NEW YORK - A pandemic of arrogance, a real pandemic and everything is gray. 2022 is drawing to a close as uncertainty reigns around the world.
The health crisis started a slow life but doomed many families who had to fight for their lives. Karenz was on the rise. Cryptocurrency crashed. Pete Davidson's love for Kim Kardashian hit the headlines.
Here is a list of what we beat in anticipation of better times in 2023:
Apathy is gone
The epidemic has created a tsunami of overworked Karen and Keynes, but the growing rudeness has spread far beyond their noisy ranks.
Researcher Kristin Porat was simply rude, disrespectful, or tactless when she recently wrote about it in the Harvard Business Review. A professor of management at Georgetown University found that the number of cases of rudeness has increased, consistent with a steady increase for nearly 20 years.
Porat said workers in healthcare, retail, transportation, hospitality and education have been particularly hard hit this year. They were all hailed as heroes when the pandemic hit. It soon turned into a beating.
Noting that arrogance can escalate into physical and other violence, Axios describes it as an epidemic of arrogance.
Stop the bad guys. We're all nervous, including you, we're pretty sure.
Hidden Madness
Won't the collapse of FTX, the world's third largest cryptocurrency exchange, lead to even more chaos in a digital world that millions of people no longer trust?
Time will tell when other healthy crypto companies will face a liquidity crunch. And there are philanthropic implications of FTX's failure here in the real world, as founder Sam Bankman-Freed has donated millions to multiple causes in the form of "effective altruism."
FTX's bankruptcy filing came after a slew of crypto companies sprang up in 2022, due in part to rising interest rates and a broader market downturn, causing many investors to rethink their propensity to invest in risk. This includes pop moms and investors.
While more people than ever know what cryptocurrencies are, far fewer people are into it. I miss you? Take the cipher.
ASMR shut up
Sensory response of the vegetative meridian. It started, innocently, like a tingle in the brain from a whisper, a poke, a rub, or a scratch. Then, bam, he takes off on social media like a very loud rocket designed to annoy.
Today we have millions of videos of people trying to calm down by talking quietly, armed with everything they can get their hands on, including very expensive and sensitive microphones.
Companies sell beer, chocolate, paint, and home goods using ASMR. All silent and deafening commerce.
grey colour
Gray walls, gray floors and gray furniture. Is gray out of fashion? Here is hope.
This color has spent most of 2022 as a neutral. The problem was that we already felt gray inside.
Of course, gray exists straight from the color itself, but it has become an alternative to beige and Tuscan brown. Gray went through a mid-year slump, but no one paints or replaces a sofa as quickly as trends fade. We are blocked from home TV shows and social networks.
“What would be your reaction if I told you that color is disappearing from the world? Graphics suggesting gray has become the dominant color are circulating on TikTok and making people nervous,” Loni Abrams wrote in Architectural Digest in October.
That's why the disappointed people you mentioned support so strongly the idea that the absence of color "means tragedy."
Brooklyn-based artist and pop culture curator Abrams talks about Chip and Joanna Gaines' house in need of renovation and Kim Kardashian's Calabasas compound. He cites Tasha Bradley, a color psychologist who works for the British wallpaper and paint company Lick.
Abrams writes that Bradley calls the madness of life before the pandemic the villain that led to the Great Gray Bay. Bradley, director of interior design at Lake, sees no psychological benefit in gray.
Many true colors are soothing. Find one. And speaking of design trends, stop flipping through books. Instead, read one, perhaps a volume on color theory.
Personal life of Pete Davidson
Not the King of Staten Island himself. Look deep into your heart and decide for yourself if you love him or him.
We're talking about the sheer volume of air her personal life has been sucking up almost every hour, especially in 2022, also known as the Kim Kardashian era (which actually started in late 2021 for nerds).
Davidson's love list has been staggering for years, dating back to 2013's MTV Guy Code when he was still a teenager headlining the stage with Carly Aquilino.
Along the way, we made stops with Kazzi David (daughter of Larry Davidson), Ariana Grande, Kate Beckinsale (briefly), Kaia Gerber (even shorter) and others, including our newest model: Emily Ratajkowski.
The SNL alumnus and seemingly self-proclaimed "tough boy" is a magnet for paparazzi, social media, and gossip. More like the love of his life.
As Ratajkowski recently said in a TikTok video to a random soundtrack during the trip, “I’ll be with different guys. Even with some women. Well, they're all sexy, but in an interesting way."
So be it. Live your life, Beth. Will the rest of us be able to stop chasing every kiss that confirms a relationship?
Movie about madness
The film industry, to state the obvious, has been churning out expletives for decades, many of which make sense and are legal on camera.
However, there is one cinematic exclamation mark we can do without, or at least far less: puke this time around.
Sometimes a quick implied glance at the curb, covering your mouth with your hand, or turning your head is enough, thank you. Who wrote in Hollywood that moviegoers really want all the raw details. Equipment, color combinations and finishes.
Well, in some cases, the audience itself.
That adorable dress shop scene in 2011's Bridesmaids was a test of sorts, according to the Daily Beast. Will moviegoers accept all the vulgarity and female vomit in a marriage-themed film the way they accept brothers in other Judd Apatow comedies?
Apatow and director Paul Feig extensively tested Bridesmaids in public with good results.
Fast forward to celebrity 2022. There's the satirical "Triangle of Sorrow" that I can't live without, but there's also "Pitch," a more serious film that wouldn't have been inducted into the Hall of Fame overnight. Lydia Tarr Swamp. We wonder what's the point? That is, the apchak, as it were, on the side.
Cate Blanchett has much bigger problems, so let's get rid of the gratuitous spitting. Count people!
super high
Elon Musk wrote about this in an email to the rest of his employees:
“In the future, to create a revolutionary Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world, we must be very strict. This means long hours of high-intensity work. Only outstanding performance will mean certain success.”
Moss is moss, but it underscores the point: you have to keep moving, work harder, climb higher, and sweat longer. With a faltering economy, political chaos, harsh weather, and wars, it's no surprise that a blanket of unrest keeps the hustle and bustle alive.
It's as if all the talk about slow living and work-life balance doesn't make sense or, more accurately, can't exist for many.
"We force ourselves to make ends meet, 'build our brand' and make sure our startup doesn't fail, or dream of the day when our side business takes off and we can walk into the office and give everyone a birdie," — Benjamin. wrote. slide in the middle
It goes without saying, he said, that “most of us are in such a hurry because we literally have to survive.”
Start 2023 with all those long walks in the woods we've heard so much about.