Chapter 9:
Going Viral:
The Memes of Covid-19
Boy, you don’t understand. Bring us an antiseptic. We’re not flying anywhere.
30 days of quarantine in Italy: the dolphins are back.
30 days of quarantine in Wales: the wild goats are back.
30 days of quarantine in Russia: the 90s are back
From:
“Coronavirus”
“My plans for the year”
“The ruble exchange rate”
“Buckwheat.”
From:
Hi, alarmist!
I’m Alevtina the moth.
II’ve come for your buckwheat!
From:
“Natash, are you asleep?”
“It’s already 6 in the morning, Natash.”
“Get up, we’ve knocked everything over.”
“Honestly, Natash, we knocked it all over.”
From:
“Natasha, it’s 6 Am already, get up!”
“They’ve already bought up all the toilet paper!”
“We unrolled the last roll!”
“They’ve even bought up all the newspapers. Honestly, Natasha!”
From:
From
Natash, why are you lying down again?”
“The clock is ticking”
“Have you at least found yourself a guy?”
“It’s really time to have some kids”:
“What are we descended from?
“From lions, of course!”
“And Natasha?”
:“Natasha? From apes!”
“Lord, how humiliating!”
From::
“Natash, are you asleep?”
“Melanoma doesn’t sleep, Natash.”
“Get up, they’ve chopped it all off of us”
“Honest, Nastash, they’ve chopped all off.”
From:
https://peopletalk.ru/article/natash-ty-spish-memy-s-natashinymi-kotami-chast-2/
"Get up, you moron!"
"It's time to come up with new Natasha material."
"You've got no girl, no cash--just your stupid memes."
"Come on, at least clean our litterbox--we've shat all over it”
From:
“Natasha, everyone’s wearing masks”
“Natasha, we need them, too”
“Get up, Natasha. Sew masks for us
“Listen to your conscience, Natasha
”We need 10 of them, we can resell them to neighboring cats!”
“We’re panicking”
“Natasha, how can we chase mice without masks?”
From:
“Natash, he said it was for a month”
“A month, Natasha”
“Until May 1”
“Four weeks”
“What are we going to eat, Natasha?”
“There’s not much buckwheat left”
“And what about Easter, and the barbecue?”
From:
“Citizen, wake up!”
“We had to taser you”
“Where is your QR code?”
“Why did you go beyond the 101-meter limit?”
“That’s a million-ruble fine.”
From:
“Russian (Rossianin), get up”
“We adopted it all.”
“The constitution.”
“The amendments, autocracy.”
“Get up, you need to pretend you voted.”
“Cocaine.”
“Russian, we basically adapted EVERYTHING. Honest!”
From:
https://tjournal.ru/internet/149237-natash-my-vse-uronili-my-uronili-voobshche-vse-chestno-mem-s-kotami-kak-simvol-poslednih-novostey-v-rossii
“Natasha.”
“Because of this self-isolation.”
“We’ve gone a bit wild.”
From:
https://demotions.ru/46364-davayte-vse-panikovat-ne-budem-ndoverim-eto-kompetentnym-lyudyam.html
Don’t rock the boat, we’ll spill the champagne
From:
At least we have stability
From:
The Haulers are the “population of Russia,” while the ship is full of “[parliamentary] deputies, bureaucrats, oligarchs.” The caption: “Contemporary Russia in one picture.”
From:
Tech Support writing a response to a disgruntled client
From:
The whole department writes a letter to Websoft
From:
Vostroyans write a letter to Games Workshop: “Hey! Moskals! Give us some new units for the tabletop game!”
The Vostroyans write to Abaddon the Despoiler
Comrades, my ex just wrote me that she wants to get back together. Let’s write her an answer
http://1001mem.ru/p3902770
Trump writes to the Turkish Erdogan
From:
https://apostrophe.ua/news/society/2019-10-18/fotozhaba-na-trampa-i-erdogana/177737
Sign here
“I’m a vegan”
“No gluten for me”
“This is definitely lactose-free?”
“I’m fasting”
“G-d commanded us to keep kosher”
“Is this organic?”
Waiter: “Lord, I’ve had it up to here with all of you!”
From:
https://www.facebook.com/srednevekovie/posts/4078140485537896
Just a little bit more, Rover! The doctor just needs to take a look at your throat!
From:
https://www.facebook.com/srednevekovie/posts/d41d8cd9/2950482218303734/
Comrade Director, let’s make up our minds. Am I a mermaid, Batman, or Hellboy?
From:
https://www.facebook.com/srednevekovie/posts/3029186233766665/
“I saw a great show last night, it’s called The Miracle Workers.”
“Good advice, I’ll take a look after work.”
From:
https://www.facebook.com/srednevekovie/posts/2984663721552250/
“Yes, dear, I can’t talk right now. Put my beer in the fridge! What do you mean, I never do anything? I’m fighting!”
From:
https://www.facebook.com/srednevekovie/posts/3500265876658696/
“You have no right to the Iron Throne.”
“Are you nuts? I’m the Mother of Dragons.”
“Enough, John, let’s go.”
From:
https://www.facebook.com/srednevekovie/posts/3488341947851089/
What years is it?”
“1348, my son.”
“Why the fuck did you give birth to me at the height of the plague? So I could die?”
From:
Videoconferencing with the team during self-isolation
From:
https://www.facebook.com/srednevekovie/posts/3116706765014611?comment_id=3116746495010638
