I don’t get it

Here’s what I remember: I couldn’t get a covid test because my fever was “only” 100 and the Trump administration required 101 in order to be eligible for a test (because they wanted to suppress the number of positive cases); I remember the constant wail of sirens in the background as network news covered the frightening death toll in NYC; I remember big cities had to use refrigerated trucks to store all the bodies; that the supply chain was so screwed up for so long, I had to do my Christmas shopping in September to get the gifts by Christmas; I remember people being out of work and desperate for food. I remember the crime rates soaring. I remember people blowing up ATMs; I heard the explosions almost every night.

I’m sure there’s more, that’s just off the top of my head.

What were these great times people remember? Who are these people?

‘Novel’

Dirty yes