# Time Person of the Year 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 28, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206 "2022-02-28T00:37:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206/41 "2022-12-06T02:01:35Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > “Small nation successfully fights off evil brutal dictator of much larger nation” is what makes it really remarkable. This. Fully agree. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206/42 "2022-12-06T02:05:03Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Elon Musk God no. He didn’t deserve it when they gave it to him last year, and he deserves it even less this year. Zelenskyy is the only name they should even be considering. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206/43 "2022-12-06T02:28:25Z")
Gonna rank them… 1. Volodymyr Zelenskyy 2. U.S. Supreme Court 3. Elon Musk 4. Liz Cheney 5. Iranian Protesters 6. Xi Jinping 7. Ron DeSantis 8. Janet Yellen 9. Gun Safety Advocates 10. MacKenzie Scott ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206/44 "2022-12-06T02:30:52Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I’m more surprised that Putin isn’t on the list, for all the reasons people were discussing at the beginning of this thread. He has most definitely had a major impact of world events this year. I’m fairly confident the reason Putin isn’t on the list goes back to 1979, when Time gave it to Ayatollah Khomeini - reportedly, the backlash was significant. This is probably also one of the reasons why Giuliani won in 2001 instead of Osama bin Laden. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206/45 "2022-12-06T04:09:23Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > > > MacKenzie Scott > > Really? They couldn’t have found someone else to round out the list? I mean I don’t have anything against her personally but I can’t recall anything that she’s done in the last year that was particularly news worthy. Honest to goodness, the only one in the list I had to look up who it was. DeSantis sounds a wee bit premature insofar as great impact on the world, this seems more putting him forth as the designated stand-in for all things related to “what next for the Trumpian faction”. And Cheney is notable in the context _of the whole of the Jan 6 committee_; like someone else mentioned, showing admirable values in one specific aspect and worth acknowledging that, but falls short. Musk, alas, does rank high – for better or worse he _has_ been influential _and_ people and organizations around the world have made big decisions in reaction to _his_ decisions. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206/46 "2022-12-07T13:18:11Z")
SHOCKER! > ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206/47 "2022-12-07T14:31:45Z")
Is is bad that I want him to sign a copy of the cover and send it to Donald Trump? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206/48 "2022-12-07T17:07:58Z")
Read the responses. The trolls jumped in fast and hard! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206/49 "2022-12-07T17:12:14Z")
No points for guessing where they’re from. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206/50 "2022-12-07T18:55:45Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > The trolls jumped in fast and hard! I just checked some of the comments. It’s brutal how some trolls are responding. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206/51 "2022-12-07T18:57:49Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > The trolls jumped in fast and hard! - Russian bots ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206/52 "2022-12-08T00:46:13Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Is is bad that I want him to sign a copy of the cover and send it to Donald Trump? “Nobody had heard of Zelenskyy until “Trump” revealed the many bad (or sick!) things he was doing with Sleepy. The failing low ratings Time magazine, which would be out of business if I wasn’t president, called me at the White House last week and kissed my ass so I would be their Man of the Year. I said no!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206.md?page=2)