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Sometimes, you just have to laugh.

Congrats on making it past 500 days of lockdown, South Africa, and the battle is still far from over.

The Delta variant is clearly not to be messed with and has wrecked many plans of a return to ‘normal’, whatever that means.

Over the pond in the US, plans for fall (or autumn as the rest of the world calls it) have been thrown into disarray, leading to a meme format that is rather hilarious.

Knowledge of famous movies will come in handy, and here are our top picks from Mashable’s selection:

MY FALL PLANS THE DELTA VARIANT pic.twitter.com/jtVDiPMoIO

— Brian Tallerico (@Brian_Tallerico) August 10, 2021

My fall plans The Delta variant pic.twitter.com/0Xtqc9Rioq

— Dorina Arellano (@evildorina) August 10, 2021

my fall plans the delta variant pic.twitter.com/bMUS4cZTLn

— José Alonso Muñoz (@JoseAlonsoMunoz) August 10, 2021

Are we still doing that thing where we argue over whether Rose could have fitted on the door alongside Jack?

No? Okay, moving on.

my fall plans the delta variant pic.twitter.com/3rZFy2Rfpz

— Patrick Patterson (@PDPdoesTrek) August 10, 2021

MY FALL PLANS THE DELTA VARIANT pic.twitter.com/OqdabmtGUI

— 🍅Jacqueline🍅 PRE-ORDER OUR BOOK TODAY!! (@THATJacqueline) August 10, 2021

A few more, plucked from Twitter:

My fall plans The Delta variant pic.twitter.com/lsPHnJ39uH

— BRIGHAM YOUNG MONEY (@LeviPsmiley) August 11, 2021

Quite a fall from grace for Ellen.

My fall plans vs. the Delta variant pic.twitter.com/hUfUjaII1u

— Academy Queens (@academy_queens) August 10, 2021

my fall plans vs. the delta variant pic.twitter.com/WabKOZiQJz

— Bobby Box (he/him) (@bybobbybox) August 10, 2021

You’ll need to watch The White Lotus in order to understand that one above, which I suggest you do with haste because it’s a great series.

Finally, one for The Office fans:

My fall plans/The Delta Variant pic.twitter.com/oON7IgQoqk

— Stone Cold Jane Austen (@AbbyHiggs) August 10, 2021

That’ll do.

You can pick your own favourites from here.

[source:mashable]