# Happy New Year! Please let 2021 be better than 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383 "2020-12-31T21:23:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/1 "2020-12-31T21:23:27Z")
I invited a friend to distance drink, but she has errands to run and I already started so I’m not sure I’ll last until she gets here. But I wish you all a better year than 2020. Cheers! It’s margaritas this year for me. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/2 "2020-12-31T21:36:48Z")
Happy new year! Spanish dinner with a streaming concert, maybe a fire, no working after 5:30, low-key. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/3 "2020-12-31T22:29:49Z")
Happy New Year All Doper friends! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gFcSfqYqHs4/maxresdefault.jpg "Home Free - Auld Lang Syne") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFcSfqYqHs4) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/4 "2020-12-31T23:37:26Z")
Happy New Year to all Dopers. And here is Dave Barry’s regular year-end gift to all of us, the famous _Dave Barry’s Year in Review_, 2020 edition: > **[Dave Barry’s Year in Review 2020](https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/12/27/dave-barrys-year-review-2020/?arc404=true)** > > And we thought past years were awful. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/5 "2021-01-01T02:33:53Z")
Is this available anywhere that isn’t paywalled? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/6 "2021-01-01T05:32:27Z")
Happy New Year! Can’t be worse than the last one. Trying to think of a polite word to describe it - maybe _ferschlugginer_? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/7 "2021-01-01T05:40:34Z")
Happy New Year from Southern Ontario! I’m up working on my website, but I took time to ceremonially boot the old year out the door… 😀 But I saw the awesome BBC New Year’s celebration: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MpJIg_3DnLk/maxresdefault.jpg "London's 2021 fireworks 🎆 Happy New Year Live! 🔴 BBC") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpJIg_3DnLk) ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/8 "2021-01-01T05:44:45Z")
Happy New Year to all; and may it be kinder to all of us than the last. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/9 "2021-01-01T05:48:30Z")
If the big ball drops, but no one’s in Time Square to see it, does the year actually end? Is today actually December 32, 2020? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/10 "2021-01-01T06:06:24Z")
Happy New Year from the central time zone! Fireworks are (legally for now) being set off in my neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/11 "2021-01-01T06:07:10Z")
Happy New Year from Hawaii. I doubt I’ll stay up to midnight, which is still four hours away. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/12 "2021-01-01T06:20:22Z")
Happy new year from Qld, Aus, local time 4.10pm, Jan 1. I honestly can’t complain too much about 2020. I don’t know anyone who contracted Covid, and our restrictions in Qld were very short-lived. I managed an overseas holiday in March, just getting home in the nick of time before the virus exploded. Started a new job (working from home, which I’ve done for 11 years now anyway) so no loss of income, actually an INCREASE. 😀 Currently on a summer holiday staying in a virtually empty backpacker’s hostel with the Great Barrier Reef out one window, and primeval rainforest out the other. In other words, I personally have lived through 2020 pretty well, but my heart goes out to those who have suffered, whether through ill health, loss of income, or other associated disasters. Take care, stay well, keep posting. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/13 "2021-01-01T06:23:40Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I invited a friend to distance drink I didn’t get the memo, but I’m with you in 'Spirit" (actually, I only drink beer, but I’ll have a shot in your honor when the time comes) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/14 "2021-01-01T06:23:41Z")
Still an hour and change to go, Pacific time. If I fall asleep before then, Happy New Year. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/15 "2021-01-01T06:26:18Z")
C’mon! If I can make it, you can too! ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/16 "2021-01-01T06:58:01Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Still an hour and change to go, Pacific time. That’s the problem about getting up at 6:30 due to an internal alarm clock. Still just over an hour before the west coast is in 2021. You can do it! Happy 2021! ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/17 "2021-01-01T07:12:43Z")
Happy New Year from Colorado (mountain time) at 10 minutes into 2021. The eggnog has been flowing all day, and the champagne is now being finished. We have kicked 2020 to the curb, and it will not be missed. May your future days be better, and in good health. May the snark and wit flow freely here in the SDMB, and may we find answers that are factual, fun, and enlightening. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/18 "2021-01-01T07:37:01Z")
Nobly said. Down to 34 minutes to go. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/19 "2021-01-01T08:00:32Z")
Happy new year! The first 30 seconds have been better than 2020. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383/20 "2021-01-01T08:02:31Z")
Made it to past midnight. Happy New Year, everyone. I almost want to start a betting pool on how long it takes me to stop writing 2020. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-please-let-2021-be-better-than-2020/929383.md?page=2)