2016 has been bloody weird

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2016 has been the weirdest year of all. Don't you agree?

Let's just have a brief recap on the year so far.

We started off 2016 in an incredibly sad way, losing a very large number of celebrities in quick succession. Now yes, people die every day, but you never hear about so many celebrities dying at once. We lost the likes of David Bowie, Alan Rickman and Prince, to name but a few. It was an incredibly sad time and has people panicking every time a celebrities name is trending on Twitter now.

We all began to hate a girl called Becky who we didn't actually know, simply because Beyonce implied that her long time partner, Jay Z, cheated on her with "Becky with the good hair". No one wants to be called Becky now.

We've also had to deal with Brexit. Bloody Brexit. Within the space of 24 hours the country left the EU and the Prime Minister had resigned. Racial hate crimes rose dramatically and the country has basically been a shambles since.

We landed ourselves with a female Prime Minister who no one voted for- how is that allowed?!

A gorilla named Harambe was shot to death after a child fell into his enclosure. Something about Harambe set the world off and since then, there has been a non stop stream in the media of meme's and tweets and gifs in 'support' of Harambe, including trends such as "Tits/Dicks out for Harambe" appearing at this summer's festivals and even a song being made about him, which reached high in the Spotify charts. Harambe created a social movement and no one quite knows why.

The Olympics took place in Rio and a group of athletes did some damage out in Brazil. So ashamed of what they did, they lied and said they'd been held at gun point and robbed. The lies later came out and the embarrassment for the athletes was ten times worse.

Donald Trump started running for president and has actually been taken seriously, with a high possibility of actually becoming President of the United States. For. Real.

Clowns have suddenly emerged on the streets of the UK, following a dangerous trend in the United States. They stalk children and adults and stand in lone places, such as empty streets and in woods with dangerous weapons. Its got so bad that McDonald's figure Ronald McDonald has had to "go into hiding".

...Weirder than this is an anonymous figure dressing as Batman and going around "saving" people from Killer Clowns.

Thanks to Brexit, Tesco have removed several popular brands from their shelves, some of which include PG Tips, Ben and Jerry's and Marmite, bringing on the trending hashtag #MarmiteGate.

And now, a gorilla is on the loose in London. Seriously.

2016 has just been mental. Really bloody mental. What is going to happen next?

Love from,
Florence Grace


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