Dave Barry’s Year in Review: 2020 was a year of nonstop awfulness

Miami Herald ^ | December 24, 2020 | Dave Barry

[rightwingintelligentsia]

We’re trying to think of something nice to say about 2020.

OK, here goes: Nobody got killed by the murder hornets. As far as we know.

That’s pretty much it.

In the past, writing these annual reviews, we have said harsh things about previous years. We owe those years an apology. Compared to 2020, all previous years, even the Disco Era, were the golden age of human existence.

This was a year of nonstop awfulness, a year when we kept saying it couldn’t possibly get worse, and it always did. This was a year in which our only moments of genuine, unadulterated happiness were when we were able to buy toilet paper.

Which is fitting, because 2020 was one long, howling, Category Five crapstorm.

We sincerely don’t want to relive this year. But our job is to review it. If you would prefer to skip this exercise in masochism, we completely understand.

If, however, you wish, for some sick reason, to re-experience 2020, now is the time to put on your face mask, douse your entire body with hand sanitizer and then — to be safe — don a hazmat suit, as we look back at the unrelenting insanity of this hideous year, starting with...

[olivia3boys]

2020 was a pretty good year for my family. I got a raise and a bonus and got to work from home 100%, and still do, which is fabulous. No more commuting to nasty San Francisco on nasty BART.

My two young adult kids are employed and have nice girlfriends.

And I removed my teens from public school, still closed here in CA. One switched to private school, one switched to homeschooling. Should have done it years ago. The evil of the teachers’ unions has been revealed.

I also discovered War Room and Steve Bannon, and Scott Adams, podcasts I enjoy daily.

I’m in CA lockdown but I do try to look on the bright side. When the wineries are open, I visit the beautiful wine country, and enjoy the beautiful CA weather (when not full of smoke, ie the fall).

Trump was robbed of his re-election but I got to see him in person in a rally and I will always remember his administration fondly. Best President ever.

But of course I’m sad for those who’ve suffered the pandemic deaths and sickness. My goal now is to make it to the vaccine without getting it. I’ve made it this far!

[MD Expat in PA]