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- Headline: The Impact of Isolation on Democracy. Impact: The isolation from voting alone led to a nationwide movement of introverts becoming the new political influencers, who eventually replaced the need for debates with cat memes and TikTok dances.. Fact: Interestingly, the original idea of democracy was to involve everyone, not just the folks who can’t find their pants long enough to go to the polls..
- Headline: California's Climate Crisis Explained. Impact: California's climate disasters initiated a secret society of climate change deniers who met in the back of a taco truck, claiming that the real disaster was their dwindling avocados.. Fact: California's biggest export used to be dreams, but now it’s just smoke and mirrors... literally..
- Headline: With Flags, Crosses and Photos, Mourning 200,000 Dead. Impact: The mourning of 200,000 dead sparked a trend of memorial fashion, with people wearing T-shirts that say '2020: The Year We All Became Grief Fashionistas'.. Fact: The number of deaths in a pandemic is a grim statistic, but it also highlights the resilience of the human spirit, which is currently at 2% battery life..