A lot happened this year
December 28, 2022 5:46 PM   Subscribe

 
seriously, what kind of asshole invades Ukraine?
posted by philip-random at 10:05 PM on December 28, 2022 [2 favorites]


but (even more) seriously, Will Smith slapping Johnny Depp at the World Cup -- I will never forget where I was when I saw that.
posted by philip-random at 10:12 PM on December 28, 2022 [6 favorites]


"seriously, what kind of asshole __________ ?" is like the theme for the year

...buys Twitter
...sues Amber Heard
...takes a 3-minute private plane ride
...crashes the UK economy
...slaps Chris Rock
...selects Qatar for the World Cup
...kills women for not wearing headscarves
...overturns Roe v. Wade

&c
posted by chavenet at 1:30 AM on December 29, 2022 [13 favorites]


Is it just me or has this year been a bit full on?
posted by freethefeet at 3:10 AM on December 29, 2022 [3 favorites]


This year has been *so* full on.
posted by rebent at 6:11 AM on December 29, 2022 [2 favorites]


Holy crap that was an emotional roller coaster. No wonder I'm a wreck after this year*.

*and everything since 2016**.

**Which I acknowledge is a glaring sign of how privileged I am. Seeing this is one of the better things to come from the shitshow.
posted by CoffeeHikeNapWine at 7:44 AM on December 29, 2022


Very glad that the video touched on countries and regions, i.e., comprising the Global South, that always get short shrift in U.S. general media. Now want to circle back and learn more about that win in India.
posted by the sobsister at 8:20 AM on December 29, 2022


Around 30 seconds on climate change, plus kinda positively spinning overpopulation and Biden's continued support for fossil fuels. And Lula's win hopefully helps. Around 30 seconds on rights issues like Row and Iran. Inflation of course.

It otherwise focuses largely upon "news you can safely ignore", especially if you do not live in the US or UK. It's hard for this format to mention anything more subtle or with impacts lying further in the future.
posted by jeffburdges at 10:43 AM on December 29, 2022


2022? You mean 2016 Part VII?
posted by AlSweigart at 11:52 AM on December 29, 2022


Some of that stuff really felt like it happened a decade ago.
I guess a couple more years and we will get used to living in interesting times
posted by inclined2 at 11:19 PM on December 29, 2022


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