2020 has been a hell of a year. It's been tough to have every facet of our lives turned upside down because of the Wuhan coronavirus. Many are unemployed. Some are facing eviction. Others don't know if they'll be able to put food on the table. Masks and lockdowns have become part of the "norm." And, for most, having a sense of humor is paramount to getting through this dreadful year.
"Friends" co-star Jennifer Aniston decided to hang a Christmas ornament that adequately captured the year:
Jennifer please pic.twitter.com/6QasOWCDJD
— A M A A L ?? (@amaaliio) December 26, 2020
But people on social media found no humor in Aniston's "pandemic jokes."
I saw this type of ornament on Etsy and I honestly don't get it. I don't think there's anything wrong with an ornament to mark how 2020 has been (I'm getting one that says 'the year we stayed home'), but this one just seems like you're laughing at it & that there will be more
— ashley7 ?? (@mashka288) December 26, 2020
I mean, this is either ignorance or dark humor, considering climate change will increase disease and cause more pandemics
— MK (@MioReynolds) December 26, 2020
I hope she gets absolutely BLASTED for this. It’s funny and quirky to them. It’s a silly cultural moment, not a crisis, because they’re sitting in their paid for mansions waiting on Disney Plus to call and give them voice work. I’m SICK!!
— Chase (@president_chase) December 26, 2020
Two people I went to HS with did “baby’s first pandemic” photo shoots with toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Like....people are DYING wtf
— Courtney (@sielless) December 27, 2020
No, this isn't the first pandemic. There's been H1N1 and Ebola. This just so happens to be the first pandemic where everyone's lives were severely impacted. People were told to stay home. Businesses closed their doors forr good. Unemployment skyrocketed.
Either way, the cancel culture mob was going to come after the celebrity. If she posted something positive and uplifting, they would have said she doesn't know what it's like to live paycheck-to-paycheck or that she's in her cushy mansion and doesn't have much to worry about. But come on. People have been making all sorts of masks, ornaments and other decorations to commemorate – or joke about – the pandemic. It doesn't mean she's not taking it seriously. It means she's coping with things the way she knows how to.
