Maybe it'll be the best year yet

2024 will finally be the year of Linux desktop

Year of the steam deck for me!
- Ay you're that thing mercury is in sometimes. Is 2024 actually going to be the year it turns Gatorade?
Well, we hit 3% of market share in 2023, so this was definitely one of the years of the Linux desktop.

2023 was the best year for me in a long time. Got a neat promotion and a marry-worthy partner :)

Did your promotion exceed inflation by a nice margin?
- It really did! It's a decent boost to my savings for sure
Today you will stub your toe. Twice.
- Easy there, Satan
- Same toe. Same spot.
That's awesome!
In this awful time we live in, that’s all you can ask for! That’s awesome!
Congrats on both!
Those two make a big difference. Ten years ago I was broke, in an abusive marriage, and still trying to work out a bunch of personal issues.

Today, I have an awesome (different) wife, a job I don't hate where I make good money, kids that I love, and a place to call home.

There's still rough days. Those are part of life. But I am a very fortunate man and even when I have a bad day, I remember that it used to be and could be way, way worse.
- It's good you were able to get out of that abusive situation and into something better. Congratulations, my friend :)

This meme I made early last year is relevant.

2024, an election year, will definitely be a shitshow.
- Yeah, but does that mean it's a normal and expected shitshow?

2024 will be the year of esteemed Academy Award winning character actress Margot Robbie.

I can feel it.

I really hope so! The alternatives look really grim right now
I'd say I have faith, but that implies I don't have confidence in your abilities. You got it!
- Yay

I keep wishing everyone a very boring 2024. Makes me happy when they reply in kind.

You haven’t said “2024 will be the year” because you’re thinking life will be depressing from here on out and nothing will improve.

I haven’t said “2024 will be the year” because it’s always “the year” for me regardless of what I say or don’t say.

We are not the same.

This guy years.
- This guy this guys.

Meme of a scene from one of the Star Wars movies where Anikin is talking to Padme. Anikin says "2023 sucked ass." Padme says, grinning, "at least 2024 can't be any worse, right?" Anikin just stares sadly and intensely at her and in the final panel, Padme says with a worried expression, "2024 can't be any worse, right?"

I feel like the last properly good year, at least for me, was 2012. Everything has just been a slow fumbling collapse since then.

The Mayans had it right

It'll be the best year yet for global warming, that's a guarantee. Every year will be setting new records for the forseeable future.

There's always the possibility of nuclear winter...
- Yep, all we need is nuclear winter to balance out the global warming!
- Let's not pls :(
- Porque no los dos?
- Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

Last few months been great over here! I'm still a fuckin loser but now I go sailing and do jiu-jitsu with my brother 👍

Nice! Happy for you!

A friend of mine posted it as her Insta note and I just silently thought 'noooo.'

Things get better for me every year. And I'm actually a doomer too lol

Of course it depends what you do with your year. Move up the ladder, or move to a better place or changing your hobbies or whatever can all make it a better year. Politically - it's gonna be a crapfest of a shitshow. No two ways about that.