So Long, 2017, and Thanks for Exactly One Thing

2017-12-31 08:16

From blog Thoroughly Modern Emily

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So Long, 2017, and Thanks for Exactly One Thing

It's become almost de rigueur to hate on 2017, and as much as I hate following fads, I can't deny that this year was rough . The never-ending parade of celebrity deaths that everyone bemoaned in 2016 gave way to a cascade of sexual-assault revelations that showed the world just how ugly male privilege can be, and Tr*mp's incompetence as President has overshot even my most pessimistic 2016 expectations. Things in Hallockland weren't all rainbows and unicorns either. Typing that, I can almost hear the narrator from the Wonder Years extolling some wisdom about having realized that after the salad days of youth end, even the things you want are often ...

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