# The Year 2020

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 3, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-2020/914128 "2020-07-03T02:11:16Z")\
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**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:** [July 15, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-2020/914128/67 "2020-07-15T02:29:43Z")

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Just one of the latest little “surprises” from the Year 2020 was [Grant Imahara suddenly dying at age 49](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278/30). Naturally, I went over to YouTube just to watch some old Mythbusters clips in memoriam. Pretty much the first thing that came up was [this full episode from 2010](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVzoDFQKRI0)–the “President’s Challenge” episode, featuring Barack Obama being sober and dignified (and a little bit nerdy), talking about being a fan of Mythbusters (along with his daughters) and how important it is to encourage young people to get interested in STEM and just generally being Presidential.

Boy, that was a double gut-punch of painful nostalgia.

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