The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic led to many people quarantining at home. Liquor stores were left open, and many people drank.
   
“Quarantine has shown me that you really don’t need fun to have alcohol” was posted on Twitter by Hannah on March 31, 2020. “2020 has shown me you don’t need fun to have alcohol” was posted on Facebook by Jamie Goehr later on March 31, 2020.
   
“Adulthood has shown me that you really don’t need fun to have alcohol” is an earlier version of the saying. “I hate when people say you don’t need alcohol to have fun. You don’t need running shoes to run, but it fucking helps!” is a related saying.
 
     
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.
   
Twitter
Hannah
@hannahmlplanet
Quarantine has shown me that you
really don’t need fun to have alcohol
10:00 AM · Mar 31, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
     
Facebook
Jamie Goehr
March 31, 2020 at 9:01 PM ·
2020 has shown me you don’t need fun to have alcohol
 
Twitter
#PizzaKing
@thejesselarson
2020 has shown me you don’t need fun to have alcohol #quarantine
2:27 PM · Apr 1, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
𝒜𝓎𝑒𝒥𝒶𝓎
@PARTYNEXTWknd
If it’s one thing 2020 taught me so far, it’s that you don’t need fun to have alcohol.
7:48 PM · Apr 2, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Audriana King
@Audriana_King
2020 has shown me you really don’t need fun to have alcohol.
1:58 PM · Apr 3, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
adam madrid
@UppandAdam
2020 has really showed me that you don’t need fun to have alcohol. Clinking glasses
2:52 PM · Apr 3, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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DJ Spinatik
@DJSPINATIK
Bro said “2020 really has taught me that you don’t need fun to have alcohol” and I felt that Weary face
4:16 PM · Apr 3, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Ashley Wojcik
@ashleywojcik
Quarantine has shown me that you
really don’t need fun to have alcohol.
7:32 PM · Apr 3, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
gabs
@gabs_leu
quarantine has really showed me you don’t need fun to have alcohol
4:38 PM · Apr 4, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
     
Twitter
Sarcasm
@sarcasm_onIy
quarantine has really showed me you don’t need fun to have alcohol
7:15 PM · Apr 6, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Noahshea14
@Noah1487
2020 has shown me you don’t need fun to have alcohol
1:04 AM · Apr 7, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/f1sh98 April 7, 2020
Quarantine has taught me you don’t need fun to have alcohol
 
Twitter
Howie
@how3h
2019: You don’t need alcohol to have fun
2020: You don’t need fun to have alcohol
2:02 AM · Apr 8, 2020·Twitter for iPhone