The Things We Forgot How To Do During The Pandemic!

Many of us learned new skills during the COVID-19 pandemic ? from bread-baking to tie-dying to making TikTok videos.  But it also seems we may have lost a few skills as we spent so much of the past year indoors and away from others. Socializing at parties, interacting with strangers and putting together outfits that don’t involve sweatpants are just a few examples.

The funny folks of Twitter can offer even more. Here are the funniest things people have forgotten how to do over the course of the pandemic.

I forgot how to act in public because when the cashier at the grocery store gave me my total I replied, “Good and you?”
— ThisOneSays (@ThisOneSayz)

I’ve definitely forgotten how to walk in high heels.
— Kim Holcomb (@kimholcomb)

When pandemic is over, my greatest hope is that people at concerts have forgotten how to slowly wave their hands back and forth over their heads
— Mike Scully (@scullymike)

When you put on jeans for the first time in a few weeks and can’t remember how to walk. pic.twitter.com/UtyhV72aWw
— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling)

can’t tell if it’s the lack of sleep or the quarantine but i think i’ve forgotten how to drive
— Ash (an female) ?? (@adult_mom)

feeling unexpectedly shy about showing my nose and mouth now….I may have forgotten how to make……..expressions
— Noelle Stevenson (@Gingerhazing)

Either I’m losing vocabulary or creating a new language at this point in the pandemic, but here are some things I temporarily forgot how to say and what I said instead

long sleeves for legs (pants)

rinsing thing (faucet)

anxiety tax (insurance)

What are some of yours?
— DeAnne! Smith! (@DeAnne_Smith) F

Had to get dressed and go outside for real today for the first time since February — like drove myself downtown and went inside a building with an elevator — and legit forgot how to put on jeans.
— Meena Harris (@meenaharris)

I forgot how to flirt. Lamest pandemic ever.
— Rae Sanni is vaxxed up (@raesanni)

just wanna announce ahead of time that after the pandemic ends i will be grunting at you like a caveman because i forgot how to talk
— Rob DenBleyker (@RobDenBleyker)

I have a lot of questions right now.
When will my kids return to school?
Are we going to be wearing masks for the foreseeable future?
Will I remember how to walk in shoes?
— Scary Mommy (@ScaryMommy)

Talked to some strangers at a bar last night and let me assure you that people have completely forgotten how to tell stories.
— Matt Shirley (@mattsurely)

My body has literally forgotten how to feel things that are not bad?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?))!
— Ella Cerón (@ellaceron)

Am going to a screening of a scary movie tonight, and am a little bit worried that I have forgotten how to attend scary movies and might shriek at inappropriate moments, like during the opening credits or something.
— Moira Macdonald (@moiraverse)

I forgot how to do good lipstick during the pandemic. When I go out now I do everything but lips.
— Elizabeth Picciuto (@epicciuto)

I forgot how to use an iron and I can’t find my belt because I haven’t used either in over 400 days.
— geraLd (@ImGeraLd)

So…how does one dress for a work environment in the summer? I’ve forgotten how to be a professional person. pic.twitter.com/26NEXsvMfe
— Andrea Romano (@theandrearomano)

I’ve forgotten how to talk to people in person. What do I do with my arms?
— Jenelle Riley (@jenelleriley)

i’m going to come out of this pandemic even more awkward than i was before bc i forgot how to socialize ??
— sarah (@hisarahlol)
people who forgot how to date emerging from the pandemic in 2040 ready to date again https://t.co/DkyEeAJyH5
— Ben Haist (@bhaist)

i’m too tired to remember how to sleep
— maura quint (@behindyourback)

when you’re back in the office for the first time in a year and forgot how to do business casual pic.twitter.com/uZopuEGmM3
— Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz)

${NEWJOB} asked for a headshot and I realized I don’t have anything recent where I look happy

I just spent a solid hour remembering how to smile on purpose
— bletchley punk (@alicegoldfuss)

I wonder if a lot of men in the pandemic straight up forgot how to tie a tie.
— Joe Berkowitz (@JoeBerkowitz)

anyone else playing off their social awkwardness by being like “oh wow I forgot how to interact with people during the pandemic, I totally used to be great at this !!!”
— maggie penman (@maggiepenman)

Source:  Huffpost.com / Caroline Bologna

photo:  glamour.com