Day one of the Lollapalooza festival
(Picture: AP)Images of crowds have become a weird pastime in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As the masses gathered for anti-lockdown protests, football celebrations and – more recently – concerts and festivals, it’s become a case of spotting a mask-wearing needle in a Delta variant haystack.
The latest example has been a snap from the American music festival Lollapalooza in Chicago, Illinois, running from Thursday to Sunday this week.
According to the event’s website, ticketholders must comply with their “fan health pledge” and “bring a printed copy of your vaccine card, vaccine record, or negative COVID-19 test” each day as part of their entry procedures.
For those who are unvaccinated, Lollapalooza states that they must “wear a mask throughout” their time at the festival.
However, when Colin Hinkle, from the drone and helicopter company Soaring Badger Productions, shared a photo of the crowd to Twitter on Saturday, finding a masked individual in a crowd of people prompted comparisons to popular puzzle book, Where’s Wally? (or Where’s Waldo?, for our American readers):
Let’s make a little challenge for you all
— Jô panpan ☀️ (@JooGirardi8) July 31, 2021
Try to find at least 3 people using mask in this crowd
Bless your heart pic.twitter.com/vbon9GJz0P
— Jared Godar (@JaredGodar) July 31, 2021
Atleast he’s trying pic.twitter.com/52tHbkOEwL
— Kuzco (@Vizzy_Baby) August 1, 2021
most fucked up game of where’s waldo ever
— Leilah!!! (@leilah_ig) August 1, 2021
Finding someone in a mask was the hardest game of Where’s Waldo I’ve ever played pic.twitter.com/sToKN0oOLP
— stay hydrated ✨ click link in bio ☀️ (@404SAGE) August 1, 2021
is this another version of where’s waldo pic.twitter.com/L1G8kLMEVS
— em (@emily_canales1) August 1, 2021
This looks like a “Where’s Waldo Picture” pic.twitter.com/zDhITIE894
— Mother Miranda 🧟♀️🧝🏾♀️🦇 (@_PrettySecret) August 1, 2021
Shout out to this guy lol pic.twitter.com/WzLsnoFkhf
— Aaron The Reefer (@AarontheReefer) August 1, 2021
— Tori Bedford (@Tori_Bedford) July 31, 2021
This wasn’t the only joke offered up in response to the snap, either:
— Empiric - Antibiotic Card Game (@EmpiricGame) July 31, 2021
— Chris (@XopherJohnson) July 31, 2021
The reapers like pic.twitter.com/swN2w3RkBv
— Niikai (@NiikaiWells) July 31, 2021
excuse me, excuse me, sorry, excuse me, hey buddy i need to get through, excuse me, excuse me, thanks, excuse me, excuse me
— Pengo Wray (@pengowray) July 31, 2021
While some may be putting the ‘lol’ in Lollapalooza, we can’t help but feel this could end up being more of a palaver than a palooza.
