‘A Giant Sh*t Show’: Twitter Welcomes the End of the Year with #2016in4Words

As the world prepares for the year 2017, it seems that there are a lot of people who are only too happy to say good riddance to 2016.

Between international tragedies, an extraordinary political season, and everything else that has happened, people have plenty of reasons to be upset about the state of things these days. So #2016in4Words has been trending on Twitter for hours, and it’s got people talking about how disappointed they are with how things have gone in the last 362 days.

Of course, some people had their own reasons to be happy:

#2016In4Words

Got this shiny trophy. pic.twitter.com/nG2N7AdDrA

— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) December 28, 2016

Thank you Julian Assange!! #2016In4Words

— jim??MojoRisin?? (@SmokeySmoker) December 28, 2016

#2016In4Words
The Year media LOST pic.twitter.com/xuAzFOwJw9

— Russ.HackerLil Trump (@USAneedsTRUMP) December 28, 2016

But most of the trending activity has been exceedingly negative.

Some people were upset about how many beloved celebrities died this year, Carrie Fisher and George Michael being the latest:

Killing everyone you love. #2016In4Words

— Vouax (@VoaxGhost) December 28, 2016

#2016In4Words
The
Worst
Year
Ever
?#Trump #DonaldTrump #brexit #MuhammadAli #Ali #Bowie #DavidBowie #Prince #georgemichael #CarrieFisher pic.twitter.com/uuKSrZzXHr

— ➊AlexCam ⏩ (@1alexcam) December 28, 2016

We lost our Princess #2016In4Words#CarrieFisher

— DarthVader1™ (-o-)? (@Burnt_Out_Darth) December 28, 2016

Other people reflected on the political developments that played out this year:

#2016In4Words Trump, Brexit, war, immigrants.

— Michał Woźniak (@MikefromPoland) December 28, 2016

Bernie Would Have Won #2016In4Words

— L. (@leslieleeiii) December 28, 2016

#2016In4Words Fake news, real consequences.

— Martha O'Hara (@oharamart) December 28, 2016

Others had their own variety of reasons to be upset:

One gorilla changed everything#2016In4Words

— dean (@Deano_vW) December 28, 2016

Goodell is still Commissioner #2016in4words pic.twitter.com/wWmtE4bxKH

— Bostons Diehards (@BDiehards) December 28, 2016

And then, there were those who just want to move on from a year gone terribly wrong:

It still isn't over#2016in4words @WorldOfHashtags pic.twitter.com/7fLqkZLtrU

— Jimmy (@HoorayBacon) December 28, 2016

Never doing that again #2016In4Words

— nan (@nandanisharmaa) December 28, 2016

#2016In4Words
Wow, we're really stupid.

— Onision (@Onision) December 28, 2016

A Giant Shit Show #2016in4Words

— ᴢ ᴀ ᴄ?? (@TheFlamingPear) December 15, 2016

Meteor end us already. #2016In4Words

— RetroPokeFan (@poke_retro) December 28, 2016

series of unfortunate events #2016In4Words

— dominique❁ (@dxminiique) December 28, 2016

It's not over yet. #2016In4Words pic.twitter.com/aGiFQptA7U

— NUFF$AID (@nuffsaidNY) December 28, 2016

And finally, from Mediaite’s own John Ziegler:

Nothing Really Matters Anymore
#2016In4Words

— John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) December 28, 2016

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