Crucial Track for 21 March 2026

"That Funny Feeling" by Bo Burnham

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It’s late 2019, early 2020, and it’s the story we all know: global pandemic, society at a dead stop, lockdowns, and social distancing—all backed up by this creeping, pervasive feeling that the world is completely falling apart.

When the pandemic hit, I burned out of my job at almost the same time and found myself stuck at home in the midst of all that madness, suffering from severe depression. Although the start of the pandemic and my burnout weren’t related, the story fit together in that strange way the universe always seems to tell us. It was a terrible time, but one day it was finally over.

The virus became endemic, “the new now” became everyday life, and what remained was “That Funny Feeling.” It’s been with me ever since. There’s no song that better captures the zeitgeist and the underlying feeling in internet culture for me. Thanks, Bo.

[Here is the post on my blog.]