This century’s been shitty
2001: Twin Towers
2002: WorldCom Scandal
2003: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
2004: Indian Ocean tsunami
2005: Hurricane Katrina
2006: Lebanon War
2007: Virginia Tech shooting
2008: Financial crisis
2009: Michael Jackson dies
2010: Haiti earthquake
2011: Japanese earthquake and tsunami
2012: Sandy Hook shooting
2013: Boston Marathon bombing
2014: West African Ebola epidemic
2015: Paris bombings
2016: Orlando mass shooting
2017: Hurricane Harvey and his legion of super friends
2018: Bill Cosby
2019: Typhoon Idai
2020: Covid-19
2021: January 6
2022: Ukraine-Russian war
2023: Hamas vs Israel
2024: Ai uprising
2025: Hostile government takeover