The Year Men Flopped
Try to name even one good man. You can’t. The only thing close to a good man is Chris Pine, and he is not a man; he is a demigod. The unfortunate, painfully obvious truth is 2022 will heretofore be known as the year when men simply flopped.
There are many ways for a person to be questionable, some objectively worse than others, and men found every single one this year. There were the men with an unbearable lack of self-awareness, screaming “cancel culture” to an audience of millions. There were the men whose long history of abuse allegations did nothing to dissuade people from coming to their defense or giving them MTV VMA cameos. Did you know Louis C.K. won a Grammy this year? If anyone is concerned that these men haven’t gotten the opportunity to apologize, learn, and grow, you can rest assured — they are being given awards instead.
It was a particularly embarrassing year for men with too much money. Over the summer, Jeff Bezos reportedly wanted to pay to disassemble and reassemble a bridge in the Netherlands so his big stupid boat could pass through. Eventually, the superyacht was rerouted after locals threatened to pelt it with old eggs, something that should, in any case, just be a consequence of being one of the richest men in the world. Earlier this year, Elon Musk officially acquired Twitter, and we were gifted many months’ worth of subsequent terror. After firing nearly half of Twitter’s employees, some of whom happened to have spoken out against Musk, we were made to bear witness to the bizarre internal email Musk sent to the remaining Twitter employees. (The words extremely hardcore in a work email should get you automatically reported to HR — that is, if Twitter still has an HR department.) Then, for reasons unbeknownst to humankind, Musk tweeted a picture of his bedside table, adorned with several cans of caffeine-free Diet Coke, two revolvers, and various water stains presumably from the many Cokes. If nothing else, this is further confirmation that all the money in the world cannot buy you taste.
Speaking of bad taste, Drake decided his collaborative album with 21 Savage was a good time to claim that Megan Thee Stallion lied about being shot by Tory Lanez. (Lanez is currently on house arrest, awaiting trial.) Why? Probably the same reason he thought making a fake Vogue cover was a good idea. (He and 21 Savage are now being sued by Condé Nast over the promotional stunt.)
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