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LGBT Comedians Tweet Farewell to 2016, a.k.a. 'Utter Garbage'
A roundup of the funny, sad, and insightful send-offs to an emotional year.
January 03 2017 10:33 AM EST
January 03 2017 11:00 AM EST
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A roundup of the funny, sad, and insightful send-offs to an emotional year.
If you think 2016 was a pretty good year, you're probably lacking in empathy. This was the year that brought the deaths of countless celebrities (including LGBT icons), the election of Donald Trump, the Pulse shooting, and other tragedies.
The LGBT community was one that was particularly affected by all the terrible news this year, and as usual, queer comedians are using humor to cope with hardship. Here are the funniest tweets from LGBT people as they say goodbye to the worst year in recent memory.
Sometimes you gotta look for the silver linings.
\u201c2016 was a good year for me because I achieved a bunch of personal/professional goals and also the death of celebrities makes me cum.\u201d— Keith Carey (@Keith Carey) 1483131786
Game of Thrones killed off queer heroes this year, too.
\u201cAnyone else get the sense that George R.R. Martin wrote the screenplay for 2016?\u201d— George Takei (@George Takei) 1483017802
We all got screwed this year, and not in the good way.
\u201c2016, you were a lousy lay. I want my $20 back.\u201d— Pandora Boxx (@Pandora Boxx) 1482989454
I guess compared to the year itself my personal life is fire.
\u201c2016 normalized being "such a mess"\u201d— Matt LeGrande (@Matt LeGrande) 1482957529
2017 resolution: use the right words for things.
\u201c2016 is also the year we gave up on words having actual meaning. "alt right"... "fake news"... let's call it what it is: "Nazi""propaganda"\u201d— Amanda Deibert (@Amanda Deibert) 1482938315
Kevin O'Keeffe, no it isn't.
I hate to be that person, but....
\u201c2016, I want to speak to your manager.\u201d— \ud835\ude91\ud835\ude92\ud835\ude9c\ud835\ude99\ud835\ude8a\ud835\ude97\ud835\ude92\ud835\ude8c \ud835\ude99\ud835\ude92\ud835\udea1\ud835\ude92\ud835\ude8e \ud835\ude8d\ud835\ude9b\ud835\ude8e\ud835\ude8a\ud835\ude96 \ud835\ude90\ud835\ude92\ud835\ude9b\ud835\ude95 (@\ud835\ude91\ud835\ude92\ud835\ude9c\ud835\ude99\ud835\ude8a\ud835\ude97\ud835\ude92\ud835\ude8c \ud835\ude99\ud835\ude92\ud835\udea1\ud835\ude92\ud835\ude8e \ud835\ude8d\ud835\ude9b\ud835\ude8e\ud835\ude8a\ud835\ude96 \ud835\ude90\ud835\ude92\ud835\ude9b\ud835\ude95) 1482872382
It's like everything this year was just foreshadowing for this.
The role she was born for.
\u201cIf 2016 gets any more devastating, Holly Hunter will play it in a miniseries.\u201d— Louis Virtel (@Louis Virtel) 1482790758
Gotta invest in some better wig glue for the new year.
It's the little things...
We can't just Jordin Sparks our way out of this one.
\u201cWe need to stop pretending we get to start over next year. This isn't like when we voted for Taylor Hicks.\u201d— Louis Virtel (@Louis Virtel) 1483033363
Really this could describe either this year in animation or Trump's new cabinet.
\u201c\u201cSausage Party\u201d & \u201cTrolls\u201d are the most important films of the year.\u201d— RuPaul (@RuPaul) 1482930863
Any volunteers, men?
\u201cDamn we lost all the good gender-bending men this year. \n\nDudes: time to step up ur game. \n\nI need makeup, haircuts, thongs.\u201d— Cameron Esposito (@Cameron Esposito) 1482714435
The hope in this one almost overrides the powerful visuals.
Sing with me: empty chairs at empty taaaaables now my friends are deeeeaaad and goooooone.
Of course, some people recognized that this is probably just the beginning of the end.
\u201cWonder if we'll ever look back on 2016 and think, "ah, the good old days..."\u201d— Jane Lynch (@Jane Lynch) 1483139591
\u201cI totally understand 2017 will only be worse, but 2016 is utter garbage.\u201d— Amanda Deibert (@Amanda Deibert) 1482709122
Gotta keep it PC.
Maybe we can all go out exactly like President Trump.
\u201c2017 is the year I start living beyond my means. The world is ending so it's caviar soda and gold-plated, jewel-encrusted vibrators for me!\u201d— literally psyduck (@literally psyduck) 1482986107