# Stupid little things the pandemic has given you

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-the-pandemic-has-given-you/924130>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [October 28, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-the-pandemic-has-given-you/924130 "2020-10-28T17:28:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-the-pandemic-has-given-you/924130/1 "2020-10-28T17:28:59Z")

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A [companion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-the-pandemic-has-taken-from-you/923407) to explore a few silver linings. May as well have some fun with it. I’ll start:

- built in excuse to decline certain Thanksgiving invitations

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**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-the-pandemic-has-given-you/924130/2 "2020-10-28T17:50:54Z")

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**Johnny\_Bravo** already created [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-things-the-pandemic-has-given-you/924071)

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**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-the-pandemic-has-given-you/924130/3 "2020-10-28T19:12:37Z")

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Here’s a little silver lining: there are so many places one can find lists of little things the pandemic has given us.