Forgotten highlights of 2024 (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago by AnExcellentSteelHorse@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Everything moves so fast nowadays that its easy to forget some of the funny events from the year. I posted the financial columnist getting scammed article recently, that happened in February, seems like a million years ago! Even the Trump assassination attempt barely stuck in my mind. Please share your faves!

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[-] Blockocheese@hexbear.net 46 points 11 months ago

That windows update issue that bricked a bunch of computers

[-] Aradina@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago

CrowdStrike? I don't think that was Microsofts fault

[-] optissima@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

It was via negligence

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 39 points 11 months ago

Trump almost getting got TWICE has to take the cake. I always knew Harris was going to lose but I didn't see someone trying to kill Trump. I always thought it was going to be Biden and some chud boomer shooting at him.

[-] axont@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

There was a third assassination attempt, right? But I think it got caught by the feds first. Something about explosives?

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

Oh shit I forgot about that!

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Wait really?

[-] axont@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

I looked into it a little more. The feds accused a 51 year old Afghan national named Farhad Shakeri of being hired by Iran to kill Trump, but arrested him before anything happened. The accusation says that Shakeri was part of a wide network of Iranian hired spies and assassins. Iran denies all of it.

Now that I read into it more it sounds more like nonsense that someone in the FBI or state department cooked up to saber rattle against Iran

[-] AnExcellentSteelHorse@hexbear.net 39 points 11 months ago

IMO the funniest forgotten event of 2024 is when Kamala Harris ran for president and lost.

[-] moonlake@hexbear.net 38 points 11 months ago

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

Oh fuck I forgot about our Brake Queen!

[-] gingerbrat@hexbear.net 37 points 11 months ago

Think my favorite moment was when the US withdrew one of their aircraft carriers once they realized the Houthis could hit it (don't remember all the details, but I thought it was extremely funny).

[-] plinky@hexbear.net 32 points 11 months ago

George clooney "sinking" biden ship via op-ed. Macron snap electing himself out of majority. corbyn getting elected. olympic shooter memes.

[-] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 25 points 11 months ago

[-] Scarry@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

puzzled

[-] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Guy on the right is one of the israeli hostage parents, AOC was oscillating back and forth between "rhetorically supporting" Palestinians and then doing stuff like this.