# What will you remember about 2008? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 1, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572 "2008-11-01T14:13:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_In\_A\_Top\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Cat\_In\_A\_Top\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_In_A_Top_Hat)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/1 "2008-11-01T14:13:37Z")
I will remember that Christmas came early; specifically that they started advertising for it before Halloween had come. What will _you_ remember? ---
**Author:** ![TheDerf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@TheDerf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheDerf)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/2 "2008-11-01T14:39:14Z")
2008? Yeah that year sucked. That was the year our house burned down. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/3 "2008-11-01T14:48:27Z")
It’s the year Rachel came to MSNBC. She’s my favorite pundit. It may also be the year Measure R passes in San Francisco. [George W. Bush Sewage Treatment Plant](http://www.smartvoter.org/2008/11/04/ca/sf/meas/R/) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/4 "2008-11-01T14:50:54Z")
I assume I’ll remember this as the year Barack Obama was elected, even though he won’t serve until 2009. I’ll remember it as the year I got the best kids in my classroom I’ve ever had(I’m a teacher). ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/5 "2008-11-01T15:03:14Z")
My dad died. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/6 "2008-11-01T15:36:03Z")
Two tough operations. Lay-off from work. \*Hopefully \*the start of a successful business. ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/7 "2008-11-01T15:40:09Z")
The year I spent the most time sitting on my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/8 "2008-11-01T15:51:08Z")
[Hopefully] The year America turned the page and elected Barack Obama. The year I did the least amount of actual work - and started my own business. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/9 "2008-11-01T16:04:14Z")
That it was one of the craziest years of my life and that I never could have predicted how it has gone and likely will continue to go. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/10 "2008-11-01T16:14:33Z")
Socialism coming back in vogue in the political arena. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/11 "2008-11-01T16:19:33Z")
The depression/recession/collapse/doom/gloom. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/12 "2008-11-01T16:21:57Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Socialism coming back in vogue in the political arena. Heh. I just came from reading [this](http://www.alternet.org/democracy/105652/) commentary on that. For me, 2008 will be (in no particular order): the Obama election; the Phils win; me being laid off and unemployed for 6 mos. (and counting). ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/13 "2008-11-01T17:20:56Z")
I’ll remember the sadness I feel right now. I feel so helpless after seeing all of the pure ugliness during this Presidential campaign. I’m hurt, I suppose, in realizing that some people I know, with opposing political views, haven’t spoken out against some of the absolutely disgusting tactics used by some outspoken members of the Republican Party. I understand that those individuals don’t speak for the party. I wish that instead of people hitting back with a negative Obama campaign quote in response to my being upset, they would at least admit that “Obama Bucks” and hate filled rhetoric are unacceptable. I’ll look at people I know in a different light from now on. I don’t understand the “winning at any cost” attitude. I have a coworker who has spent the last few months actually taunting me - and baiting me because I support Obama. It feels like I’m in a Twilight Zone where people I trusted and even admired are showing me how wrong I was about them. If Obama wins, I will not gloat - I won’t try to make anyone feel bad about losing. I don’t feel this is true about the other side and that breaks my heart. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/14 "2008-11-01T17:24:58Z")
In April of this year I had a shag. My first in 2½ years. 2008 was a good year ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/15 "2008-11-01T17:29:22Z")
[This](http://thisfuckingelection.com/) pretty much sums it up for me. Oh…and I had another kid. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/16 "2008-11-01T17:35:21Z")
> [@jali](#): > > I’ll remember the sadness I feel right now. I feel so helpless after seeing all of the pure ugliness during this Presidential campaign. This is nothing new. Just be thankful you weren’t around for [the campaign of 1828](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1828#Campaign). As for myself, I will remember 2008 as being the year when all the struggles and heartaches of the last few years finally started to pay off in a huge way. I feel pretty good about the future. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/17 "2008-11-01T17:35:52Z")
2008, the year I had breast cancer. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/18 "2008-11-01T17:53:18Z")
> [@lavenderviolet](#): > > This is nothing new. Just be thankful you weren’t around for [the campaign of 1828](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1828#Campaign). > > As for myself, I will remember 2008 as being the year when all the struggles and heartaches of the last few years finally started to pay off in a huge way. I feel pretty good about the future. I wasn’t around for slavery or The Holocaust either but it doesn’t lessen my sadness today. Of course it isn’t new, but it still hurts. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/19 "2008-11-01T18:09:59Z")
> [@lavenderviolet](#): > > This is nothing new. Just be thankful you weren’t around for [the campaign of 1828](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1828#Campaign). [QUOTE=United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_1828] Adams was also accused of using public funds to buy gambling devices for the presidential residence; it turned out that these were a chess set and a pool table. [/QUOTE] I just wonder if that is similar to an “overhead projector” for a planetarium that turns out to be [one of these](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetarium_projector). ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572/20 "2008-11-01T18:12:04Z")
2008, the year: My uncle died at 30. My mother, the most financially savvy person I know, declared bankruptcy. I left my quiet life in the Midwest to work in the Wall St. District. :eek: The most insane election season ever took place, followed by the historic election of one of the most qualified candidates ever to take office (please please please.) A year of tragedy, a year of new possibility, a year of hope. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-remember-about-2008/470572.md?page=2)