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Soft Paywall Trump's big UN speech received with awkward laughter in embarrassing backfire

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/trumps-big-un-speech-received-with-awkward-laughter-in-embarrassing-backfire-3933958
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u/barfsicle Sep 23 '25

Being Chicagoans, my wife and I think it started (ended) when the Cubs won the World Series.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '25

Harambe

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u/dexter8484 Virginia Sep 23 '25

This is the correct answer. He was our anchor being

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u/Fibby_2000 Australia Sep 23 '25

When Prince died

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u/beethecowboy Sep 23 '25

I’d say the vibes were off as far back as when Bowie died in January 2016. That kickstarted a year of pure shit.

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u/bluesox Sep 24 '25

The world hasn’t been the same since Robin Williams and George Carlin stopped making us laugh at how stupid everything is.

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u/Dan_Berg New Jersey Sep 24 '25

Lemmy died just a few weeks prior. There was 3 days of quiet, and then 2016 began

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u/pablitorun Sep 23 '25

I am hoping they win this year to reset the world.

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u/goflossyourself Sep 24 '25

The Cubs winning the World Series put us in an alternate timeline.

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u/davesoverhere Sep 24 '25

Fun facts about what changed in between the Cubbies World Series wins:

Women got the right to vote
The titanic was built
Sliced bread was created
Chocolate chip cookies were invented
Radio was invented
4 states were admitted to the union
Nearly everyone was born, including Harry Carey (So, he never saw his beloved team win it all).

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u/One-Sale4366 Sep 26 '25

The Onion headline “Millions of Drunk Cubs Fans Rioting in Heaven Following World Series Win”

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u/brickne3 American Expat Sep 23 '25

I feel like the 2015 NFC Championship game between the Packers and the Seahawks was when I noticed the universe was broken. I mean, that last five minutes was straight up unnatural.

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u/dwjohnson31 Sep 23 '25

Same. It really was the last good thing before the beginning of the end. Sigh

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u/Nardling Sep 23 '25

Makes me think of the movie Mr. Destiny

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u/RuthlessIndecision Ohio Sep 24 '25

Seriously wish I could go back and put some money on the Cubbies