I've seen a lot of people, on forums, on tv, in magazines, comment sections of YouTube, telling it how 2016 has been just a depressing or horrendous years. So many loved celebrities died, the strife caused by political tension in many countries, a lot of innocent people dying on mass, increased terrorism. This year's had it by the truck load, and we all probably got a,reason to hate this year for one reason or another.
But, let's forget about that here. Let's talk about some good things that came out of this year, be it personal or a world change, small or large.
1: I got to have a level of closeness with my boyfriend this August I haven't felt with anyone else before. When I was with him while our other boyfriend was away, me and him did something I only would have let someone I trust fully do, won't say what it was, but it made me feel so close to him like no one before.
2: I got to have a normal, relaxing Halloween, where I sat back watching scary movies, something I didn't get to last year because the neighbours threw a rave back then.
3: I got to discover how much I loved undertale and all things around it.
1. Full time employment continued, with some benefits
2. Got a lot of dental work done
3. Got my mother into a nursing home
4. Made a new friend (coin collecting)
5. Got an opportunity to help a good neighbor, who is having medical done
6. Cat got out, but got her back after 2 weeks playing alley cat
Baruch thats nice.. though the dental work part, I suppose the results were the nice part, not the acts themselves at the time ^^
1. Iceland's performance in the Euros, and to a lesser extent Ireland's. Yes, Portugal went on to win it which sucked... but they were completely salty that people cared more about Iceland doing good than them going all the way, which was satisfying. Here's to hoping that make Russia 2018.
2. Leicester City winning the Premier League was an absolutely great story possibly a once-in-a-life-time fairy tale.
3. Got my first and second tattoos done, and love them both.
4. Got laid.
1. Got laid a couple times
2. Had pizza.
3. Coworkers liked me at work
Quote from: Munch on December 25, 2016, 01:35:58 PM
I've seen a lot of people, on forums, on tv, in magazines, comment sections of YouTube, telling it how 2016 has been just a depressing or horrendous years. So many loved celebrities died, the strife caused by political tension in many countries, a lot of innocent people dying on mass, increased terrorism. This year's had it by the truck load, and we all probably got a,reason to hate this year for one reason or another.
But, let's forget about that here. Let's talk about some good things that came out of this year, be it personal or a world change, small or large.
1: I got to have a level of closeness with my boyfriend this August I haven't felt with anyone else before. When I was with him while our other boyfriend was away, me and him did something I only would have let someone I trust fully do, won't say what it was, but it made me feel so close to him like no one before.
2: I got to have a normal, relaxing Halloween, where I sat back watching scary movies, something I didn't get to last year because the neighbours threw a rave back then.
3: I got to discover how much I loved undertale and all things around it.
Oh come on! While I like David Bowie and Gene Wilder and many of the celebrities that died, they wouldn't even be on the top 20 list of reasons why 2016 was a horrible year. A few people who contributed little to society in the long term are not even close to as devastating as Brexit, Aleppo, the many suicide bombings, the Presidential Election in the U.S, the shooting of a gay night club, South Korea's prime minister stepping down, Hurricane Matthew and the recent Islamic terrorist attacks.
1. Got Culinary Associates Degree
2. Saw Deadpool
3. Read over 40 books that I liked
4. didnt hang myself for having a degree but cant get a job being a cook
I almost completely forgot about the meme that saved 2016.
Quote from: DeltaEpsilon on December 25, 2016, 06:21:38 PM
Oh come on! While I like David Bowie and Gene Wilder and many of the celebrities that died, they wouldn't even be on the top 20 list of reasons why 2016 was a horrible year. A few people who contributed little to society in the long term are not even close to as devastating as Brexit, Aleppo, the many suicide bombings, the Presidential Election in the U.S, the shooting of a gay night club, South Korea's prime minister stepping down, Hurricane Matthew and the recent Islamic terrorist attacks.
well, I see it as tragedy effects people in different ways, you might be someone who feels just awful for a long time after a large devastating event like an earthquake killing hundreds to thousends, or you might be someone who feels bad but it doesn't effect you as much, instead you feel awful because someone you loved growing up is no longer with us and it effects you in that way. everyone is different in how they process these things.
I'm someone who cried when the twin towers were destroyed and princess diana died, now, I just wall myself up when something similar happens and deal with it quietly.
Anyway, its not a contest on what was the most tragic by rating in 2016, those are all just reasons added on top of each other for why this year was bad. And I said, this is trying to focus on better things we had this year or things that happened.
I survived another year.
1. Graduated with a BA Special Education & Elementary Ed
2. Became a licensed teacher
3. Employed as a teacher
4. Won $100 from my credit union for saving (Why does this sound like a Monopoly chance card?)
5. Stopped my on-again/off-again relationship with my ex
6. Started dating
7. Have left my cave more than usual
8. Wrote a list
While lots of great stuff personally, 2016 has been a big shit show.
My retirement annuity almost kept up with inflation and my living expenses were lower than that, so I gained.
I joined this site this year and that has been very good.
I can eat on the high end of the hog, and the tender part of the cow. Shrimps are cheap here and thick bacon is great.
Love lots of veggies.
My cats.
Sleeping late without embarrassment.
60" HDTV and lots of science and history DVDs.
Quiet neighbors.
Dead end street (little traffic).
This site where I can yell and scream and it's OK.
Old records.
My old Windows computer to play Civ II.
Good food, good wine cheap.
Garden.
Bought a house.
My ex teamchief, THE chief of another team and Some coworkers told me I have THE potential to be teamchief.
I learned one can live on without faith in humanity.
Quote from: Munch on December 25, 2016, 09:32:07 PM
well, I see it as tragedy effects people in different ways, you might be someone who feels just awful for a long time after a large devastating event like an earthquake killing hundreds to thousends, or you might be someone who feels bad but it doesn't effect you as much, instead you feel awful because someone you loved growing up is no longer with us and it effects you in that way. everyone is different in how they process these things.
I'm someone who cried when the twin towers were destroyed and princess diana died, now, I just wall myself up when something similar happens and deal with it quietly.
Anyway, its not a contest on what was the most tragic by rating in 2016, those are all just reasons added on top of each other for why this year was bad. And I said, this is trying to focus on better things we had this year or things that happened.
Indeed
Deadpool, Stranger Things, Westworld.
George R.R. Martin didn't die (for the 68th consecutive year)
Giant pandas and manatees are no longer endangered. (they're classified as threatened instead)
NASA got a budget increase which included a goal to send a manned mission to Mars within the next 25 years.
A boatload of scientific discoveries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_in_science), including CRISPR gene-editing moving to closer to human trials to help patients with cancer (http://www.wired.co.uk/article/first-crispr-clinical-trial-approved), using nanostructured glass to store data for basically forever (http://phys.org/news/2016-02-eternal-5d-storage-history-humankind.html) and stem cell treatments which improved motor function in some patients (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/06/02/stanford-researchers-stunned-by-stem-cell-experiment-that-helped-stroke-patient-walk/).
1: Career started to pick up drastically. Teaching and doing a lot of art shows now.
2: Met a lot of awesome people through conventions and art shows. New friends
3: Disowned my father completely and completed the decision to never talk to him again
4: Gonna keep that "got laid" thing going. Sex is good, after all.
5: Won some awards and got my art in some magazines/books
I got nothin' good on 2016. A few personal things that don't anywhere near add up to the horror of the coming presidency of That Asshole, (never mind the loss of several personal heroes). 2016 is not merely an annus horribilis, it's an anus horribilis. And I would give up all the good I have gotten out of this year -- both physical and emotional -- to keep that filthy bigoted sack of shit away from the levers of power.
The best thing to come out of 2016 was that through the shitshow of an election I met some pretty cool people and made some new friends with similar interests and progressive ideals. I live in a very conservative region, so it's been a breath of fresh air for me to know there are others out there who share my values.
Quote from: trdsf on December 27, 2016, 01:15:36 AM
I got nothin' good on 2016. A few personal things that don't anywhere near add up to the horror of the coming presidency of That Asshole, (never mind the loss of several personal heroes). 2016 is not merely an annus horribilis, it's an anus horribilis. And I would give up all the good I have gotten out of this year -- both physical and emotional -- to keep that filthy bigoted sack of shit away from the levers of power.
Thats why I was hoping to focus on some good we had this year, to try and think of something else, cause it really has been a miserable year in general.
I met a lady. She destroyed my chair.
1. Visited eight countries, three of them ones I had never visited before.
2. Achieved a personal record of income for one month.
3. Lived to see the Cubs win.
4. Kissed the Blarney Stone.
5. Experienced my first cancer scare, and thankfully the test results came out negative.
6. Finally my business is office-free: I can live as a digital nomad if I wish.
7. Taiwan has it first female president and she supports gay marriage.
Cataract surgery finished after fifteen months. Gall bladder out. Still alive. Could have been worse.
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on December 27, 2016, 08:24:46 AM
Cataract surgery finished after fifteen months. Gall bladder out. Still alive. Could have been worse.
Had my cataract operations (going blind in both eyes) when I was 49 ... seems to be contagious ;-(
With your Gaul bladder out ... no more brie for you!
It has been a terrible year. Even my personal life has been shit.
1) Wife had a gall bladder attack and went to ER to get it removed, found out she also had pancreatitis
2) She was in our bed roughly 4 hours when we got a call our oldest son fell off an overpass. The doctor said "facial fracture" and "brain bleeding"
3) Not a month later I was at a cancer benefit for my oldest brother when I broke both my elbows racing my daughter (I won, but then fell)
4) The day after the cancer benefit for my oldest brother my next oldest brother had a heart attack
But we're focusing on the good here. While this stuff sounds bad, it could have been a lot worse.
1) No more gall bladder attacks
2) No reconstructive or brain surgery needed. It all healed on its own with no permanent effects
3) It was FUNNY AS HELL! TWO slings! And my oldest brother doesn't feel the best because of chemotherapy, but he's not dying yet
4) It took a triple bypass, but my other brother is okay
5) Scallia died. No matter who Trump puts in there he would be hard pressed to find a bigger piece of shit, though I'm sure he'll do his best to try
6) We'll likely never have to sit through another uncomfortable "Hillary is...great...I really like her...so................um.......she's very clean" conversation to get her elected. I kind of liked her, but come on. A lot of her votes were "Well I'm certainly not voting for TRUMP!" votes. She just wasn't "exciting" as a candidate. More of a "she'll do" kind of vibe.
7) And the best thing of all about 2016? IT'S ALMOST OVER!!!!!
Quote from: Baruch on December 27, 2016, 10:01:33 AM
Had my cataract operations (going blind in both eyes) when I was 49 ... seems to be contagious ;-(
With your Gaul bladder out ... no more brie for you!
I prefer formaggio anyway.
Quote from: Baruch on December 25, 2016, 02:04:53 PM
6. Cat got out, but got her back after 2 weeks playing alley cat
Playing alley cat seems a novel way to retrieve a kitty, but hey, whatever works...
:bravo:
Quote from: Munch on December 25, 2016, 02:19:42 PM
Baruch thats nice.. though the dental work part, I suppose the results were the nice part, not the acts themselves at the time ^^
Yeah, unless he's like this guy:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/10/7a/31/107a315b35264201b034a7a46e56c1a9.jpg)
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0029135/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t12
Pulmonary embolism Dx turned out to be inaccurate. Underlying problem still a PFM.
Here's a pessimist's guide to 2017 - it did pretty well for 2016 (https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/pessimists-guide-to-2016/), so who knows?
These aren't meant as predictions, merely possibilities.
The Pessimist's Guide to 2017 - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/pessimists-guide-to-2017/)
Quote from: Unbeliever on December 28, 2016, 05:50:51 PMThe Pessimist's Guide to 2017 - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/pessimists-guide-to-2017/)
Trumpsters go at each other's throats? Putin calls off hackers, retires, and Russia comes back to the global fold? And this is the pessimistic version?
Quote from: Hydra009 on December 28, 2016, 06:40:38 PM
Trumpsters go at each other's throats? Putin calls off hackers, retires, and Russia comes back to the global fold? And this is the pessimistic version?
Maybe pessimistic, but not
nearly cynical enough...
Quote from: Unbeliever on December 27, 2016, 05:09:54 PM
Yeah, unless he's like this guy:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/10/7a/31/107a315b35264201b034a7a46e56c1a9.jpg)
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0029135/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t12
More like this dream sequence from the movie Brazil:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYiiSxmT-p0
I am ensured a lot of schadenfreude for the next couple of years, both from liberals and conservatives alike.
Quote from: The Skeletal Atheist on December 28, 2016, 09:44:48 PM
I am ensured a lot of schadenfreude for the next couple of years, both from liberals and conservatives alike.
Hopefully that won't clash with your farfegnugen ;-) You could always choose to escape the weltanschauung of the current Matrix.
I haven't seen Brazil for a couple of decades or more, and only once at that. I recall it being a pretty good movie, but I don't recall this dream sequence. Wasn't De Nero in that movie?
As for the good side of this past year, I'd have to say it's been the best year of my life, so far. I finally have a place I consider to be "home," though I'm homeless. I had to become homeless and penniless to get any stability in my life. I hope I can remain in this situation until I "shuffle off this mortal coil" and return to my default state of oblivion.
Quote from: Unbeliever on December 29, 2016, 05:09:34 PM
As for the good side of this past year, I'd have to say it's been the best year of my life, so far. I finally have a place I consider to be "home," though I'm homeless. I had to become homeless and penniless to get any stability in my life. I hope I can remain in this situation until I "shuffle off this mortal coil" and return to my default state of oblivion.
Hmmm......the thought of being homeless and penniless, for me, is the stuff of nightmares. But...........since it seemed to have worked for your betterment somehow, then I have to say it is a good thing, at least for you. And if you are now in a good place, I really do hope you can stay there. The best of luck in whatever works for you.
Yeah, I wouldn't recommend it to everyone, but for me it fits.
Quote from: Baruch on December 28, 2016, 10:29:12 PM
Hopefully that won't clash with your farfegnugen ;-) You could always choose to escape the weltanschauung of the current Matrix.
farfegnugen: German word meaning "To buy advertising gimmick."
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on December 29, 2016, 06:42:20 PM
farfegnugen: German word meaning "To buy advertising gimmick."
My grandfather enjoyed driving his Mercedes ... there is real farfegnugen!
Quote from: Unbeliever on December 29, 2016, 05:05:42 PM
I haven't seen Brazil for a couple of decades or more, and only once at that. I recall it being a pretty good movie, but I don't recall this dream sequence. Wasn't De Nero in that movie?
The point of the movie is the reveal at the very end ... the whole story is a dream sequence produced by the protagonist, while in agony, under the control of a government dentist (who is torturing him to death, for not conforming).
The good part of 2016 is that we didn't destroy ourselves. On the other hand, 2017 offers new opportunities...
I got to see my brother and hug him, for real, in November. I had not seen him in person since my wedding in 2004.
That was the best thing to happen to me in a very long time.
Quote from: Unbeliever on December 29, 2016, 05:05:42 PM
I haven't seen Brazil for a couple of decades or more, and only once at that. I recall it being a pretty good movie, but I don't recall this dream sequence. Wasn't De Nero in that movie?
I haven't seen it in ages either, but as I recall, yes he was.
I need to dig out that DVD and give it another watch. Gilliam's ending, not the one forced on him by the studio.
2016 was not a bad year for me but it wasn't great either, just a normal year...
The years pass like leaves from the tree. I spend most of my time ignoring months and even weeks. I'll live forever until I don't. With luck, I won't notice the change.