I thought I lived in the Caribbean (Monster Energy Assault)

December 2020

“They are telling people not to drink alcohol for almost two months after taking the Russian vaccine. Russians heard it and were like, ‘We will take our chances with the virus.’” — Jimmy Fallon

“You know it is serious because Russia does not even give that warning to pregnant women.” — Jimmy Fallon

“Not drinking is going to cause a lot of problems, because it means that a lot of Russians are going to be seeing Russia sober for the first time: [imitating Russian] ‘What is this? My home is frozen wasteland where top food is beets? What the hell is this place? I thought I lived in the Caribbean.’” — Trevor Noah

“And in Los Angeles, a survey revealed about half of Americans intend to receive a vaccine. A lot of Americans are saying they want to wait and see, which is a strategy that’ll result in the unnecessary death of a lot of people. If the majority of us don’t get it, it won’t work as well. Half of us are worried about putting this substance in our bodies because we don’t know what’s in it, and yet we have no problem downing 16 ounces of something called Monster Energy Assault.” —Jimmy Kimmel

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