It is already November, which means 2017 is almost over.
For a lot of people, that will come as a relief. It’s been an often depressing twelve months, that has subjected us to multiple terror attacks, mass shootings, beloved celebrities being revealed as monsters and Donald Trump’s obsession with making World War III a real possibility.
Still, on Twitter, people are trying to sum up the year in just four words – using the hashtag #2017in4words, unsurprisingly.
Some of them are bleak.
men behaving really badly
— mᎥᏦᎬ ᏞᎥᏆᎬᏒᎪᏞᏞᎽ (@SkippyMcGizzard) November 18, 2017
#2017In4Words Your idol's a scumbag pic.twitter.com/AemBjfWfhJ
— D. Mentor (@LonelyDementor) November 18, 2017
less money, more problems
#2017In4Words— Vic Vega (@vegavic84) November 18, 2017
#2017In4Words
Just
Another
Dumpster
Fire pic.twitter.com/YNA93zka00— Becky (@OMGod_Becky) November 18, 2017
#2017In4Words
I really miss Obama pic.twitter.com/1F7Q7y3ovr— Ricky DEE (@youngH289) November 18, 2017
Some, however, are positive in the face o0f adversity.
hate did not win #2017In4Words pic.twitter.com/msBIn2z9Qg
— ً (@buterasthirI) November 18, 2017
Women not taking shit #2017In4Words pic.twitter.com/t0lx0XPUVa
— CK (@charley_ck14) November 18, 2017
And some are more flippant.
Fidget spinners are everywhere#2017In4Words
— IGZ (@igzrap) November 18, 2017
Hold my beer 2016 #2017In4Words
— Chris O'Brien (@bigdweeb) November 18, 2017
It's not over yet #2017In4Words pic.twitter.com/4RXhVlN5vS
— Gladstone (@TreasuryMog) November 18, 2017
#2017in4Words
Two Thousand and Seventeen.— Klorine (@WTFKlorine) November 18, 2017
Nobody follows the rules anymore #2017in4words
— Slow?ams (@ANGRYref) November 18, 2017