Coronavirus has completely changed the way we view the world.
The pandemic has held us in quarantine for months, and it has proven disastrous for small businesses and for all kinds of other reasons. Still, in spite of the bad news, some online comedians are finding the humor in it.
While the world fights the disease, some people chose the comic approach to the whole situation.
That’s where comedian Julia Nolke comes in. In her hilarious videos, she explains the situation to her past self from the perspective of her present self.
This is the basic idea: Nolke based her videos around the idea of time travel.
What would happen if you could go back to January and explain everything that’s going on now to yourself from the beginning of the year? How would you explain all that’s been going on? And how would you do it without messing up the flow of time? These are the questions that Nolke answers perfectly.
Would we be better prepared? How can you even prepare for a virus that came out of nowhere and is unknown?
The video is funny but opens up an interesting discussion over some serious questions. We’ve thought about it for a while, right after we were done laughing.
Still, one thing is for sure—Nolke is an excellent actress.
In the video, Nolke takes on the role of herself from the past and future.
Her performance is definitely convincing, and the results are hilarious. That doesn’t come as a surprise, because Nolke is an experienced actor who began posting on YouTube in 2011. Most famous for her film parodies and recipe tutorials, Nolke has since amassed 325,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.
This popular Canadian YouTuber took the coronavirus story and gave it a whole new spin.
Following the success of her first “Explaining the pandemic to my Past Self” video, she posted another one with a June update as well. We must admit, her Past Self is pretty well informed!
Still, let’s retrace our steps a bit.
Remember your life from a couple of months ago?
Let’s face it: we were all pretty casual about coronavirus. We might have even thought the pandemic wouldn’t affect us as much as it has. What if someone had told us back then that we might lose our job, that we’d spend months locked up in the house and we should probably cancel our gym memberships? That we needed to boost our immune systems and take a lot of vitamins? We probably would’ve laughed!
Do you recall those terrible wildfires in Australia?
What if someone had told us that it was nothing compared to all the stuff 2020 had in wait for us right around the corner? You wouldn’t believe it. Still, it’s nice to have people like Nolke who can see the funny part of it all and make us laugh a bit. If we lose our sense of humor, then what are we left with?
Since it was posted, the videos have earned more than seven million views.
The video was posted in April, and the sequel came in June.
All we can say is keep up the good work! If things keep going the way they are, we’re guessing there will be more room for further updates. We love to laugh about the inevitable because life goes on. What else can you do anyway?
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