The killer combination of a pandemic, murder hornets, and a world without basketball has made 2020 a year we will absolutely try to forget.
Who could have possibly seen this coming, other than public health experts for decades? The Simpsons and Space Jam, that's who. Here are posts and pieces of pop culture that saw the future.
1. This guy figured in 2016 that Bleachgate was inevitable.
2. In 2018, this Tumblr saw a plague evacuating big cities.
3. This "time traveler" warned us in 2015 that 2020 was "the worst of times."
4. The Simpsons, of course, knew that a so-far-incurable disease would mix with murderous bees.
5. V for Vendetta was P for Psychic.
6. The Last Man on Earth "knew" this was coming, too.
7. Space Jam had germs canceling the NBA season.
8. Friends knew there'd be a lockdown.
9. Parks and Recreation knew that hell for parents was being stuck with their children.
10. This sarcastic 2018 Tumblr post became the official position of the United States government.
11. Ed, Edd, n Eddy knew an epidemic would put us all in quarantine.
12. Demolition Man had this trifecta.
13. Ashley Tisdale literally had a record called "Don't Touch (The Zoom Song)."
14. Should have put money on the Musk baby name.