Follow TV Tropes

Following

2016: A Damnable Year

Go To

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#451: Nov 29th 2016 at 10:24:51 AM

Honestly, the way this year goes, I will keep expecting another tsunami/earthquake/Vulcan eruption until it is over. I am kind of surprised that the plane crash didn't happen with a Boeing

RAlexa21th Brenner's Wolves Fight Again from California Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Brenner's Wolves Fight Again
#452: Nov 29th 2016 at 10:32:59 AM

Does God have a vendetta against Boeing or something?

edited 29th Nov '16 10:33:13 AM by RAlexa21th

Where there's life, there's hope.
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#453: Nov 29th 2016 at 10:56:06 AM

[up] No, but they tend to built the biggest planes out there. So way the year is going I would kind of expect it hitting the biggest model out there....

FluffyMcChicken My Hair Provides Affordable Healthcare from where the floating lights gleam Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#455: Dec 13th 2016 at 9:44:39 AM

[up]No P-Tr extinction? Granted we'd never see the end of the article were it to be exhaustive...

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#456: Dec 13th 2016 at 9:49:23 AM

"1986

The film Howard The Duck was released—and widely panned by critics."

LOL.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#457: Dec 13th 2016 at 10:19:11 AM

And in case anyone hasn't heard yet, Trump has tapped a pro-Russian CEO with zero diplomatic experience to be Secretary of State. So if you were holding out hope that American stupidity would be restricted to their own borders, guess again.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#458: Dec 13th 2016 at 11:00:25 AM

[up] BTW, said Exxon guy is very much a TPP supporter. A lot of Trump's current Cabinet members and other Department heads are TPP supporters. So if you're not a fan of the TPP...

Disgusted, but not surprised
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#459: Dec 13th 2016 at 11:36:28 AM

TTP won't happen as long as Trump is in power. There are two people necessary for a deal like this.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#460: Dec 13th 2016 at 11:42:20 AM

[up] The idea is that the people around Trump might convince him to flip-flop. It would not be the first time.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#461: Dec 13th 2016 at 12:50:36 PM

[up] I know...but my point is that the EU won't want a closer deal with the US under the current circumstances. I bet that they will focus on Canada, India and China.

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#462: Dec 13th 2016 at 12:55:47 PM

And given the apparent collision course between the Trump administration and China, that's a potential avenue for estrangement of the EU from the United States.

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#463: Dec 13th 2016 at 1:41:11 PM

The deal between the EU and US might be dead but the Pacific deal that is the TPP may well be flipped upon.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#464: Dec 13th 2016 at 2:36:17 PM

Honestly, the way the world is currently going, I wouldn't be too surprised if a few years down, an alliance between the EU, Canada and China will try to keep the US and Russia in check.

NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#465: Dec 13th 2016 at 5:29:56 PM

Starring Donald Trump as Napoleon Solo and Vladimir Putin as Illya Kuryakin.

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#466: Dec 13th 2016 at 6:43:41 PM

As if there'll be an EU in a few years the way things are going.

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#467: Dec 13th 2016 at 7:27:02 PM

Korean Animeesque Golf MMORPG Pangya has shut down service as of December 12th.

Alan Thicke has passed away at 69.

edited 13th Dec '16 7:30:05 PM by tclittle

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Geostomp In the name of the POWER, I will punish you! from Arkansas, USA Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
In the name of the POWER, I will punish you!
#468: Dec 13th 2016 at 7:30:25 PM

The sad thing is, given what we've seen, 2017 is going to be so much worse on every level. Putin's probably laughing himself to sleep every night with how easy it was to convince the angry racists and greedy opportunists in is enemy's lands to utterly destroy their homelands for him. Now he has the world's biggest military and a massive oil deal at his fingertips with his favored puppets.

"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all" Futurama, Godfellas
FluffyMcChicken My Hair Provides Affordable Healthcare from where the floating lights gleam Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
My Hair Provides Affordable Healthcare
#469: Dec 13th 2016 at 8:29:22 PM

Has anybody bothered to look up what Nostradamus has in mind for us this time around?

edited 13th Dec '16 8:29:32 PM by FluffyMcChicken

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#470: Dec 14th 2016 at 1:15:11 AM

The crazier the world gets, the more likely is it that the EU will stick together. That is the ironic thing in all this. Nothing makes stronger allies than a common enemy. Just look at the UK and France, they did nothing but fighting each other until they decided that Germany was the bigger danger.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#471: Dec 14th 2016 at 1:20:06 AM

[up] Please, please stick together. Don't repeat the mistake my country made. sad

Disgusted, but not surprised
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#472: Dec 14th 2016 at 3:23:00 AM

[up] We will do our best. Thankfully the democratic systems in the EU are in generally not set up in a way that a candidate can win an absolute majority with less votes. But the elections in the EU are the one thing which makes me hope that the next year will be better...I hope that the voters will push back against the demagogues.

edited 14th Dec '16 3:23:46 AM by Swanpride

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#473: Dec 14th 2016 at 3:43:02 AM

[up] Things are only going to get worse in the USA next year. I suspect the same will be true in the UK. When voting, I hope the people in the EU see us as a cautionary tale. Beware the demagogue.

edited 14th Dec '16 3:43:38 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
purplefishman Misanthrope Supreme from Ganzir Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#475: Dec 14th 2016 at 1:42:23 PM

[up][up] I wouldn't be so sure about that; Trump is going to devote most of his energy to shoring up his legitimacy as POTUS, since that's where he's weakest. That will probably entail frontloading the Bread and Circuses part of his agenda, particularly the stuff that will get American elites on his side. We might have a good year or two before the house of cards falls in on itself or Trump starts enacting the more unpopular (and inhumane) parts of his agenda.

A calm before the storm if you will.

edited 14th Dec '16 1:42:56 PM by CaptainCapsase


Total posts: 762
Top