"The Class of 2020 still aren't over the COVID-19 pandemic cancelling their graduation. Apparently they never stop bringing it up, according to TikTok. Now their complaints are being used as a punchline. Being robbed? "Did you know that I didn't get a graduation." Slip on ice? "I didn't have a prom, I didn't have a homecoming." Oh, your grandma just died? "Okay, well if you think that's bad, I literally didn't graduate.""
"In the past few weeks, it has merged with another trend in which TikTokkers explain how certain people would react to a glass being half full or half empty. Instead of just the classic "optimist" or "pessimist," the trend includes the points of view of random people, characters, or the Class of 2020. "It wasn't even like a graduation, it was like a drive thru and you just grabbed your diploma," one creator laments."
Members of the Class of 2020 continue to invoke cancelled graduation rites from the COVID-19 pandemic and are being turned into a recurring TikTok punchline. Creators apply the Class of 2020 complaint as an ironic reaction to unrelated misfortunes, using lines like "Did you know that I didn't get a graduation" after events such as robberies, falls, or deaths. The trend dates to 2020 with some people reminiscing and others attending replacements like sibling graduations. Recently the trend has revived and merged with a format listing reactions to a glass being half full or half empty, expanding roles and perspectives.
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