PEOPLE ARE SAYING 2016 was a miserable, maggot rot of a year. With the lies, the hacks, the deaths, the ugliness — but who needs it? Reality is OUT. Why have “two Americas” when we each have our own personal Americas, handcrafted by clicks. Block the offensive, block the politically correct, block your mom! Just don’t turn your screens off or you’ll miss the tattered threads of what still unites us: arguing about trivial yet life-or-death matters like what’s IN and what’s OUT.
OUT
IN
Stress coloring
Chip & Joanna
Hillbillies
Lies
Leaks
Camp David
Mar-a-Lago
Matcha
Turmeric
All Hadids
Yara Shahidi
Bragging about "Hamilton" tickets
Bragging about "Hello, Dolly!" tickets
Cuba
Taiwan
Pulling for the Cubs
Resenting the Cubs
Food trucks
National Archives
Brookland
Deanwood
Elena Kagan
Stars Hollow
"The People v. O.J. Simpson"
Cory Booker
Kamala Harris
"Low-key"
"High-key"
Slang
Moms on Urban Dictionary
Teen Vogue
Clover Letter
Thomas Rhett
Renewal
Retrenchment
Freedom Caucus
Tomi Lahren
Van Jones
China
Visual albums
Contouring
#nomakeup
Succulent manicures
Green thumbs
Bubbles
Bomb shelters
Subscription boxes
Memberships
Microbreweries
Microdosing
Almonds
Pecans
Apple bedtime
Prayer apps
Nasty woman
Kansas City
Congressional Research Service
Subscriptions to Pravda
Margot Robbie
Roblox
Lightseekers
SoulCycle
Orangetheory
Reboots
Comebacks
Not being able to explain bitcoin
Not being able to explain blockchain
Whether to pay Kirk Cousins
How much to pay Kirk Cousins
@publicschoolnyc
@johnelliottco
Dubrovnik
Mexico City
Pop-ups
Drops
Fiddle-leaf figs
Oversize cactuses
Capturing capital
Attracting attention
The return of Jeb Bush
The return of Billy Bush
Agonizing
Organizing
Illustrations by Dom Mckenzie for The Washington Post.
Contributors:
Scott Allen,
Helena Andrews,
Robert Barnes,
Matt Bonesteel,
Lisa Bonos,
Cindy Boren,
Bethonie Butler,
Tim Carman,
Julia Carpenter,
Macy Freeman,
Caitlin Gibson,
Robin Givhan,
Neil Greenberg,
Sarah Halzack,
Emily Heil,
Karen Heller,
Monica Hesse,
Adrian Higgins,
Krissah Thompson,
Mike Hume,
Elahe Izadi,
Maura Judkis,
Missy Khamvongsa,
Jura Koncius,
Nora Krug,
David Malitz,
Stephanie Merry,
Caitlin Moore,
Amber Phillips,
Zachary Pincus-Roth,
Sarah Polus,
Sarah Pulliam Bailey,
Roxanne Roberts,
Manuel Roig-Franzia,
Ric Sanchez,
Kelyn Soong,
Alexa Steele,
Savannah Stephens,
Hank Stuever,
Ben Terris,
Veronica Toney,
Emily Yahr,
Glenn Yoder,
Joe Yonan,
Dan Zak,
Julie Zauzmer.
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