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Should We All Just Stop Calling 2016 ‘The Worst’?

Sam Sanders, NPR

Posted on December 29, 2016 · Large portions of the Internet have declared 2016 one of the worst years ever. That's probably an inaccurate assessment, but it still says a lot about how we live online.

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