# fuck 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 30, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601 "2017-12-30T23:55:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/1 "2017-12-30T23:55:07Z")
What a suck year it has been. I shall be relieved to toss it in the dumpster. I mean, I did not personally suffer too terribly, but too much of it squicked me out. And, of course, my aunt found her peace after months of round two of the big c – on my birthday, no less, what a fucking gift. How much did the year suck for you? ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/2 "2017-12-31T00:01:34Z")
Sorry to hear about your relative, though that personal tragedy doesn’t make 2017 better or worse for the average person. Really the main problem with Trumpism is that it seems that if you are ignorant and outrageous enough and a liar _enough_, you face basically no more consequences that if you lie just a little. Hillary told some lies, but they were relatively infrequent. Yet the last time she lied “stays” in the headlines, even if it was months ago, while the last time Trump lied, you know, this week, stays in the headlines. If you just parse the headlines you might make the false equivalency that they are both liars and untrustworthy and thus indistinguishable. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/3 "2017-12-31T00:20:24Z")
A-fucking-men. That said, I can’t help but remember a quote from the old Ken Burns documentary, _The Civil War_; from the Northern diarist and lawyer George Templeton Strong (as voiced by the late George Plimpton): > [@](#): > > Poor old 1861 just going. It has been a gloomy year of trouble and disaster. I should be glad to see its going were it not that 1862 is likely to be no better. We can only hope that things will start to look a bit brighter after the first Tuesday in November, 2018; but I think it’s going to be a long fucking year any way you look at it. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/4 "2017-12-31T00:33:39Z")
I knew on that cold November night, in 2016, this was going to be a bumpy year. I was a little wrong, we haven’t use any really big bombs yet. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/5 "2017-12-31T00:37:03Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > We can only hope that things will start to look a bit brighter after the first Tuesday in November, 2018; but I think it’s going to be a long fucking year any way you look at it. Are you hoping to back the winner in the 2018 Melbourne Cup? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/6 "2017-12-31T01:26:12Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Are you hoping to back the winner in the 2018 Melbourne Cup? 😃 I’m going to bet every penny I’ve got on Ready For The Glue Factory to win it all. I’ll get great odds, and then I’ll be so rich I won’t give a damn about the rest of you peons anymore. Bring on my tax cuts! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/7 "2017-12-31T01:59:49Z")
Politically, this year has been more hopeful than I would have figured if you’d asked me in between November 9, 2016 and January 20, 2017. But my wife lost one of her closest friends in January, and she lost her mom in September. Her grandmother, nearly 94 years old, is in late-stage dementia in a nursing home. I’ve been through worse times than this. She hasn’t. This time is just really, really hard for her. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/8 "2017-12-31T02:30:06Z")
Started out well for me. Bit by bit all of my optimism was eaten away. Don’t let the door hit you on the ass on your way out 2017. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/9 "2017-12-31T04:27:58Z")
Wholeheartedly Agree, Fuck 2017. In addition, fuck me in 2017. I let depression and pessimism rule my year, and failed miserably at every single goal I had, and left 2018 me with some holes to climb out of that were totally needless to dig. ---
**Author:** ![fervour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/10 "2017-12-31T04:46:42Z")
Add me to the list. 2017 gave me a broken wrist. My wrist healed well (Yay!), but in the process of healing the wrist, 2017 revealed that I am destined to a life of chronic pain. My back is fused. My back builds WAY too much extra bone. I’m just fucked. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/11 "2017-12-31T12:18:38Z")
2017 was a decidedly mediocre year, personally speaking. I can’t even point to a major personal disaster; just no noteworthy accomplishments. And now, a second year of Trumpism. Bleagh. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/12 "2017-12-31T15:29:36Z")
Pretty fucked up year. I fell into the Trump slump along with many others, realized that it was a trap, and have mostly pulled myself away from it. Put on about half the weight I lost. One of my kids relapsed in a huge way, lost his job, had repeated ER visits (the latest one after falling down his basement stairs); he’s lucky to be alive. While it didn’t happen to me, the induced stress has been unpleasant. Had to have about $8,000 in repairs to our basement floor. I’m determined to have a better year in 2018. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/13 "2017-12-31T16:29:21Z")
Still stressed out about politics, still having mental health issues, cat still has cancer. Yeah, good riddance to 2017, but I’ve got no great hopes for 2018 being much better. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/14 "2017-12-31T17:05:14Z")
Thank goodness the 18th year of the millennium is almost over. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/15 "2017-12-31T18:50:22Z")
2017 was a pretty good year. I did find out I have a medical problem, but now have it pretty much under control. I say fuck Trump, and I refuse to let him ruin a year for me. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/16 "2017-12-31T18:52:13Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > 2017 was a pretty good year. I did find out I have a medical problem, but now have it pretty much under control. I say fuck Trump, and I refuse to let him ruin a year for me. Just one medical problem and Trump? Almost everyone over 50 is in that position. Your bar for a bad year is pretty low 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/17 "2017-12-31T18:56:05Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Just one medical problem and Trump? Almost everyone over 50 is in that position. Your bar for a bad year is pretty low 😉 Even Trump has at least one medical problem + the fact that he is himself. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/18 "2017-12-31T19:10:24Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Even Trump has at least one medical problem + the fact that he is himself. You mean the fact that he defines the word ‘pinguid’? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/19 "2017-12-31T19:19:06Z")
That sounds a a family name. Pinguido Trumpolini. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601/20 "2017-12-31T19:36:57Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > That sounds a a family name. Pinguido Trumpolini. Middle name ‘Plethorico’. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-2017/805601.md?page=2)