#they helped sustain the Zingalamaduni that was the YouTube Shorts/Tiktok scene of that period in linear time

[regentzephyr]

dunno ‘bout y’all, but the definitive period-defining cultural touchstone of the COVID pandemic lockdown era for me is the microgenre of Person Who Works At Fast Food Place that utterly dominated YouTube Shorts feeds for a while (i didn’t do TikTok back then, and i still don’t), featuring such literary giants as Guy Who Works At An Ice Cream Parlor, Girl Who Works At A Different Ice Cream Shop, and of course, the one and only Guy Who Works At Subway.