
Writer’s note: This post was first published on Medium’s “Tickled” on November 25, 2020 and will now be permanently housed on Substack’s new “Tickled” column.
2020 is trash, and everyone knows it. It doesn’t even matter if you kept your New Year’s resolutions. If you dealt with any of this stuff — plus the stress of the presidential election — then congratulate yourself for surviving. But in between a bunch of “you could’ve kept that” moments were times where I was either laughing like a hyena or grinning hard enough to show all of my teeth. These are those moments that I’m thankful for this upcoming Thanksgiving.
Doggface208: I had no idea who he was, but I just happened to look at Twitter at the right moment. Two hours later, I was still watching and re-watching his videos. I vaguely recall Mero big-upping Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” but I wasn’t particularly into the song until I saw this man cruising along on the back of a truck with CranRaspberry juice. And who else could have this level of confidence when dancing to Meg thee Stallion’s “Body”?