(Some of) This Year In Awful

[Ed Oscuro]

Keep 'em coming in folks!

First off, Alex Pareene's amazing list of the year's top hacks in "journalism" (I don't know why Wikipedia refuses to call David Brooks a "thought leader"). Amazing stuff; more funny than sad and destructive when it's read this way.

Next, more blood on the hands of a certain group of so-called evangelical Christians. Yes, they finally got the "kill the gays" bill through in Uganda - except instead of "kill the gays" it's more like "incarcerate the gays for life but leave them homeless otherwise." That's progress! Unfortunately, HIV counseling could also get you thrown in jail now, so it's hard to see who actually wins from this.

What else can we talk about..? Jobs, we haven't talked about those yet! Okay, here are some jobs. Good-paying skilled American jobs, with benefits!

What would your choices be for the years' awfulness?

[Specineff]

Not the most remarkable, but the fake sign interpreter in Mandela's funeral. It's teh lolz.

[Ed Oscuro]

Oh yes, I got to hear some interview stuff with him afterwards. "When I see angels, I know I am not well." Still don't know what his thing was. Probably the Secret Service had a bead on him the whole time...

[Lord Satori]

I hate it when people use "God" to further their own selfish agendas.

[BulletMagnet]

Pretty much every quote I've attached to my signature could qualify as one.

[BIL]

It's small potaters compared to the alleged schizoid interpreter and so on, but in our little world, I feel the great Digital Press train robbery of 2013 deserves to be memorialised for the entertainment and enlightenment of future generations. Witness one intrepid man's battle to minimise the casualties of a nefarious criminal mastermind!

"Hmm.. I also bought Suikoden II. What's up with that lakerstowin?"
"That's weird, it's almost as if he's trying to steal from you guys."

[Mortificator]

Wow, I was incredulous how anyone could be so dense to ignore all the red flags.

Then I see some of the buyers are sealed game collectors.