# Time Person of the Year 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925 "2023-08-22T15:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/61 "2023-10-05T13:08:46Z")
Dare I say Matt Gaetz? Toppling a Speaker for the first time in history is a big deal, no matter what side of the fence you’re on. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/62 "2023-10-05T13:26:17Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Dare I say Matt Gaetz? Toppling a Speaker for the first time in history is a big deal Is it, though? As I understand it, what’s happened before in history is that a guy would step aside before a vote came in to, uh, topple him; it seems kinda trivial that this guy said _aw, I’ll wait for the vote._ ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/63 "2023-10-05T13:31:27Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > Kevin McCarthy I could see but not Taylor Swift, as she hasn’t really impacted the news as far as I can see. > > Right now, my top two are: > > 1. Kevin McCarthy > 2. “Union Workers” - SAG/AFTRA, WGA, and UAW Throw in the Kaiser-Permanente workers while we’re at it ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/64 "2023-11-06T20:00:52Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > > [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > > > Right now, my top two are: > > > > 1. Kevin McCarthy > > 2. “Union Workers” - SAG/AFTRA, WGA, and UAW > > Throw in the Kaiser-Permanente workers while we’re at it The shine seems to have faded from McCarthy, especially in light of the problems finding a replacement. I think “the American Union Worker” is now at the top of the list. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/65 "2023-11-06T21:33:34Z")
If we’re still willing to give the award to a bad guy, the head of Hamas has a decent claim to have been the most influential person whose impact is new to 2023, not ongoing from earlier times. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/66 "2023-11-06T22:33:22Z")
I’m confident enough that barring a major scandal or huge world event soon, that Taylor Swift will win Person of the Year for 2023. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/67 "2023-11-07T00:10:16Z")
For what? Being cute? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/68 "2023-11-07T00:12:38Z")
Making heaps of money. Isn’t this what you Muricans admire the most? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/69 "2023-11-07T00:25:30Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > As for my suggestion that they may be saving Trump for 2024, everybody takes a back seat to the Artemis crew if they do land on the moon by the end of that year - shades of 1968. They are not planning a Moon landing until 2025. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/70 "2023-11-07T07:08:36Z")
I mean, she dipped her chicken in ketchup and seemingly ranch and the Empire State Building changed its lighting colors as a result of it. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/71 "2023-11-07T19:34:56Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > > [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > > > As for my suggestion that they may be saving Trump for 2024, everybody takes a back seat to the Artemis crew if they do land on the moon by the end of that year - shades of 1968. > > They are not planning a Moon landing until 2025. [I noticed that too…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/20) > [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > The shine seems to have faded from McCarthy, especially in light of the problems finding a replacement. I think “the American Union Worker” is now at the top of the list. To be replaced, somewhat quickly, by Benjamin Netanyahu. The “most newsworthy” event of the year pretty much has to be the latest Israel-Palestine war. The only strike against him is, how afraid is Time’s owners of a backlash? ---
**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:** [November 29, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/72 "2023-11-29T16:06:22Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > > [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > > > The shine seems to have faded from McCarthy, especially in light of the problems finding a replacement. I think “the American Union Worker” is now at the top of the list. > > To be replaced, somewhat quickly, by Benjamin Netanyahu. The “most newsworthy” event of the year pretty much has to be the latest Israel-Palestine war. The only strike against him is, how afraid is Time’s owners of a backlash? Bump…I still think it will be Israel/Hamas-related, but I have a feeling it’s going to end up being Avigail Idan (the four-year-old Israeli-American hostage released), possibly with a few other hostages as part of a “group award.” Still have whoever is elected President as the favorite for 2024, and the first woman and first black person on the moon (assuming (a) the mission is successful and (b) the Chinese don’t get there first) for 2025. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/73 "2023-11-30T01:11:20Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I’m confident enough that barring a major scandal or huge world event soon, that Taylor Swift will win Person of the Year for 2023 I guess I will have to retract this as I did see that Time has put out a special Taylor issue already. > **[TIME Taylor Swift: The Editors of TIME: 9781547864089: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/TIME-Taylor-Swift-Editors/dp/B0CLQ8GG2M)** > > TIME Taylor Swift \[The Editors of TIME\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. TIME Taylor Swift ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/74 "2023-12-02T00:58:27Z")
The Hamas fighter. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/75 "2023-12-02T14:16:11Z")
Fighter? Did you mean terrorist? ---
**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 2, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/76 "2023-12-02T14:25:39Z")
Man, Antony Blinken deserves some love. That guy is working his ass off in this mess. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/77 "2023-12-03T02:42:05Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Fighter? Did you mean terrorist? Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/78 "2023-12-03T03:09:19Z")
I find it hard to justify naming someone for the current second-biggest war in the world. If it’s even the second. I think it’s probably going to be AI. AI has made huge strides in the past year, and it’s been behind several of the other news-makers (for instance, the Hollywood strikes were mostly about AI). ---
**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 3, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/79 "2023-12-03T03:23:04Z")
Meh. AI is a tech bubble being propped up by speculation. Picking it would make about as much sense as picking NFTs in 2021 or the Metaverse in 2019. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925/80 "2023-12-03T04:36:24Z")
While I agree that AI is currently overhyped, it’s still already made more waves than NFTs or the Metaverse ever did. And neither of those other things was really new: NFTs were just cryptocurrency with all of the useful parts stripped out, and the Metaverse was just an established online company trying to branch out and integrate all of their apps together. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925.md?page=5)