It’s a funny thing. Bad news often becomes the biggest news of the year. Take a look back — see for yourself. It seems each year, we’re inundated with one news story that dominates the headlines. In 2015, for example, we witnessed the epic transformation of Bruce Jenner into a woman by the name of Caitlyn. It’s entirely subjective whether this constituted bad news or good news depending on how sick of hearing about it you were by the time the story finally cooled off. Nonetheless, it was the biggest news.
Many of the following words chosen were up for debate. We chose the victor according to sheer popularity within our increasingly ADHD brains. The tragic. The absurd. The great. We considered it all. Last year, a word that rhymes with “pump” captured the attention of nearly every person on the globe. In that spirit, we gathered together a dossier — not a Russian one –highlighting everything earth-shattering since 1986. Some inspiring good; some heartbreaking and sad.
Without further ado, we present 31 years and 31 words to describe them. If you disagree with our results, do us a favor and shitpost in the comments. For in the wise words of Malik “Barack’s brother” Obama, “Shitposting is what we have in common. It breaks down the barriers we put up between ourselves.”
31 Years Represented By One Word
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31 Years Represented By One Word
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1986
Chernobyl
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1987
Crash
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1988
Bush
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1989
Seinfeld
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1990
Mandela
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1991
Nirvana
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1992
Riots
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1993
Clinton
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1994
Rwanda
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1995
O.J.
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1996
Unabomber
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1997
Diana
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1998
Lewinsky
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1999
Columbine
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2000
Eminem
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2001
9/11
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2002
Snipers
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2003
War
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2004
Facebook
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2005
Katrina
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2006
Irwin
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2007
iPhone
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2008
Obama
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2009
Jackson
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2010
Haiti
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2011
Occupy
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2012
Psy
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2013
Snowden
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2014
MH370
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2015
Caitlyn
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2016
Trump
