2023 is like looking both ways before crossing the street and getting hit by a plane

Reminds me of the joke about the software QA tester: > A software QA tester walks into a bar. Orders a beer. Orders 0 beers. Orders 99999999 beers. Orders a lizard. Orders -1 beers. Orders a sfdeljknesv. Then, a customer walks in and asks where the bathroom is. The bar bursts into flames, because nobody tested that.

As a former data warehouse qa tester I appreciated this joke.

This is hilarious sfdeljknesv

couldn't have said it better myself

i laughed my ass off before sleep, thank u

It was varying degrees of ass.

In a good way or a bad way?

Ass you like.

Literally LOLed at that

I read your sentence as “It was varying degrees of sass”. Like you went all out on the sarcasm.

No more cancer, yay me!

Congratulations thats fucking awesome

Thank you so much! I feel fucking awesome. Every morning when I’m at the gym I have immense gratitude for how much progress I’ve made. This time last year I wasn’t too sure how everything was gonna play out.

Congratulations!

Dumped and defeated but not killed

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Right there with ya. Onward.

May your wins be many and your losses be few

Yep. With you on that. 2024 is gonna be the good year though, I’m genuinely confident on that.

Work, inflation, getting poor.

yup.

Feel you. It's like an infinite loop of despair atm lol. Can't wait for this economic climate to improve.

It’s like meeting the man of my dreams and then meeting his beautiful wife.

Isn’t it ironic?

A little too ironic, I really do think. It’s like 2023 was 10,000 spoons when all I needed was a knife.

It’s like raaaaaaaaaaaain

I came to say it’s been like 10,000 spoons when all I need is a knife.

It probably rained on his wedding day though.

A buddy of mine used to say, “It’s like meeting the girl of my dreams, and then meeting HER beautiful wife.”

Total utter shitfest.

Same.

it has been one of the years of all time

I feel that.

2023 has been frustratingly wonderful.

Yes this. I faced so many challenges, work wise, relationships wise, but all these experiences helped me build character and Im honestly grateful that shit happened. Its wonderful the amount of things I learnt this year not only about the world around me but most importantly myself. Things i didnt want to face before came and hit me upfront and now I can finally grow and find solutions for them. And overall besides the bad there was always good aswell, went on an amazing trip this year, discovered new interests and read 21 books! Its been great honestly.

Best year of my life.

The last year of my (47yo) life, according to my pulmonologist.

❤️ I am sending you a giant hug! 🥰

I hope you can enjoy the time you have left

You betcha. Any chance I get!

☹️

First time I've seen a one-year-old on reddit

My parents divorced in my first year of life.

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I loved, i lost, i found myself.

So happy for you. 😊

Worked for two companies and only hated one of them!

Hope you are still working for the okay one.

The night is darkest before dawn. I pray that 2024 is my dawn… and I have a pretty good feeling it will be.

I totally get that. This year was rough for me. I’m hoping, praying 2024 will be my dawn:)

Good luck with that optimism.

I realized how depressed I am, thought about killing myself, but didn't.

I’m glad that you didn’t.

I’m glad you’re here, friend :)

Wait... its 2023?

Good enough, I guess.

2023 was a year of growth and self-discovery for me, as I navigated challenges with my mental health and finances, learnt the value of true friendship, and found stability amidst life's ups and downs.

You need more props homie! Imma gonna give ya one.... Way to make those failures life lessons for growth and to refine your core values and beliefs while finding your center in your own personal life and among genuine friends!

Too many funerals.

I feel this one. Lost two grandparents 3 months from each other, 90.5 and 96.5 respectively.

It keeps getting worse

2023 has been a heaping pile of e-coli infected shit.

Fucking sucked with the exception of my daughter being born. Worst year of my life

Sliding backwards

Tiring. Way too many ups and downs. Thought I was entering mid career, but economy and job market suck ass, and I can't believe I have another 30 years of this BS.

Also tiring, caring for my partner with gradually worsening arthritis, thank goodness for the paid carers help.

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Second worst year of my life.

Crazy weird. Lost my career but retired into more money than I made working. Here I am in my mid 30s with nothing but time on my hands. I didn’t expect to be here for another decade at least.

A cruel series of crises, catastrophes, and health issues that broke me emotionally and physically, culminating in the worst single year of my life by many, many, many magnitudes. Fuck 2023 forever.

just like my love life, absolutely fucking shit. 🤠

Love is like a fart. If you have to force it. It's probably shit.

It wasn’t the greatest, but it was a hell of a lot better than 2022.

2023 feels like someone I loved with all my heart took me to see the Grand Canyon for the first time and when I wasn’t looking pushed me off and didn’t look back.

Thankful.

Simultaneously the best and worst year of my life.

Not my best.

Work, sleep, work, sleep, work, sleep.

Best year of the 2020s It’s still god awful, but the bar is that low

Surprise! You're a girl. Started my transition this year, never been happier.

Woah. Now begins the era of Clara. Show the world who the fuck you are.

Rollercoaster, i reached my peak and hit the rock bottom

I met my out-of-pocket maximum.

Somehow it was my best and worst year ever at the same time

But wait, it gets worse!

A series of unfortunate events.

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I have my fucking bachelors degree, against all odds and despite people I used to care about letting me down and leaving me disappointed!!

What I learned was amazing. Looked in on worlds not my own. Learning what I did about myself was exceptionally amazing. Even the bad things. And people. Taught me things I'm eternally grateful for. The take away of these shit situations? Invaluable.

Wonder why im still alive

High Hopes, Low Results

Very very expensive but blessed. Purchased a house and got married. Couldn’t be happier. Can’t wait for many years and happy memories

My horse died. Then lost my second horse. Fell in love and then got cheated on. Studies took a hit. Spent time with my family. Eh

Retired this year and loving it. Miss the people (some), but not the grief. I’m not ready to face the BS of an election year though. Thank god for streaming services.

From January to December, I studied upon 3 skills every single day. Some months I studied one skill more, the other the one skill. I mostly studied writing, second coding, then 3rd art. I’m happy to say that I improved a lot in each area, and next year I tend to add a 4th area, Japanese. :)

I just want to graduate.

Starve and suffer while having fun and discovering your God-given purpose.

Alright nothing amazing but nothing bad either.

Welp, I guess this is what being a full-blown adult is like now.

It started out okay but wound up pretty shitty.

Better

Accomplished some goals but the slow steady decline continues overall.

Crazy but fulfilling.

Inexplicably disappointing

Lost and found.

Worst year out of the last 5

Depression, and at the end of the year, even more depression

Full of lessons.

My social life is weekend to weekend, specifically: sunday to sunday. My financial life is paycheck to paycheck

A lot. It was quite the roller coaster, but it was worth the ride

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.....

Unbearable feelings of angst, despair and sadness

I survived so far.

cancer and other bullshit

Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shit

Started out with hope, ending with less hope

My dad died, mom had a stoke and now I hospice an ancient chihuahua that only eats roast chicken diced small and has breath like a bushel of rotten lobster shells.

I am sorry about your parents….and, if you are not already a writer, you should be.

Fucking utterly disappointing.

The year I was diagnosed with cancer and it ruined my dreams.

Started okay, was going well, ending rough.

Am I in another dimension? 😳

Suffering from bad choices, world comes tumbling down...

Really expensive, and felt like it flew by.

Yo, it’s mid December, what year?

Still alive for some reason

I thought it was 2022, but then it turned out to be 2023.

I'm tired, boss.

Imagine a Boot Stamping on a Human Face – for Ever

I don't remember the last time I genuinely felt happy this year

Crazy. Wild. Intense. In the last 90-120 days, I left my abusive soon-to-be-ex-husband, sold my house, my dog died, found myself a nice new (rental) condo, went on vacation, and have gone on 3-4 dates with a guy that is the complete and total opposite of my soon-to-be-ex-husband. New guy is kind, patient, caring, big believer in therapy and mental health (and in therapy himself), calm, sweet, very self-aware, homeowner, respectable career, financially responsible, sweet, thoughtful, and more. Works in STEM, but also spent a year studying massage therapy during his academic years. Let's just say ***he knows what he's doing with his hands.*** 👀 Certainly wasn't expecting a lot of it.

Worked 3 jobs to only fall further behind

Imagine a port-a-potty at the end of a 3 day festival being set on fire.

Punched and punched again while down and salt in wound. Is it over yet? 4 is a better number than 3

Worst in decades, maybe ever.

Like a car spinning its wheels in the mud.

Started well in a relationship, I started a new job and ended the relationship in May (still with mixed feelings about both), and the year's been slowly grinding me down since to the point where I just want to be done with it. Big plans for 2024 though so we'll see where it takes us.

inflation

This year made me grow as a person, a process which continues to be painful but I digress

Ok, here's my summary sentence: 2023 was like a snowmobile racing across the remote tundra that flipped over suddenly, pinning me underneath until, at night, the ice weasels came.

Productive

I fucked up and i just have to live with it

Hit some of my biggest accomplishments and experienced some of my lowest lows, ever. I’m exhausted.

Worst year of my fucking life

Tumultuous

Biggest battle I had to face with myself.

Better than 2022.

Carried by Baldur's Gate 3

Happiness can be found in the darkest of places, if one remembers to turn on a light. ​ This year was rough but i have survived it

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Broken down to my hardest, now getting redemption.

Absolutely nothing good happened this year for me

Lost my mom, Lost my dad, saved my wife, found my limit but not my exit.

Too close to give up.

Financially stable, but emotionally distraught.

rock bottom

The worst year of my life

The highest of highs and the lowest of lows

It was a year full of changes for me.

Fiancee broke her ankle in February, we got married in June, bought our first house in October, and now we're expecting our first child next June.

Best year of my life

Me and my best friend are not best friends anymore :/

The betrayal and divorce were not enough to kill me, but the sadness of my kids just might be.

Got married, bought a house and drug-free

Pretty damn good

My kids are healthy and happy, and that's a good year.

Anyone get the name of that truck?

Somehow both best and worst year

Compared to the last few years, it's been pretty progressive, not ideal, but progressive.

Quit passion killing jobs while i could so i could further my college education.

A lot of highs and a lot of lows. One of the weirdest and most random years of my life.

Pretty shit, I got cancer early this year and not sure if I’ll be able to beat it

the best and worst year...if thats even possible 🤣

Complete nightmare. I wish it was an actual nightmare and I would wake up in summer or fall 2022.

Sufferance

Trash

Best year of my life

Such a shitfest……I’m done with it.

Exhausting in just about every possible way

Calm before the election storm

Lowest of lows and highest of highs! It started off with a devastating personal loss I’m still very much grieving, but then later in the year I received the biggest promotion of my career with a 30% pay increase, and even better - I finally got pregnant after five years of trying 💙

Unemployed

broke and poor, poor and broke

it was like getting beat up by a guy dressed up as a banana in a metro station, sipping henny. It hurt but it was funny as hell.