@SirDistic]

"Are you good?" "No. Absolutely not. No. Irreparable damage has been done." Everyone felt that. I'm laughing at the way she's saying it as much as her words.

[@SpaceGiraffeC]

When u said “an ounce of normalcy” I literally cried

[@17517319]

I need a video of January Julie slowly realizing that’s not the plot of a movie. To everyone saying that’s just part 2 no I mean January 2020 Julie finding out about the pandemic being like “oh that’s just a coincidence.” Then slowly she turns into April 2020 Julie and so on.

[@elimfernandez]

That would be part 2 in the series

[@petermcguinness1718]

That would be so great!

[@elimfernandez]

@Caleb Press, Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self, Year Two. Or did you want the good news first?

[@memathews]

Kneeling on the sand beneath the Statue Of Liberty crying out "why?" Oh, scene's already been done. But it fits.

[@justanotherfangirl9929]

Omg yesssss

[@gizemdogan4182]

The fact that she believed it was a movie plot actually so realistic because I remember myself saying that COVID probably won't even come to our country. Now I miss that naive little me 😭

[@yeaaaaaaaaaaahff]

ah, the time when we thought the virus could be controlled and be over in like a couple months... how wrong of us...

[@BlankaFromEurope]

same ! me booking a holiday in Feb 2020 for March, thinking this thing will stay in Asia, lol... naive creatures we are !

[@thatjobekid]

I remember that too. "Damn, Italy has like 35 cases now, wow that must suck, UK is an island though, we will be fine" - UK is now the 6th worst hit country in the world.

[@giftmakumbibiye1486]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4OkmJ-vrJusic0

[@SoundSpeeding]

nah, that storyline sounds too unrealistic as a plot for a movie

[@msmichellewinchester]

Omg, when the hand started touching her face, my immediate response was to get uncomfortable because what if she had it 😂. The pandemic completely messed with my head. Recently, I got uncomfortable when they were showing a concert from 2019 on TV. I was like: "There's so many people and no one is even wearing a mask. That's not safe." 😂.

[@gingerstorm101]

I think that every time I watch an old show or movie

[@baarbaramac]

Me too!

[@kristenboe]

my kids (9&3) have noticed the same thing. They can tell when something was "before"

[@wendyscribbles]

I picture popped up on my timeline recently of my husband, me and our two friends at a comedy club back in early February right before everything hit the fan and I cringed at the sight of everyone packed into that place shoulder to shoulder.

[@thunderthumbs697]

Exactly! Every time I see an old social gathering and no one is wearing masks I start sweating. How did we live like that?

[@LK-dw1wy]

Gosh, the moment you mentioned that we actually didn't have a good hug since forever, was the moment that I realized even me who is being an introvert who has ADHD and never let anyone touch her, is craving hugs from my close ones.

[@gansosmansos]

Then go hug people 🙄🙄

[@galacticquasaur2956]

@@gansosmansos Rude-

[@gansosmansos]

@@galacticquasaur2956 No. Practical, rational and encouraging

[@zulamann1]

“Irreparable damage has been done.” Amen, sister, you said it.

[@jamesmcintyre9119]

Yes indeed we are screwed. However in a generation or two, people will forget what it was like. Then when the next and presumably worse pandemic hits decades from now, they’ll have the same idiotic response as we are having today. Society has basically repeated the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic except with smart phones.

[@leahdudash9421]

How are YOU guys living?

[@thebestoneevermade]

@@leahdudash9421 living?

[@DrifterBG]

Plot twist: Julie is patient zero by infecting herself from the future

[@grim_2000]

Patient zero in January 2020?

[@DrifterBG]

@@grim_2000 First confirmed case of Covid-19 in Canada (where Julie lives) was Jan 25th, 2020. So, yes.

[@grim_2000]

@@DrifterBG Patient zero is not country-specific.

[@ajkfala]

@@grim_2000 what’s wrong w you

[@dcuccia]

Haha, she literally broke the 4th wall to say don't get carried away with the whole time travel thing :)

[@Idkstatic]

2022 Julie: don't even get me started on the *dinosaur spider hybrids*

[@skyclaw]

Commenting from 2022, and the dinosaur-spider hybrids are actually pretty tame.

[@fortimusprime]

“So much hope and innocence.” I felt that… 🥲😭 But this one was the best one yet!😂😂 I was dying of laughter!🤣🤣🤣

[@ianmansfield7678]

I don’t think I’ll accept that the pandemic is over until I see a video of post pandemic Julie explaining to pandemic Julie.

[@oracle372]

@The Program So, do you want the good news or the bad news?

[@MindfulMya]

I mean it’s not over. It’s still happening. 4th lock downs are happening. Many people are refusing the vaccine (which is ridiculous). Being a Canadian we going to probably have our 4th wave lockdown in September maybe October. So really nothings changed. Lol 😂

[@sarahspindler2914]

I really hope someone visits December Julie... she was so upset about it!

[@johnassal5838]

Surely you mean a video showing well post pandemic Julie verifying that the pandemic is still solidly over to a post pandemic Julie from the year before that...

[@kencupid3720]

I can’t wait until that day

[@carolyingfa]

"I forgot other people have body heat" - me, in a text to a friend last week.

[@robertnett9793]

At any other moment in history, this would have sounded incredible scary :D

[@giftmakumbibiye1486]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4OkmJ-vrJusic0

[@lucboy13]

This is fear mongering.

[@DaffieChan]

How sad is it that I totally teared up when they talked about the last time she had a hug? 🥺

[@kaeandraclarke2080]

okay stop because mz Julie boutta make me realize we're going through an actual traumatic experience for an entire year

[@k-asmr4248]

We have. Even without all the other crazy/awful stuff, just the pandemic made us, an extremely social species, isolate ourselves. This is something that we already knew causes us emotional and psychological damage, but the pandemic made it so so much worse, now add in the other awful stuff and it's something that will affect us probably for years, maybe decades after the pandemic is actually over.

[@TheFren]

As someone who had c-ptsd before Corona: it will be bad, but it's not unfixable

[@varietyaspens]

“That’s the plot of a new movie that’s coming out” I *_WISH_* this was a movie

[@darkchiisheep4330]

Like "The Truman Show"? Yes, it would be so good to step through a door and leaf the whole world chaos behind.

[@PunnamarajVinayakTejas]

There were still some storylines that went nowhere. Murder hornets, for example. HORRIBLE writing

[@burcopresents]

If 2020-whenever the pandemic ends is a movie whats it gonna be called? Is the movie just gonna be called 2020 lmao. Kinda like 2012 except it’s a true story

[@Domihork]

It actually is a movie. It's called "Death to 2020", it's on Netflix.

[@abraarh]

There’s a movie just like this called ‘Contagion’ starring Matt Damon

[@robertrobles3649]

The look in Julies eyes when talking about human contact... all that was missing was a needle and a spoon.

[@trinaq]

I know, we don't know how much we miss actual human contact until now!

[@julienolke]

hahahaha i'm desparate

[@sarcasticrayofsunshine75]

Just thinking about human contact made me tear up a bit...I wish I was joking

[@missaj5623]

So glad I live with my mother so lots of hugs to be had. I miss hugging other family members and friends but really feel for those that live alone and not in a bubble with another household.

[@EpicKate]

@@missaj5623 yeah, I'm glad for my husband and kids but I sure do miss hugs in general.

[@thefareplayer2254]

I love how in this one she can't keep the secrecy and she just says everything....and the facial expressions on January 2020 Julie are just perfect!

[@kevinl1285]

The fact that we have 5 parts of this video is fucking nutss!!!

[@notthatyouasked6656]

I read a comment a while back about how 2020 was like the plot of a story written by a 5 year old: "...and then everybody ran out of toilet paper and they couldn't touch anyone else and nobody ever went to school again!"

[@alecrobinson7124]

"Then all of the vegetables were gone, and everyone got a puppy"

[@archiethomas3911]

"then i did a backflip snapped the viruses neck and saved the day!"

[@Mauricio44]

I love how this started as Julie kinda trying to prepare her past self and it's gradually becoming more of present Julie needing to check in with a Julie that was more stable and naive. I just love the character development, not like I relate in any way or anything , duh

[@thatfinegentleman]

Better than Star Wars's sequels

[@giftmakumbibiye1486]

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[@joshuanyamaimusyoka8349]

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[@Regimeshifts]

For the next Julie from the future: -Palestine, Gaza -Vaccine passports -Pile stocking antidepressants as stock runs out -Invest in VR for travel experience

[@corndoghead1]

Texas weather?

[@corndoghead1]

@@kpic9054 i dunno just know that a lot of people died because of sudden cold weather in texas.. not up to date with global news

[@thatHARVguy]

@@corndoghead1 Oh right, they didn't coldproof the power infrastructures and was blacked out for over a week, while Ted Cruz was caught leaving for Cancun.

[@bpadilla7893]

You forgot gas pipeline hackers in the south making people act like they did with toilet paper smh...

[@alex_1984_is_here]

-Gas shortage -immigrant children walking around Texas desert alone -Fauci emails leaks -pipeline got hacked -beef plant got hacked

[@impishDullahan]

I appreciate that Julie is still using the same nail polish after over an entire year.

[@neroquin]

It's culture to rewatch the entire series whenever a new episode comes out

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

oh shoot. I need to rewatch the previous stuff then

[@neilladshead9308]

I just did exactly that 🙂

[@honour7495]

Tradition*

[@Simon-xl1yz]

Yeah, just like SAOA :)

[@not.reallycrazy]

Truu-

[@KartikBhandariKB]

That's how it is done. You break the 4th wall and glide back in effortlessly!

[@ShadesofSage]

“That’s the plot of a new movie!” Yeah, we wish, right?! Great stuff Julie🤣❤️!

[@ArianneDL]

I had literally chills all over my body when you said: "after the movies with my friends." 😫😫

[@youthfulyuyu6229]

The “could you smell them when you got up close?” killed me 😂😂

[@sk-bl8xk]

“Oh that’s the plot of a new movie.” The movie: 2020

[@darkchiisheep4330]

And once people feared 2012 🙄

[@Ruthavecflute]

I think it might need to be a series of movies

[@stephanienilsen4585]

Unfortunately it’s a documentary

[@Dakarai_Knight]

And 2021 lol

[@tillettman]

That's why time travellers are supposed to stay away from fiction.

[@monkeytae]

about a year and few months ago, we all thought the Australian wildfires was the worst thing to happen; little did we know.......

[@rd2783]

The subtle wearing the same outfit but with overalls to convey same but different is genius.

[@xen0bia]

"They are going to short it." "I don't know what that means." "Neither do I." Thank God! I'm not the only one!

[@TheSorrel]

I guess it has something to do with the title of the movie "The big short" and I already feel smart for figuring that out.

[@patty337]

This part is hilarious 😂 Wish I knew this a year ago!

[@CannonRaw]

Stocks you bet the cost will increase. Shorts you bet the cost will drop. Cost is determined by how much are people willing to spend on a stock and how much someone is willing to sell for.

[@fletchro789]

Short selling is when you sell the item before you own it. Hopefully it will be available at a lower price when you finally have to buy it to give it to the person you sold it to. In other words, you can make money by betting that a stock will go down in value.

[@85set05]

@@fletchro789 You can also lose a asstone if it goes wrong.

[@maidden]

"Irreparable damage has been done" Oh shit, forgot to take my antidepressant, brb

[@clwilliams9276]

I'm.glad she reminded u.

[@karl5722]

I love this series and honestly thank you for reminding people of the Beirut explosion since most of the world forgot about it, it’s comforting to see a person have my capital in their heart as much as the Lebanese people ❤️

[@laurenbruges8784]

I can’t imagine trying to explain the pandemic to January-2020 Lauren. She’d been through a lot but this would have been insane to her.

[@triad4693]

let's be honest, nobody expected this many sequels in this series, but we're all glad it's continuing

[@eliza8468]

no we're not because it means theres more pandemic

[@oldchild527]

@@eliza8468 no not really shit just keeps happening, like the pandemic made us look at it instead of been indiferent.

[@demetreusd.robysr.8446]

I’m willing to help keep her pushing at this one

[@shellyrae777]

My Dentist actually put a glove on and gave me a handshake. He said he was sick of not shaking hands so he’s practicing “safe human touch” we both laughed, but that handshake felt really good.

[@DumbestDumbFool]

There should be a trend on wearing gloves again. Still want to do that glove slap to someone, it looks so satisfying and harmless, yet humiliating and aggressive

[@inventor121]

@@DumbestDumbFool if you glove slap me I shall draw my sword. I have two boxes of surgical gloves that I bought for dealing with chemicals but my hazmat supplies have been surprisingly useful during the pandemic.

[@frichickenishqua]

Why does the thought of a handshake make me feel so warm on the inside 🥺

[@dragonghast5856]

Yeah pretty ambitious plot, they barely had time to cover the murder hornets and resolve the forest fires and-

[@kathesae]

😭😭

[@elenachristian9860]

Asteroids.

[@libbykat3958]

This made me cry, hot tears just trickling down my face. Especially: "Are you good?" "No. Absolutely not. No, irreparable damage has been done." Ain't that the truth.

[@Dyanahhhful]

Y’all, I literally cried when pre-pandemic Julie said she hugged her friends last night after they went to the movies and present-day July said “that must be nice” 😭😭😭 really felt that. 😭

[@luns486]

It's so relatable it hurts.

[@MyMarsham]

That hungry desperate look in April Julies eyes when asking what a handshake felt like. Are we all like this now?

[@victoriaturnershoemaker3723]

Hugs Movies 🥺

[@MyMarsham]

@@victoriaturnershoemaker3723 the last movie I saw in a cinema was Rise of Skywalker, so I have mixed feelings there.

[@TheFrenchPug]

I'll give you a hug Diana...whenever you want.

[@incensejunkie7516]

"Who's in that movie?" "Matt Damon...and Queen Latifah...and millions and millions of extras..."

[@rubycar7143]

Less of a movie more documentary

[@SimsinWonderland]

*as themselves

[@GarettHarnish]

Or, more succinctly, "Everybody"

[@idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896]

You forgot to put billions and billions of more

[@operatorchakkoty4257]

More like millions and millions of redshirts. ...I'm not apologising.

[@lunaeclipse5486]

Lmao the fact that 2020 basically has it’s own movie is amazing. It’s called don’t look up and it’s on Netflix.

[@queerlyvictorian]

“Too soon?” Ah, time travel jokes.

[@mseekay8929]

The most frightening thing about this is that after the pandemic we will be so socially awkward that future-Julie's questions about "what is was like to hug someone" will be a totally normal thing to ask

[@ericcory2469]

Only the dumbass sheep. It's a flu that has a 99.8% survival rate. Take off the stupid mask and enjoy life.

[@birthdayzrock1426]

There's only a pandemic of fear and blind obedience. Don't let the well-dressed buffoons in the TV screen fool you.

[@camozot]

Yup you get to do that right now if you stop letting the media incite fear and control you, you control what you do.

[@Newspeak.]

@@ericcory2469 nah I’m good.

[@ElvenChaos]

Wow, the selfish audacity of the people commenting here. Darwinism is out there, waiting for ya.

[@Sentox24]

"I hugged my friends goodbye after we went to the movies" THAT hit hard!

[@honorlove9577]

That Suez Canal joke was great!!!

[@simsandsurgery1]

I really want to see julie from March 2022 go back to Julie from March 2020. I feel like to a certain extent these videos help me process a bit what’s going on… I don’t know… Maybe it’s just comforting to see other people freaking out about what’s going on and to see a reaction to what is our new normal… I don’t know…

[@poojas2251]

"... then everyone can have a good time." *Stares at camera with pain filled eyes*

[@GamePandaXXL]

It is more like "ignore the logic behind time travel" *looks into camera at the people that constantly point out flaws*

[@_aiko020]

@@GamePandaXXL that shit killed me 😭

[@fauxgt]

i feel bad for December-Julie. nobody visits her

[@willapotter5455]

When everything gets better she should go check on her

[@anthonyscarfe4853]

December Julie got so used to all the chaos of 2020 that nothing you could say would shock her except for good news. And April 2021 Julie needs to be reminded of what it’s like to have human contact.

[@Serothil_and_stuff]

Ive told her it was just getting started... Just saying

[@SheeplessNW6]

December Julie is visited on Christmas Eve by three ghosts

[@MrGregorSF]

I’m convinced that December Julie was an escaped mirror Julie. Real Julie was on the floor tied up with a string of Christmas lights.

[@sophies598]

POV: part 6 just came out and your re-watching them all

[@neilladshead9308]

These videos have been one of the few silver linings of this past year. Thank you Julie. Brilliant as always.

[@TEBArceus]

December Julie: “Well, if we make another video, someone can visit me!” April21 Julie: “I’m about to do what’s called a pro gamer move”

[@kulahog6495]

Poor December Julie😭 maybe December 2021 Julie will visit her instead

[@Wolfgirl10298]

@@kulahog6495 Quote: "GOD NO, PLEASE NO!"

[@GilliamFlebus]

Not getting a visit must be so unsettling now.

[@ggt47]

My birthday.

[@rainwalkerstudios3388]

The fact that the movie plot convinced her truly shows that life is stranger than fiction.

[@GamingAfter50]

and she called it an "ambitious" plot. It was. 2020 was extremely ambitious.

[@starblaiz1986]

2020 - the year that proved beyond reasonable doubt that we are all part of some elaborate Truman-Show style movie o= I wonder what the 2021 season finale will be? o=

[@papadop]

I freakin love Julie!!! This pandemic series has been incredible. Keep them coming!! Thanks.

[@BlackBTX]

Hey Julie, this is so amazing! I just LOVE your pandemic series! It is pure Internet gold. I'm just sorry for poor early 2020 Julie, so shocking for her.

[@sarah52292]

I was doing pretty good until she said “I hugged my friends at the movies.” And then it all hit me 😭

[@intentionalliving7326]

😁🤣😅 yes 🤗☀️

[@christine-joylovepaper3146]

Same!

[@LauriSolvb]

Me too.. i laughing.. and then crying.. 😅

[@4492]

Yeah, that made me well up :(

[@saiswa987]

Same, I was wondering if anyone else teared up at that line...ugh I miss friends and hugs and movies all so much

[@corvusdove874]

It brings me both joy and pain to realize that April 2021 Julie is going to get home and probably run smack into July 2021 Julie waiting at the table.

[@dabriatulak7338]

I can't wait to see where we'll be in July...>>

[@corvusdove874]

@@dabriatulak7338 The crazy thing is that @JulieNolkie has accidentally become the most accurate and understandable historical summary writer for this time period in human history.

[@MaximusAlcarinque]

"Sooo... do you want the good news or the bad news?"

[@t3hfluff]

After more riots and the great reset right?

[@dabriatulak7338]

@@t3hfluff yep! You know it! Which country would like to go first? 😂

[@jasonkraley]

"irreparable damage has been done" ...i concur!

[@jlnioannou]

January 2020 seems like it was 100 years ago...literally....this s..t goes on and on and we actually forgot what it was like before.

[@wyrmh0le]

Haha remember when December Julie was upset because she thought all this was going to be over so there'd be no more videos? Haha I'm not crying haha

[@LadyEowyn]

Oh, December Julie. I forgot about her innocence.

[@bryaneberly3588]

...I totally blame her now. She jinxed us!

[@briandegitz8978]

She never got visited

[@neilladshead9308]

@@briandegitz8978 Yet (I guess)

[@scifikoala]

It doesn't fucking end! December me was so hopeful too, fast forward, yesterday was two weeks after my second vaccination and I don't feel relief, I don't feel excited, I just feel numb

[@benjammin2929]

I'm just chuckling because Julie is going to have to keep her outfit from the March 2020 video for a long time.

[@lauramays9296]

Oh yeah, huh-that's true XD. Didn't think about that.

[@sulwhale3171]

Lol

[@sulwhale3171]

@@lauramays9296 yuh

[@oayhammouda]

Julie 2061

[@solar0wind]

Her outfit from one year ago? Why would she throw it away? I have clothes that I've had for almost 10 years... Just don't throw stuff away that's still good, then you won't need to go shopping so often, can afford better clothes when you do go shopping and thus help pay workers better and treat the environment better.

[@1010allison]

This is absolutely fantastic. Love both of them!! Keep them coming.

[@Shrikinator]

Unreal how you do this. You are one very talented lady and this one hit hard, while at the same time still entertaining. This is what it must feel like if you're the weather and raining on a sunny day.

[@aaronriggan2373]

"Let's not worry too much about time travel and just try to have a good time" - STRAIGHT TO CAMERA!

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

I hate this pandemic

[@Me-ss2gq]

‘They’re gonna short it 😏😏😏😏’ ‘.....I don’t know what that means-‘ ‘Neither do I 😏’

[@julienolke]

fax

[@caffeinatedkatie4696]

My very favorite line

[@sergiolopez1855]

This is the way

[@buddylee47]

Julie=Diamond hands, apes to the moon, etc.

[@darkfragtv]

INVEST IN GME PEOPLE IT'S STILL ON

[@donq4483]

I decided to watch these again in October 2023 and I didn't realize Suez was more than 2 years ago, the last three years have felt like a decade. Shoutout to Kevin McCarthy, I worked at McDonald's longer than he held the speakership