March 1 vs. April 1

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About

March 1 vs. April 1 or March 1 vs March 31 refers to a series of tweets in which two images compare a person's looks/attitude at the beginning of March 2020 and the end of March 2020. The images typically displayed a put-together person for the beginning of March and a disheveled person for the end due to the coronavirus and social distancing.

Origin

On March 23rd, 2020, Twitter user @AgentTinsley^[1] compared used Thomas the Tank Engine to represent "Me: March 1st" and a melted Thomas to represent "Me: March 31st" (shown below). The tweet garnered over 40 likes in a week.

Spread

On March 25th, 2020, Twitter user @elarturoso^[2] used screenshots from Black Mirror to compare "1 de marzo 2020 | 24 de marzo 2020" and received over 116,500 likes and 33,000 retweets in a week (shown below, left). On March 30th, Twitter user @erinemaxwell^[3] compared two photos of Winona Ryder and gained over 1,700 likes in three days (shown below, right).

The format became more popular on April 1st with many Twitter users comparing March 1st to April 1st. Twitter users @ditzkoff^[4] and @wonderAli^[5] posted March 1 vs. April 1 comparisons which accumulated over 9,000 and 2,7000 likes respectively in a day (shown below). The Daily Dot^[6] and Mashable^[7] published articles on the trend.