2016 Legacy: The Brexit Vote
Why was the UK googling “What is the EU?” the day after the election? Because 2016 was the year we learned that “protest votes” actually count and… Read More »2016 Legacy: The Brexit Vote
2016 Vintage: Suicide Squad (The First One)
Why was the Joker barely in it? Because we spent six months looking at Jared Leto’s tattoos just to watch a movie that felt like… Read More »2016 Vintage: Suicide Squad (The First One)
2016 Vintage: Harambe the Gorilla
Why was he everywhere? Because a tragic zoo incident turned a silverback into the internet’s most enduring and confusing meme, proving that 2016 humor was… Read More »2016 Vintage: Harambe the Gorilla
2016 Vintage: The Launch of “Daydream VR”
Why were we putting our phones in a fabric box? Because Google thought mobile VR was the future, right before we all realized it just… Read More »2016 Vintage: The Launch of “Daydream VR”
2016 Classic: The Chicago Cubs Win the World Series
Why was the ghost of a goat finally leaving? Because after 108 years of waiting, the Cubs proved that miracles actually happen—and that 2016 was… Read More »2016 Classic: The Chicago Cubs Win the World Series
2016 Legacy: The Launch of “Slack” Giphy Integration (Peak Chaos)
Why was the office full of GIFs? Because 2016 was the year we stopped using words and started communicating entirely through 3-second loops of Parks and… Read More »2016 Legacy: The Launch of “Slack” Giphy Integration (Peak Chaos)
2016 Vintage: The Launch of the iPhone 7 (No Headphone Jack)
Why were we all “brave”? Because Apple removed the 3.5mm jack, telling us that “courage” meant buying $159 AirPods that we would immediately lose in… Read More »2016 Vintage: The Launch of the iPhone 7 (No Headphone Jack)
2016 Classic: The Launch of “Auto-Chess”
Why were the pieces moving themselves? Because a mod in Dota 2 started a genre that proved we like strategy games, but only if the computer does… Read More »2016 Classic: The Launch of “Auto-Chess”
2016 Vintage: The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Fires
Why was the phone banned from airplanes? Because Samsung accidentally created a handheld explosive device, giving “burn-in screen” a much more literal and terrifying meaning.… Read More »2016 Vintage: The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Fires
2016 Classic: The “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen” Video
Why was he wearing a leopard-print scarf? Because a 45-second song from Japan proved that the internet’s taste in music was officially broken. Part of… Read More »2016 Classic: The “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen” Video