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2016 Was Not That Bad

This is not sarcasm, I swear!

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2016 Was Not That Bad
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2016 wasn't that bad! Maybe a few hiccups, but come on, people, we need to think positive! Let's look back and reflect, shall we? We shall!

The year started off as any other year would have started off. Everyone went out or stayed in on December 31st and watched the ball drop, in Times Square, at midnight, watching "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve." Am I right or am I right? Of course we can't forget what everyone's New Years resolution was, "new year, new me." So original, never heard that one before. The new year, like always, started off with a bang!

The most tragic event that occurred this year, which tops ISIS and Trump becoming President, was the unfortunate, heartless, unwarranted death of the now-famous gorilla, Harambe. How can anybody shoot a cute, innocent gorilla? The kid shouldn't have been in there! Clearly, Harambe wasn't going to do any harm to the kid. They should have just left the situation play out before making the rash decision of shooting the poor gorilla. Harambe would have let the kid go, obviously. Am I right, because if everyone says that Harambe was just protecting the kid, he must have been. I seriously hope the kid was sued for causing the death of the now-famous gorilla, Harambe.

Starting off the year so tragically sucks, but at least it can't get much worse than the death of the now-famous gorilla, Harambe. ISIS threats, forget about them. Starving children, who cares, Harambe is dead! Donald Trump running for President? Did you hear me, Harambe is DEAD! England left Europe, no big deal. The death of legendary stars, it's OK, people die, that's life. Clowns trying to take over the world, things happen. See what I mean, nothing really phases Americans after going through something as tragic as a gorilla being shot.

Donald Trump was unfortunately elected President this year. That was pretty horrible, and quite honestly a bad call for Americans. My mom claimed that she couldn't live anymore and that him becoming President was the worst thing to ever happen to her. I told her to relax, he is only the new POTUS, but Harambe is DEAD and he will never come back! She had no idea who Harmabe was. Someone needs to check her priorities and it isn't me. Everyone knows who Harambe is... now.

The most important thing to remember going into the new year is don't sweat the small stuff. Obviously, that was the biggest problem in 2016. I mean, come on, people Harambe was unrightfully murdered, that is all that matters. Justice for Harambe! Also, new year means new things and nothing bad that happened in 2016 can happen in 2017, obviously. Everyone is so excited for this year to be over. I'm sure we all know that 2017 is going to be great. It will still take time for us to deal with the loss of Harbe, excuse me, Harambe. That is to be expected, though, it's hard to lose someone or something close to you and it takes time to heal. We were all close to Harmabe and I'm sure we all visited him in the Cincinnati Zoo as much as we could.

Cheers to the end of a not so bad 2016 and the beginning of a new year. Bring it on 2017, we're ready for you! Before January ends, make sure to say "new year, new me" at least once. I don't need to tell you that you probably will anyways.

Happy New Year all!

R.I.P. in peace Harmabae, you will never be forgotten.

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