Class of 2020 Turns Lost Graduation Into Comedy Gold
Four years after COVID canceled their ceremonies, the Class of 2020 is healing through humor. Their self-aware TikTok jokes about "never graduating" have become a viral sensation that's helping an entire generation laugh through shared loss.
The Class of 2020 has found the perfect cure for pandemic disappointment: making fun of themselves.
Four years after COVID stole their graduations, proms, and final high school moments, this resilient generation is turning their collective trauma into comedy gold on TikTok. The punchline? They know they won't shut up about it.
The trend exploded when creators started using their missed milestones as hilariously inappropriate responses to everyday problems. Someone drops a glass? "Well, I didn't even get a real graduation." A friend shares bad news? "If you think that's bad, I literally didn't graduate."
The self-aware humor strikes a chord because it's both absurd and true. While others celebrated with caps and gowns, the Class of 2020 got drive-through diploma pickups and Zoom ceremonies that nobody remembers.
The joke recently merged with TikTok's "glass half full" trend, where creators guess how different people would react to optimism tests. Alongside optimists and pessimists now sits the Class of 2020, reliably bringing every conversation back to their lost ceremonies.
One creator perfectly captured the
Based on reporting by Fast Company
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