It officially started during that strange and mystical stretch of time now known as the first lockdown, when negative news notifications were at an all-time high and the only way to have a drink with your mates was through the Houseparty app, which would be inexplicably gatecrashed by strangers.
I was inundated with infection stats, digital book club invites, viral memes that no one would have found at all funny at any other time, and work…