Poll of the Day > So do people actually think 2020 was a bad year?

(+) Yeah! (+)

Or is that just sort of the popular thing to say?

Work from home

Direct to streaming movies/death of the theater

Basically a giant boon to your life and for once being anti social was okay instead of like all the other years where it was frowned upon.

And yet everyone says it's a forgone conclusion we are all supposed to hate that year and fight hard to get the old normal back? I don't get it... The old normal sucked.

As far as I can tell... 2020 was a better year than anything that came before or likely will ever come after.

2021 is actually looking to be the worst year... As it's the year the majority of companies finally got their excuse to drag everyone back through daily traffic and lower their quality of life significantly. Basically, it's the year all the good things went away.

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My job became more difficult with social distancing restrictions, I couldn't go back home to visit my family, and I wasn't able to go on many dates due to so many places being closed.

2020 was a relatively bad year for me.

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Well, the 2020 Super Bowl was better.

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OP doesn't mention Trumpism or COVID for some reason. Two diseases that made 2020 a terrible year.

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It was a very shitty year for a lot of people

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it's a trend for a few years now to say the current year is the worst year, only in liberal circles of course.

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Yes, it was a terrible year, probably the worst of my lifetime. It feels like a wasted year to me. Work and financially it was okay for me, I already worked from home most of the time so it was not anything new. I am fairly anti-social, but I enjoy going to concerts a lot and other conventions or festivals throughout the year. The lack of that showed me that I do need those social interactions or it can affect my mental health. I didn't have it nearly as bad as many others, while I missed concerts for example, those bands had a year of their profession basically wasted as far as the way they most often earn a living.

On top of that the politicization of everything including a pandemic just made it worse (speaking of the U.S.). The pandy should of been something that brought us together, but it further divided us.

Archgoat posted...

The pandy should of been something that brought us together, but it further divided us.

That's where Trumpism comes in...

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DrYuya posted...

Or is that just sort of the popular thing to say?

Work from home

Direct to streaming movies/death of the theater

Basically a giant boon to your life and for once being anti social was okay instead of like all the other years where it was frowned upon.

And yet everyone says it's a forgone conclusion we are all supposed to hate that year and fight hard to get the old normal back? I don't get it... The old normal sucked.

As far as I can tell... 2020 was a better year than anything that came before or likely will ever come after.

2021 is actually looking to be the worst year... As it's the year the majority of companies finally got their excuse to drag everyone back through daily traffic and lower their quality of life significantly. Basically, it's the year all the good things went away.

Is it really that hard to imagine how it was for people that can't work from home? Or for people that actually enjoy seeing their family and/or have real friends to meet? Like, yeah, if you're some do-nothing university kid trying to shit out a movie studies degree or something it was probably awesome but 2020 was awful for a lot of people.

Yes 2020 was a terrible year.

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TC is a known Covid troll who has been making these topics since the beginning of the pandemic

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2020 did have some positives for me personally, but overall it was crap

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Between being cooped up at home (13m2 student room) and not seeing most of my family till my aunt's death and funeral, no, it was not a good year.

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Bought a house, had a baby, got to work from home. It was probably one of the best years for me but I could see someone getting axed from their job or living in a high infectious area not being quite as happy with 2020.

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DrYuya posted...

Basically a giant boon to your life and for once being anti social was okay instead of like all the other years where it was frowned upon.

roughly half of america would vehemently disagree with you

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Wanded posted...

it's a trend for a few years now to say the current year is the worst year, only in liberal circles of course.

so would non-liberals say 2020 was a good year

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I really was not expecting to see something this stupid thus early in the day.

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For me personally things have been dire for years and 2020 was no different. Maybe a little better with the government giving me money I wasn't expecting.

However products were more expensive to buy, or not available for purchase at all. Governments around the world became more authoritarian and restrictive of civil liberties. There's been more civil unrest. More dispute over whether said unrest was violent or peaceful. The news outlets are more aggressive in taking sides on social issues.

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2020 was a good year because you got to see movies at home four months earlier than you otherwise would've been able to. Really big brained take here

CoorsLight posted...

2020 was a good year because you got to see movies at home four months earlier than you otherwise would've been able to. Really big brained take here

I would rather watch movies at a theater, they were built for that. My home wasn't built for movies.

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2020 was a hard year that redefined my life and had many ups and downs. I managed to come out on top but many were not so lucky. So many businesses went under and so many people died. Lets not forget how divided the country became during 2020.

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Lots of people died and lost their jobs in 2020

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Nothing really changed for me.. a little more pay at work, a few weeks of non existant traffic and low gas prices..

I think not experiencing the whole shelter in place - stay at home thing is what bums me out the most about last year.. but yeah, grateful I didnt lose anyone or get sick


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Between my getting furloughed from my job for three to four months and my mother in law's funeral (which happened before I was furloughed from work, thank God), 2020 was a lousy year for my family and me personally. The only bright spot was that it ended on December 31st.

Gee millions dead, lots of people with permanent health conditions, not being able to spend time with family and friends for a year, millions of layoffs, the rich get richer, awful political issues, a populace where one half of the country genuinely hates the other half.

Why would anyone possibly think 2020 was a bad year?

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Archgoat posted...

should of been

T_T

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Personally 2020 was great for me but for obvious reasons, namely the pandemic, i can see why people would think the opposite

dragon504 posted...

T_T

*should have been - bad grammar by me, I always do that one :(

DrYuya posted...

I don't get it

Yes you do

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DrYuya posted...

Or is that just sort of the popular thing to say?

Work from home

Direct to streaming movies/death of the theater

Basically a giant boon to your life and for once being anti social was okay instead of like all the other years where it was frowned upon.

And yet everyone says it's a forgone conclusion we are all supposed to hate that year and fight hard to get the old normal back? I don't get it... The old normal sucked.

As far as I can tell... 2020 was a better year than anything that came before or likely will ever come after.

2021 is actually looking to be the worst year... As it's the year the majority of companies finally got their excuse to drag everyone back through daily traffic and lower their quality of life significantly. Basically, it's the year all the good things went away.

This is honestly really tasteless. Like it must be a joke post because theres no way you dont understand why a lot of people would see it as a horrible year.

And I say that as someone who wasnt even personally negatively impacted by the pandemic (aside from NoT bEiNg AbLe To Go To ThE mOvIeS).

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2020 was a pretty good year for me personally. 2016 was by far the worst, some terrible shit would have to happen to top that.

i managed to get through it but the past 14 months have taken a pretty large toll on my mental health

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2020 had long lasting impacts on how we as a culture do anything.
And yes, I see WFH as a negative. We should freely be able to go into the office or work from home any day of the week if our jobs allow for that.

2020 had staggering affects on global supply chains and there was huge cultural unrest, specifically around politics.

For years to come I am going to be very hesitant to go outside. Which is a pretty big negative for me.

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It was a very shit year, possibly the worst since 2008/2009. And so far 2021 has sucked as well, although the world is slowly starting to get life back to normal.

kind9 posted...

OP doesn't mention Trumpism or COVID for some reason. Two diseases that made 2020 a terrible year.

...oh lawdy.

kind9 posted...

That's where Trumpism comes in...

No, that's where the #NeverTrumpers come in.

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^left leaning centrist that sucks off trump every chance he gets

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Yeah, it was bad.

Sarcasthma posted...

2020 was a relatively bad year

This because politics. Oh god.

I couldn't even keep up my "I'm the actual new de facto President of the United States" schtick/meme posts for very long.

But I was the President. This is a fact.

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2020 was great. Made more money than I ever have and didn't have to deal with people.

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Yes, it was bad indeed.

2020 was pretty good year for me. 2021 is even better.

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

^left leaning centrist that sucks off trump every chance he gets

lol

Soup_or_Science posted...

This because politics. Oh god.

I couldn't even keep up my "I'm the actual new de facto President of the United States" schtick/meme posts for very long.

But I was the President. This is a fact.

were you though

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DrYuya posted...

So do people actually think 2020 was a bad year?

Given we got a global pandemic yes. This year is better as vaccines are been given out and restrictions are slowly being lifted. Some good things came out of 2020 for me personally but overall it wasn't a year I care for. It however wasn't the worse year of my life.

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Zeus posted...

It was a very shit year, possibly the worst since 2008/2009. And so far 2021 has sucked as well, although the world is slowly starting to get life back to normal.

Well theyre getting their quota...

I feel like topics should just automatically lock if the TC never comes back after the original post. Almost two dozen people have been successfully baited into saying the exact same thing and the topic just keeps plodding along.

SomeUsername529 posted...

I feel like topics should just automatically lock if the TC never comes back after the original post. Almost two dozen people have been successfully baited into saying the exact same thing and the topic just keeps plodding along.

yes

this would destroy duckbear

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SomeUsername529 posted...

I feel like topics should just automatically lock if the TC never comes back after the original post. Almost two dozen people have been successfully baited into saying the exact same thing and the topic just keeps plodding along.

Would be an odd alt to use if it was bait. I thought it was a genuine post.

Judgmenl posted...

And yes, I see WFH as a negative. We should freely be able to go into the office or work from home any day of the week if our jobs allow for that.

My current WFH arrangement includes going into the office whenever I need to/see fit, and I expect that to continue once the office opens up more. You'll get many companies downsizing their office space moving forward rather than paying for space nobody's using, but the future of WFH being normalized is very much going to be an option, not a requirement. I don't think anyone's suggesting that nobody should be allowed to go into the office anymore.

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Judgmenl posted...

We should freely be able to go into the office or work from home any day of the week if our jobs allow for that.

when has that not been the case

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