Posted on Dec 12, 2023

28 Things That Happened In 2023 That May Completely Distort Your Sense Of Time And Reality

It's wild that we've only been talking about George Santos for a year.

by Matt Stopera

BuzzFeed Staff

a woman with 2023 glasses and bunny ears with her arms outstretched in glee

Closeup of Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn at media event

Allison Williams walking next to someone cosplaying as M3GAN

A woman in the audience dressed like M3GAN

Kamala Harris's husband and Jill Biden kissing

5. Mattel revealed their new Barney in 2023...

Mattel announces the relaunch of the Barney franchise with an updated look of the dinosaur. pic.twitter.com/Yup6ilLHsl
— Pop Base (@PopBase) February 13, 2023

Mattel/ Twitter: @PopBase

...and everyone thought he got buccal fat removal.

Barney got the buccal fat removal surgery https://t.co/FLTn6rVVjx
— Asia (@AsiaTheMuse) February 13, 2023

Twitter: @AsiaTheMuse

The producer and directors of "Everything Everywhere All at Once" holding their Oscars

12. There was the meme of her licking her lips.

Adele serving memes again, I’m fucking crying 😂😂😂 what a way to wake up pic.twitter.com/ESBEd6eIVk
— Julia (@firetotherainx) February 13, 2023

Twitter: @firetotherainx

13. And the meme of her yawning with her mouth closed at the basketball game.

she's such a living meme lmao 😭 https://t.co/4remibUNpo
— magda (@thinkinboutdula) April 30, 2023

NBA/ Twitter: @thinkinboutdula

Closeup of George Santos sitting in Congress

17. At the beginning of 2023, we found out Shakira allegedly discovered her ex was cheating because someone was eating her strawberry jam.

Shakira inside the jam jar investigating how much was missing pic.twitter.com/fUGouZEgm2
— Tyler 🍋 (@fagfetchd) January 17, 2023

EPIC/ Twitter: @fagfetchd

19. Emily Ratajkowski made out with Harry Styles in 2023.

‘harry styles and emily ratajkowski spotted kissing in tokyo’ pic.twitter.com/sfGLseZiTN
— jas ੈ✩‧₊˚ (@jasmayxx) March 26, 2023

Nickelodeon/ Twitter: @jasmayxx

21. It feels like a bajillion years since we heard that lawyer grill her about being friends with Taylor Swift.

Gwyneth Paltrow gets interrogated about whether she’s friends with Taylor Swift during ski accident trial due to her countersuit being $1, the same amount as Taylor’s lawsuit in 2017.

pic.twitter.com/2T4UhmwbIx
— Pop Base (@PopBase) March 25, 2023

ET/ Twitter: @PopBase

Screenshot of Pedro Pascal's Starbucks order

Closeup of Cole Sprouse with a cigarette in his hand

25. Ariana DeBose's rap at the BAFTAs went viral in February.

BAFTA Awards producer Nick Bullen says Ariana DeBose and her team wrote the show's opening rap themselves, and that the backlash to the performance is "incredibly unfair." pic.twitter.com/TwtrJ58W0p
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) February 20, 2023

BAFTA/ Twitter: @PopCrave

27. M&M's finally said enough and retired their "woke" spokescandies earlier this year.

A message from M&M'S. pic.twitter.com/EMucEBTd9o
— M&M’S (@mmschocolate) January 23, 2023

Twitter: @mmschocolate

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28 Things That Happened In 2023 That May Completely Distort Your Sense Of Time And Reality

It's hard to believe that 2023 is almost over.

Because I feel like this year felt like seven seconds, let's look at things you might have already forgotten happened in 2023...

1. First off, it's kind of hard to believe how we only discovered that Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn broke up in April when it feels like they've been dunzo for years.

2. It seems like forever ago, but M3GAN came out in 2023.

That doll was everywhere in January.

And everyone was doing that dance.

3. The Chinese spy balloon drama happened in 2023.

4. Another weird thing this year that feels like a blur was Jill Biden kissing Kamala Harris's husband on the lips.

5. Mattel revealed their new Barney in 2023...

...and everyone thought he got buccal fat removal.

6. Jamie Lee Curtis won an Academy Award in 2023.

7. It seems like forever ago, but Everything Everywhere All at Once won everything at the Academy Awards as well.

8. I pretty much completely forgot that Harry Styles won Album of the Year at this year's Grammys.

9. Beyoncé also became the most Grammy-awarded musician ever that night.

10. But the real stars of the Grammys were Adele and Lizzo.

They were in basically every camera shot.

11. Actually, I forgot that Adele became a meme many times in 2023 for essentially doing nothing.

12. There was the meme of her licking her lips.

13. And the meme of her yawning with her mouth closed at the basketball game.

14. It seems like years ago, but 2023 was also the year Rihanna announced her pregnancy at the Super Bowl.

15. Kevin McCarthy was elected as Speaker of the House at the beginning of the year, which is funny because that didn't last long.

16. It's also wild to think that we've only been talking about George Santos since early 2023.

17. At the beginning of 2023, we found out Shakira allegedly discovered her ex was cheating because someone was eating her strawberry jam.

18. This reminds me that Doja Cat wore 30,000 crystals, triggering everyone's trypophobia.

19. Emily Ratajkowski made out with Harry Styles in 2023.

20. Gwyneth Paltrow won one whole dollar in her ski trial earlier this year.

21. It feels like a bajillion years since we heard that lawyer grill her about being friends with Taylor Swift.

22. People lost it over Pedro Pascal's volatile Starbucks order in 2023.

23. I feel like I've seen this pic of Cole Sprouse smoking on a podcast for years, but nope, it's from this year.

24. Those big red boots were a meme in 2023.

25. Ariana DeBose's rap at the BAFTAs went viral in February.

26. Tom Brady announced his retirement in January.

27. M&M's finally said enough and retired their "woke" spokescandies earlier this year.

28. And lastly, it's hard to believe that Ron DeSantis was actually the GOP frontrunner earlier this year.

28 Things That Happened In 2023 That May Completely Distort Your Sense Of Time And Reality

It's hard to believe that 2023 is *almost* over.

Because I feel like this year felt like seven seconds, let's look at things you might have already forgotten happened in 2023...

1. First off, it's kind of hard to believe how we only discovered that Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn broke up in April when it feels like they've been dunzo for years.

2. It seems like forever ago, but M3GAN came out in 2023.

That doll was everywhere in January.

And everyone was doing that dance.

3. The Chinese spy balloon drama happened in 2023.

4. Another weird thing this year that feels like a blur was Jill Biden kissing Kamala Harris's husband on the lips.

5. Mattel revealed their new Barney in 2023...

...and everyone thought he got buccal fat removal.

6. Jamie Lee Curtis won an Academy Award in 2023.

7. It seems like forever ago, but Everything Everywhere All at Once won everything at the Academy Awards as well.

8. I pretty much completely forgot that Harry Styles won Album of the Year at this year's Grammys.

9. Beyoncé also became the most Grammy-awarded musician ever that night.

10. But the real stars of the Grammys were Adele and Lizzo.

They were in basically every camera shot.

11. Actually, I forgot that Adele became a meme many times in 2023 for essentially doing nothing.

12. There was the meme of her licking her lips.

13. And the meme of her yawning with her mouth closed at the basketball game.

14. It seems like years ago, but 2023 was also the year Rihanna announced her pregnancy at the Super Bowl.

15. Kevin McCarthy was elected as Speaker of the House at the beginning of the year, which is funny because that didn't last long.

16. It's also wild to think that we've only been talking about George Santos since early 2023.

17. At the beginning of 2023, we found out Shakira allegedly discovered her ex was cheating because someone was eating her strawberry jam.

18. This reminds me that Doja Cat wore 30,000 crystals, triggering everyone's trypophobia.

19. Emily Ratajkowski made out with Harry Styles in 2023.

20. Gwyneth Paltrow won one whole dollar in her ski trial earlier this year.

21. It feels like a bajillion years since we heard that lawyer grill her about being friends with Taylor Swift.

22. People lost it over Pedro Pascal's volatile Starbucks order in 2023.

23. I feel like I've seen this pic of Cole Sprouse smoking on a podcast for years, but nope, it's from this year.

24. Those big red boots were a meme in 2023.

25. Ariana DeBose's rap at the BAFTAs went viral in February.

26. Tom Brady announced his retirement in January.

27. M&M's finally said enough and retired their "woke" spokescandies earlier this year.

28. And lastly, it's hard to believe that Ron DeSantis was actually the GOP frontrunner earlier this year.

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