Your Top 10 Things that Sucked about 2025

[DanOregon]

Not ranked in any particular order.
1. Trump (Somewhat all inclusive, his minions, corporations kowtowing to him, Congress and the courts bending over, sense of loss of morality in the US).
2. Football season. My Oregon State Beavs and Raiders really stunk it up this year, usually they provide a nice distraction.
3. Raul Malo dying. Followed his illness on FB, seemed like such a good guy. Glad the music and his performances are still with us. He brought a lot of joy and happiness that is seriously needed to the world.
4. Family issues - my niece married her boyfriend, stopped talking to my sister and brother in law. Moved further away. No family invited to wedding. We found out on Facebook.
5. Gaza/Ukraine
6. Work. While I'm grateful for the promotion and shorter commute, the guy I shared the position with bailed out in June requiring me to work extra shifts since then, throw in a schedule change that cut out a couple of gatherings I enjoyed each month.
7. Not having more "me time."
8. Money not going as far as I need it to. These days, even the most minor personal expense - a belt, gym shorts, - feels like I'm splurging.
9. Living situation. Worried I'll need to move. The price keeps going up, but the space stays the same
10. Seeing a lot of businesses, places I've enjoyed in my life close. Whether we are talking about the Pac-12, Rogue Brewing, the A's moving to Vegas, various restaurants, there is a real sense of loss. (And yeah, I realize the Pac-12 is still alive, but it's kind of like "The New WKRP" - yeah a couple of originals are around, but it just isn't the same).
Others receiving votes: People being a-holes, social media, Elon Musk, Not getting out on the river,

 

[Here me roar]

1. The rise of fascism
2. Florida keeps getting dumber
3.
4. Watching my daughter graduate with a good degree into an uncertain world that will impact her future.
5. My ****ed up knee

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

In no particular order:

1. My wife lost her job in April and the following six months were straight up stressful as she searched for a new gig, finally landing something that she is custom tailored for three weeks ago -- but she drained her retirement in the process.
2. My uncle's cancer returned in March and he passed in July. My uncle was my dad's brother as well as my godfather and, when my dad passed when I was 5, always was the one uncle that looked in on me and my mom. We got a couple of good days with him before he passed at least.
3. RIP- Marino Parascenzo. Had I not had him as a teacher, I don't think I ever have the confidence to pursue writing anything beyond a to-do list.
4. Trump - and what he's done to relationships among family and friends.
5. My London trip turned into "what can go wrong, will go wrong," including flying home with a cold that I'm still battling.
6. My stepson did not have the greatest of seasons as team captain of the D-III college football team he plays for and saw a decrease in playing time, which took a toll on his confidence,
7. The documentary project that I was working with a filmmaker on that seemed like a slam dunk a year and a half ago now seems to be anything but, because funding has dried up because these media companies are now readjusting their economics, probably to make room for bribes because Trump.
8. The feeling that the things I'm working on are just "getting done" without the energy and interest I've had in the past because you're so damned busy that you don't have the time.
9. Between driving from central PA to Ohio seven times to see a dying relative, and driving to Pittsburgh for my mom's birthday and a family reunion, then driving to New York six times to watch the kid play football, I feel like I've done nothing but drive this year.
10. All of this has given the feeling that you're just getting by instead of working towards achieving actual goals.

 

[Cosmo]

Your last point sums up my year perfectly. I did my job this year and did it well, but I felt like I was just scraping by half the time. No energy for innovation or new ideas. Hoping this holiday break will help me recharge and get into a better head space.

 

[MileHigh]

1. Lost my best friend of 25 years to cancer.
2. Lost an aunt to cancer.
3. Got laid off from my very good job and have been in search mode for four months.

I'm sure there are more, but it has basically sucked since mid-August.

 

[FileNotFound]

1. Losing my job actually didn’t suck, because the job sucked. Not being able to find one since — not even a ******* interview — well, that has sucked a lot.
2. All of the political bull**** has sucked a lot. The fact that there seems to be so little will among our elected officials to do anything about it has been exceedingly disappointing, to say the least.
3. War, famine and all that.
4. Finding out that my home state is one of seven that charges income tax on income earned overseas was an unpleasant surprise. It’s the only thing that makes me miss Florida even a little bit.
5. Neither my partner nor I has been able to gin up much give-a-**** about the holidays. I visited my grandson at my ex-wife’s home last week, which was fun, and we’ll be visiting him and my kid at their home next week, which will be fun. The rest of it all, well, whatever. Money may not buy happiness, but it sure does make the search for it easier.
6. Many people close to me are struggling mightily with their mental health. I guess I am too, but I don’t notice my own whatever (waves hands) as much because I need to be there for the others.
7. My normally very reliable truck has developed a shudder in the transmission and it just went out of warranty.
8. My yard looks like hell and I neither have the money to have someone fix it nor the will/skill to handle it myself.
9. I haven’t spent as much time playing music as I should.
10. I have a stack of books sitting on a table next to me that I haven’t started reading, because I’m using both hands to doomscroll.

 

[FileNotFound]

Oh, I forgot one. A bonus:

11. ****ing AI. Not AI itself, but everybody yammering about it. It’s great! It’s bad! It’ll change the world! It’ll kill us all! Stop. Nothing says, “I’m a Thought Follower, Not a Thought Leader” than another ****ing post about ****ing AI.

 

[Severian]

My normally very reliable truck has developed a shudder in the transmission and it just went out of warranty.

It's like the manufacturer planned for that to happen.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

10. I have a stack of books sitting on a table next to me that I haven’t started reading, because I’m using both hands to doomscroll.

Oh Good, It's not just me.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

This is not the thread for me except the Top 10 would all be:

1. Trump
2. Stinky
3. ****o
4. Orange Julius
5. Oranguatan
6. Mango Mussolini
7. Fat****
8. Donny Two Dolls
9. Child ****er

And finally ....
10. ****ler

 

[Gym Beam]

All 10 on my list are Trump.

Anything else, I can pretty well handle.