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The barren planet: A visual investigation

The starving jaws of a Whirlpool high-efficiency dryer yearn for a meal. / GABE BARNARD

DISCLAIMER: This is a satirical piece. It does not necessarily represent the views of the Exponent or its writers.

In a world ravaged by COVID-19, a cruel tool of Mother Nature, we have been forced to abandon the social habits we once took for granted in order to slow the transmission of the virus. The pandemic caused Bobcats and Bozemanites alike to abandon their popular haunts and shuttered the windows of many local businesses. Wind howls through the ghost town that was Bozeman as well as the hollow rows of dorm rooms, apartments and houses made vacant by students travelling home. A visual investigation of the popular things we once knew yields one result: emptiness.

Drained of its precious cheesy contents, the cardboard skeleton of a Mac and cheese box is ravaged by the claws of time. / GABE BARNARD

A wallet is discarded after being emptied of its valuable contents, leaving a yawning abyss of folded leather. / GABE BARNARD

A tin can, void of its hearty stew, rests on the counter. / GABE BARNARD

The remains of a Pringle litter the ghost town of its former can. / GABE BARNARD

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