All the Things About 2025 That Sucked
(as told by someone who is, respectfully, extremely baked)
2025 had range. Unfortunately, most of it was bad, we’re talking about it & saying goodbye to this hellish year.
The tariff wars dragged on like a tense domestic dispute, except the only thing we lost custody of was affordable groceries. The $8 eggs era. A surreal moment in history. Breakfast turned ceremonial. Omelets were treated with reverence. Yolks were respected. Nothing was wasted.
Inflation didn’t just exist either…it performed. Loudly. Confidently. Ruining snacks, small joys, and any sense of financial grounding with impressive consistency.
Technology, meanwhile, lost the plot. Everybody suddenly wanted to put AI on things that didn’t need AI. Like why did my water bottle ask about my hydration goals? Why did my trash can send me a notification?? Why did my fridge try to recommend podcasts?? Why am I buying a new pair of glasses to make a PHONE CALL????
VR headsets took over public spaces. Bodies wandered. Furniture suffered. It felt like watching real life buffer.
The weather stayed chaotic. Natural disasters stacked themselves with no regard for pacing. Fires. Flooding. Forecasts became abstract concepts.
Everything seemed to be glitching. Payments froze. Apps reinvented themselves overnight. Customer service disappeared entirely, leaving only auto-replies, robots and false hope.
Streaming services became scavenger hunts. Every movie you wanted: gone. Every plan: more expensive. And then they added ads. Like a personal attack.
Customer service completely tapping out. Hold times longer than flights, emails disappearing into the abyss, and chatbots insisting they “didn’t understand your request” no matter how simple it was.
The collective exhaustion. Not regular tired, soul tired. “I slept 8 hours and woke up feeling like I fought a bear” tired.
Social media being a full chaotic carnival. Algorithms having mood swings. Feeds filled with nonsense. And everyone arguing about things no one actually cared about.
In the end, 2025 didn’t need a redemption arc, it just needs to be over. The year taught us how to lower expectations, hold our snacks closer, and appreciate stillness wherever we could find it. If there was a lesson hiding in the mess, it was this: pause when you can, laugh when it helps, and don’t take the chaos personally.
We survived it. Barely, maybe, but still. Here’s to doing less, resting more, and letting the next year prove itself before we trust it.
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