Novelty Facemasks Are Another Obnoxious Side Effect Of Quarantine

Social Distancing measures mean a lot of silly commercial products aren't available for purchase right now, but capitalism, to paraphrase Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park, finds a way.

As many clothing stores have been forced to temporarily close, the most popular wearable thing people can purchase right now is a facemask. That means the dumb-phrases-on-t-shirts market has moved northwards, and now there's a dumb-phrases-on-facemasks market. Twitter user and meme-savvy journalist Taylor Lorenz recently compiled a list of some of the cringiest ones currently available.

Starting a thread of the dumbest novelty facemasks, reply with the worst ones you see pic.twitter.com/kyGNHSj3jS

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) April 19, 2020

I feel like an essential worker wouldn’t wear this, but what do I know pic.twitter.com/jInw5s9Awv

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) April 19, 2020

This deserves Corona pic.twitter.com/4WGj9kgy7J

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) April 19, 2020

HEY LADIES!! pic.twitter.com/zL8akob0l4

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) April 19, 2020

I know someone is going to send this to me. I’ve seen it, and yes it is awful pic.twitter.com/2VFx1orW2f

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) April 19, 2020

Guys 2016 was 4 years ago pic.twitter.com/TJ45ZFZ3sY

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) April 19, 2020

Ok but… pic.twitter.com/07qjWtyy0y

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) April 19, 2020

I'm sure we can all agree these are atrocious and if you see someone wearing these in public, you will certainly be staying the CDC-recommended six feet away from them, just because you don't want to be associated with that person. However, no collection of tacky fashion items would be complete without the all-time godfather of meme designs.

This was obvious and inevitable pic.twitter.com/pyz7NfYykS

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) April 19, 2020