2285: Recurring Nightmare

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Recurring Nightmare
Oh thank goodness, I forgot my clothes, so now everyone's looking embarrassed and backing away.
Title text: Oh thank goodness, I forgot my clothes, so now everyone's looking embarrassed and backing away.

Explanation

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It is an allegedly frequent dream-trope to be in a situation of otherwise polite company and discover oneself naked in the midst of the crowd. This can added to something such as a general "forgotten to revise for the exam you're sitting" to build upon various levels of worst-case scenario anxieties amongst your peers, parents or other persons who will judge you badly for your faux pas.

In light of the current Coronavirus/COVID-19 scare, the stated problem here is actually that of being in a crowd. In fact the nudity, perhaps similar to the actual real-life 'health tip' of eating excessive garlic, has the unintentional but beneficial effect of having neighbouring crowd-members stand back and out of your personal space out of shock and/or mutual embarrassment - which may somewhat mitigate some of the issues of viral transmission, if not others.

Transcript

[Megan is gesturing with her arms wide.]

Megan: I keep having nightmares that I show up at school, and then suddenly panic as I realize–
Cueball: –That you're naked?
Megan: That I'm in a crowded room!