The year in review is the title of thread!
I think an existential threat is a little more serious and worthy of consideration. In other words it is more important.
I may be baked, but what is your excuse?

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If you wind up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest or some guy on TV telling you how to do your shit, then YOU DESERVE IT.
~ Frank Zappa ~

Liberty means responsibility, that is why most men dread it.
~George Bernard Shaw~