Who's feeling bold?

2026 will have to do as my year simply because 2027 will surely be worse.

I think we learned our lesson, because we saw all the bad shit that happens lmao

No body under 40 expect a good year anymore

Yeah. Over 40 here. Still pretty sure the light at the end of the tunnel is a train. Or a fire. Something like that.
No kidding. I'm in my late 30s, and for awhile I would tell myself that this would finally be the year that I finally make enough money to get my shit together and be a real adult, with a wife & kids, three cars, investments & money in my savings account.
Gave up on that dream by age 30, and now I'm just trying survive another year with my fingers crossed that yet another body part doesn't join my shoulder, neck, knees, and back, and start hurting 24/7 just for shits and giggles.

I already learned my lesson here.

Last time I said something like that was November of 2019.

Man, 2020 really did seem hopeful back in 2019, didn't it? New decade, presidential election coming up... What could possibly go wrong?
- Narrator: And that's when the Fire Nation attacked.
"I'm calling it: another global pandemic-free year! And the sweet song of Lady Liberty spreading from that shining city on a hill in Washington, D.C.!"
- << The Monkey's Paw Curls >>
  2026 marks the first year in American history where a completely home-grown pandemic forces borders to close, and air-traffic to be redirected as to avoid receiving American passengers. The EU, Arab League, and countless other countries congratulate themselves on rapidly orchestrating the containment of the disease to the USA; truly a landmark moment for international relations. Meanwhile, a Georgetown-based super-PAC "La di libertine" gains untold amounts of influence in government, following an uncannily well-timed short-sale of AI-based stocks. When asked about speculations as to their ties to Italian crime syndicates and fascist hardliners, they declined to comment.

There's a lot of people saying "well, not the year... but 2026 is going to be quite the year for Linux desktops" over the internet.
It's easy to see where they are coming from. They just have more faith in Humanity than me.

Nobody's said "this is going to be my year" in many many years.

I'll throw a party when Trump is out of office or dead. Both times if they happen on different days. I'll be hoping for just the one party though.