Never Forget Shopping in 2020

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Never Forget Shopping in 2020

What it means

A video montage shows shoppers in supermarkets and markets wearing increasingly bizarre protective gear during the COVID-19 pandemic, including plastic bags, homemade masks, a paper-bag hood, a helmet, and scuba equipment. The repeated caption nostalgically recalls the absurd precautions of shopping in 2020, while the solemn piano music, Pianovus’s “Passacaglia (Piano Version),” makes the ridiculous scenes feel dramatically epic and heightens the irony. It works as a reaction to memories of pandemic-era shopping and over-the-top safety measures.

Sound

♪ Pianovus — Passacaglia (Piano Version)

music / музыка

Objects

supermarket / супермаркет grocery checkout / касса магазина shopping cart / тележка для покупок groceries / продукты cashier / кассир face mask / защитная маска plastic bag hood / капюшон из пластикового пакета paper bag helmet / шлем из бумажного пакета homemade protective suit / самодельный защитный костюм gloves / перчатки shopping aisle / магазинный проход refrigerated display case / холодильная витрина scooter / скутер scuba tank / баллон для дайвинга diving mask / маска для дайвинга protective helmet / защитный шлем bicycle-style shopping cart / тележка для покупок bottled water / бутилированная вода food shelves / полки с продуктами