# What was 2025 "A good year for..."? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119 "2025-12-28T13:57:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119/21 "2025-12-30T08:05:23Z")
A very good year for apples and wine in the UK, apparently > **[‘Cider to the power of 10’: bumper apple harvest has UK cider makers drooling](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/14/bumper-apple-harvest-cider-makers-uk)** > > National Association of Cider Makers says warm spring and summer have produced special apples ‘full of rich flavours and natural sweetness’ > **[WINEGB CALLS THE 2025 HARVEST ‘A VINTAGE OF OUTSTANDING QUALITY.’ - WineGB](https://winegb.co.uk/2025/12/18/winegb-calls-the-2025-harvest-a-vintage-of-outstanding-quality/)** > > The driest summer on record resulted in one of the earliest grape harvests ever seen in the UK and a wine crop of outstanding quality. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119/22 "2025-12-30T08:59:15Z")
The murder rate in the United States dropped steeply this year. [https://www.axios.com/2025/12/24/us-trump-murder-data-killing-crime-national-guard](https://www.axios.com/2025/12/24/us-trump-murder-data-killing-crime-national-guard) Actually, crime in general went down too. [https://www.npr.org/2025/12/24/nx-s1-5611466/2025-crime-trends-2026-predictions](https://www.npr.org/2025/12/24/nx-s1-5611466/2025-crime-trends-2026-predictions) ---
**Author:** ![Cmyers1980](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyers1980/32/11814_2.png) [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119/23 "2025-12-30T22:55:05Z")
The Cenobites. ---
**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 30, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119/24 "2025-12-30T23:05:10Z")
Beyonce became a billionaire, so it was a good year for her. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2025/12/23/beyonce-is-now-a-billionaire/](https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2025/12/23/beyonce-is-now-a-billionaire/) ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119/25 "2026-01-02T09:27:04Z")
Happy new year folks. I think I’ve got something in the spirit of the OP: **2025 was a good year for Linux adoption.** The activity in [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seriously-considering-the-switch-from-windows-to-linux/1025650/193) thread is an indication. Another is many influential streamers endorsing Linux for gaming (here’s [PewDiePie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0)). Linux now makes 3.2 % of all players on Steam (up from 1 % in 2021). Among general home users in the US, Linux has reached 5 % adoption in the summer ([link](https://ostechnix.com/linux-reaches-5-desktop-market-share-in-usa/)). Still some way to go, but I find this encouraging. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119/26 "2026-01-05T23:11:17Z")
My houseplants did great in 2025. Orchids are blooming like gangbusters (not sure why, guess they like their window). Other than that…I got nothing. It wasn’t a good year for me. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119/27 "2026-01-06T02:08:50Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Overall it was another strong year for the stock markets. I came here to say this. The S&P 500 grew by about 18% when you factor in dividends. Also I feel like 2025 was a good year for GLP-1 meds, in the sense that they became a lot more affordable to people. ---
**Author:** ![jjakucyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@jjakucyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjakucyk)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119/28 "2026-01-06T14:07:51Z")
It was a good year for billionaires and fascists. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119/29 "2026-01-15T10:45:18Z")
… And some assholes… Also a good year for everybody who doesn’t like Elon Musk… as he’s definitely circling the drain. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119/30 "2026-01-15T15:25:40Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > Also a good year for everybody who doesn’t like Elon Musk… as he’s definitely circling the drain. False: > Secure in his position as the world’s richest man, Elon Musk added $194 billion to his net worth in 2025. His total net worth increased to almost [$630 billion](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-31/elon-musk-s-net-worth-in-2025-boosted-by-tesla-1-trillion-pay-package). > > Beginning the year as Trump’s right-hand man, their relationship rapidly deteriorated, forcing Musk out of the White House in May. Despite federal feuds and consumer protests, Musk continued to gain financially. According to the [Bloomberg Billionaires Index](https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/), Musk’s net worth went up by roughly 45% in 2025. His total net worth is more than double that of the next richest person on the list, Google co-founder Larry Page. > **[Billionaires Became Richer Than Ever in 2025](https://impakter.com/billionaires-became-richer-than-ever-in-2025/)** > > Eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the world's wealth gains in 2025: who are they and what's driving this growth ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119/31 "2026-01-15T15:50:35Z")
see, he doesnt have that 630 billions in real money - those are just numbers on some balance sheets. If he tries to only convert 20% of those 630 billions into real money, his whole house-of-cards will collapse (_have you heard, Elon started selling his Tesla stocks!!!_). And the short-to-middle outlook for Tesla (which represents a whole lot of that numbers) are are extremely shitty. - Shitty as double-digit-negative growth in a market that grows at double digits all around the planet - Shitty as the only vehicle you launched in the past 5 years (in an extremely dynamic EV market) bombed in spectacular form - and buying it makes you the butt-of-a-joke. - Shitty as he destroyed the brand-goodwill of Tesla for 50% of america and 95% outside of america. The only 50% of americans that are not embarrased by him, are those that do NOT buy EVs - Shitty as you have NO pipeline whatsoever of a new car for the next 2 years. while the current “photo” might look good, every month in the future will be worse than the month before for him. … ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119/32 "2026-01-15T16:02:54Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > see, he doesnt have that 630 billions in real money - those are just numbers on some balance sheets. Yeah, but he does not need to convert those 630 billions to “real money” to get all manner of benefits, preferential treatment, and effectively influence individuals/institutions.events. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119/33 "2026-01-31T14:12:35Z")
It’s been too good a year for potatoes in Germany > **[Record harvest sparks mass giveaway of free potatoes across Berlin](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/31/record-harvest-berlin-giveaway-potatoes?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other)** > > From zoos to soup kitchens, people are hauling away tonnes of surplus spuds after the biggest crop in 25 years [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-2025-a-good-year-for/1026119.md?page=1)