Everything You Need to Know About 2018
New year, new me. Sound familiar?
But is this new you really all that new? 2018 ended a few short days ago, and you are probably still writing 18 on your essays and papers.
Even if you have adjusted to writing 19 on your essays and papers, perhaps you are still quoting memes from the past? School fashion trends that exploded last year? Big things that happened that you are still hearing about? Since we cannot run away from the fact that 2018 happened, we might as well embrace the highlights with open arms.
2018 was the year of many mentionable memes and terrible trends.
So let’s highlight the good ones, okay?
Let’s start with the top ten ranked movies of 2018, according to IMDb.com.
~Bird Box
Votes: 140,952
Stars out of 10: 6.7
Rating: R
About: A dangerous presence takes on your worst personal fears or losses and drives the public to suicide. Malorie and her two children try to navigate their surroundings to safety, blindfolded.
~Aquaman
Votes: 124,428
Stars out of 10: 7.5
Rating: PG-13
About: A lighthouse tennant’s son, Arthur Curry, finds out he is heir to the fallen kingdom of Atlantis and realizes he has to step in and save both the underwater and above ground world.
~Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Votes: 64,040.
Stars out of 10: 7.5
Rating: TV-MA
About: Set in 1984, Stefan Butler is a young video game programmer who dedicates his time to finishing his game, Bandersnatch, based on it’s book. In this movie, your decisions dictate how the movie ends.
~SpiderMan into the Spider Verse-
Votes: 74,238
Stars out of 10: 8.7
Rating: PG
About: One Spider-Man meets five other Spider-Men of their dimensions and has to work with them to stop a larger issue.
~Mary Poppins Returns
Votes: 26,485.
Stars out of 10: 7.2
Rating: PG
About: Many years later, Mary Poppins returns to help the Banks Family in a time of need.
~Bumblebee
Votes: 32,516
Stars out of 10: 7.3
Rating: PG-13
About: Nearly 18-year-old Charlie is on the search for a new car and stumbles upon a cute yellow car that turns out to be Bumblebee, a transforming car that is on the run in the year 1987.
~The Favourite
Votes: 21,992
Stars out of 10: 8.0
Rating: R
About: Set in 18th century England, Queen Anne rules with Lady Sarah. They attain a new servant named Abigail, whom Lady Sarah takes under her wing to show her their aristocratic ways.
~Avengers-infinity war
Votes: 565,381
Stars out of 10: 8.5
Rating: PG-13
About: The Avengers and others must band together in hopes of defeating Thanos before he single-handedly destroys the universe.
~Holmes and Watson
Votes: 6,731
Stars out of 10: 3.4
Rating: PG-13
About: A funny new take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and John Watson.
~The Mule
Votes: 9,494
Stars out of 10: 7.2
Rating: R
About: A 90-year-old veteran is caught smuggling $3 million worth of cocaine through Illinois for a drug cartel.
Maybe movies are not your thing, but perhaps fashion is. It is alright to be honest and admit that you have followed a few of these trends, it is only normal to want to fit in, just please realize the fashion ‘yeses’ versus the fashion ‘no-no’s.’ In case you are blind to the fashion ‘no-no’s,’ I have taken the liberty of labeling those ones.
~scrunchies —YES—
~sports wear—YES—
~saggy pants —NO-NO—
~holey jeans—YES—
~checkerboard vans—YES—
~oversized hoodies—YES—
~baseball caps—YES—
~fjallraven kanken backpacks—YES—
~yoga pants—YES—
Okay, maybe that was a tad passive-aggressive to you or maybe just aggressive-aggressive, but let me explain myself. No one wants to see what color of underwear you are wearing underneath your two-sizes too big sagging pants. The truth hurts. I’m not sorry.
Perhaps even the most fashionable of outfits are not your thing either. Or maybe they are. Even if not, do not fret, a lot of big things happened in the makeup world as well.
~James Charles’ Morphe palette dropped and sold out in less than ten minutes
~Colleen Ballinger aka Miranda Sings dropped two lipsticks
~All the Holiday palettes
~All of the DIY Halloween looks
~More brands have become animal-testing free and vegan
On a completely unrelated note, there were also definitely a few big things that happened in the tech world, and do NOT act like you have no idea what they are. There were way too many memes and discussions about one of them. And if you have them, you know who you are and you are part of the problem. (I’m kidding, I actually think they are pretty cool).
~iPhone X was announced, then discontinued, then the XS/XR/XS MAX were announced soon after
~AirPods
~Several Samsung Galaxy models were dropped
I’ll let you in on a little secret, I was talking about the AirPods. 🙂
Who doesn’t love a good laugh every once in while? Whether or not you get it from your friends, family, the explore-page of instagram, or YouTube, the important part is that you are able to laugh at someone else’s misfortunate picture paired with a few words and say, “me,” or, “same.” It helps to relate yourself to something funny when you are down. And Vines and memes allow you to do just that. Down below are seventeen memes that single-handedly defined your 2018. (Probably).
~”If you don’t love me at my worst, then you don’t deserve me at my best.”
~That whole Tide Pod Fiasco
~”Is this a pigeon”
~Marvel: ‘Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history.’
~”I don’t feel so good”
~Change My Mind
~Thank U, Next
~I Just Wanted To Take Another Look at You
~Surprised Pikachu
~Baby Cardi B
~Evil Patrick
~Moth Lamp
~”Let’s Get This Bread”
~Rapper’s Real Names
~Young Thug and Lil Durk at the Computer
~Gym Kardashian
~Miley Cyrus with AirPods & James Charles’ Morphe Palette meme
If you think that Vines weren’t still a thing in 2018, is your name Patrick Star? Because you have been living under a rock for the past 12 months. I think it’s safe to say that Vine compilations blew up in 2018 so much so that you would find even yourself quoting some of the best. Linked down below are a few clean Vine comps that can brighten up even the worst days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPcSV1U132I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xuNCDbC3VE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xchg0Kxszpo
Among other things, 2018 must have been the year to get married. Several celebrity couples tied the knot throughout last year and have not only the expensive rings, but the adorable candid shots to show for it. Here are a few.
~Harry & Megan’s Wedding-One of the most talked about weddings by far. (And it was televised!)
~Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra-This broke a lot of young girl’s hearts who used to watch Camp Rock and The Jonas Brothers religiously.
~Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber-Everyone practically lost their minds at this one. (i.e. Justin Bieber? Engaged? Like to be married?)
~Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth-We have been waiting ten years for this to happen. And it finally did. 🙂
~Mandy Moore and Taylor Goldsmith
~Matthew Louis and Angela Jones
~Tori Kelly and Andre Mullio
~Drew Scott and Linda Phan
~Amy Schumer and Chris Fischer
~John Stamos and Caitlin McHugh
Who doesn’t love a good scandal? Not all of the following glimpses into our favorite celebrities lives were bad, but some were just jaw-dropping.
~Cardi B had her baby girl, Kulture
~We lost Aretha Franklin, Stephen Hawking, Mac Miller, former President George Bush & Barbara Bush, Stephen Hillenburg(the creator of Spongebob), Stan Lee, XXXTenacion, Kate Spade, Verne Troyer, & Avicii and others
~George Clooney and Dwayne Johnson are the highest paid actors (Clooney-$239 million a year & Johnson-$124 million a year)
~Kylie Jenner’s secret pregnancy & birth to Stormi
~Arianda Grande and Pete Davidson’s engagement & breakup
~Justin Bieber & Hailey Baldwin’s engagement and marriage-I know I already mentioned this one but it is SO crazy!
~Fifth Harmony split up
~Selena Gomez–144 million insta followers plus
~Nike’s Colin Kaepernick commercial-Raised a LOT of controversy, but believe it or not, Nike’s sales went up by over 30%.
These were a few of the many, numerous highlights that occurred in our 2018. Now that it is over, all we can do is be glad that it happened and move on with our 2019.
