[I was initially trying to decide whether to focus my annual Year in Review series on heavy or light topics, but then I realized this was 2024—we had it all, from the serious to the surreal, the absurd to the awesome. So I’ll start with a couple tough subjects and move toward some happier ones. I’d love your end-of-year reflections as well!]
“Because
he’s a better hippo than America deserves, but he was the one we needed right
now. So we’ll harass him. Because he can take it, although he shouldn’t have to.”
Not sure I need to say anything more than that paraphrased, misquoted yet still
to my mind pitch-perfectly applicable, allusion to Commissioner Gordon’s
closing speech in The Dark Knight. From what I can tell, a ton of people
treated this cute baby hippo like crap for social media views and clout, and
that’s unquestionably one level of reflection of where we all here at the end
of 2024. But at the same time, the intertubes gave us all (most of us, I hope
and believe, better than that worst) a chance to meet this delightful
baby hippo. And also to watch this equally delightful SNL portrayal of him. Let’s carry that energy into 2025,
and see if we can’t leave some of the worst behind as we do.
December
Recap this weekend,
Ben
PS. What
do you think? What stands out from this decades-long year?
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