As with all recent years, 2021 was not a great year, far from it. But tbh it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
Some highlights, good and bad:
➡️ 2021 saw the release of several great video games including Little Nightmares II, Deltarune Chapter 2, Subnautica: Below Zero, It Takes Two, and Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach.
➡️ Disney & Pixar finally seemed to make a great comeback in 2021 with Encanto and Luca.
➡️ Among us references basically dominated 2021.
➡️ Covid restrictions began to loosen in some parts of the world.
➡️ 2021 saw the controversial birth of NFTs.
➡️ Zuckerberg's rebranding of FB into Meta and his dumb metaverse.
➡️ More covid variants appeared (delta and omicron).
➡️ As mentioned in another definition, social media is still more or less the same with cringey memes and tiktoks tailored to gen Z taste. Unfortunately not something that will go away soon. We will just have to ignore and move on.
➡️ And, well, the world... just continued being the world, with covid, violence, protests and natural disasters still happening like it has always been.
So overall, 2021 was a mixture of some bad stuff and also some good stuff, nothing surprising. But to me, the good and bad cancels out just enough to remember 2021 in a sliver of positive light. Just ever so slightly.
2021 was meh, but I'll take meh over bad anyday
As with all recent years, 2021 was not a great year, far from it actually. But honestly it was not as bad as I thought it would be.
➡️ 2021 saw the release of several great video games including Little Nightmares II, Deltarune Chapter 2, Subnautica: Below Zero, It Takes Two, and Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach.
➡️ Disney & Pixar finally seemed to make a great comeback in 2021 with Encanto and Luca.
➡️ Among us references basically dominated 2021. Annoying, yet low-key addicting.
➡️ Covid restrictions began to loosen in some parts of the world.
➡️ 2021 saw the controversial birth of NFTs.
➡️ Zuckerberg's rebranding of FB into Meta and his dumb metaverse.
➡️ More covid variants appeared (delta and omicron).
➡️ As mentioned in another definition, social media is still more or less the same with cringey memes and tiktoks tailored to gen Z taste. Unfortunately not something that will go away soon. We will just have to ignore and move on.
➡️ And, well, the world... just continued being the world, with covid, violence, protests and natural disasters still happening like it has always been.
So overall, 2021 was a mixture of some bad stuff and also some good stuff, personal circumstances included. But to me, the good and bad cancels out just enough to remember 2021 in a sliver of positive light. Just ever so slightly.
2021 was meh, but I'll take meh over bad anyday
1) One of the main antagonists of Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, who is a daycare attendant animatronic at Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex. It is the alter-ego of Sundrop when the lights are off. Has the creepiest voice ever.
2) A Chinese earphone brand known for its exceptional sound quality and its cute anime-themed packaging. Very popular within the audio enthusiast community.
1) *turns light off*
Sundrop: NOOO WHY'D U DO THAT??
Moondrop: BAD CHILDREN MUST BE PUNISHED
Gregory: monkaS
2) Me: Hey try these Moondrop earphones
Her: Nah bro I'm fi—
Me: *shoves earphones into her ears*
Her: wtf, how is this actually good
1) One of the main antagonists of Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, who is a daycare attendant animatronic at Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex. It is the alter-ego of Sundrop when the lights are off. Legit has the creepiest voice ever.
2) A very exquisite earphone brand based in China. Moondrop has gained recent popularity in the audiophile community for its budget and premium offerings. All Moondrop earphones have amazing true-to-life sound quality that you won't find anywhere in the mainstream market. It is also interesting to note that their earphones come inside an anime-themed packaging, which adds to the uniqueness.
1) *lights turn off*
Sundrop: NO! Why would you do that? Lights on, lights on! I warned you- I WARNED YOU!
Moondrop: BAD CHILDREN MUST BE PUNISHED
Gregory: monkaS
2) Greg: Hey I'm looking to buy some new wired earphones, what are some good options?
Fred: You should check out the ones from Moondrop. I recommend the Moondrop Aria as an affordable option. Or if you wanna go high-end, then get the Blessing 2 Dusk. They are great if you want a balanced neutral sound.
Greg: Cool thanks!
1) One of the main antagonists of Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, who is a daycare attendant animatronic at Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex. It is the alter-ego of Sundrop when the lights are off. Has the creepiest voice ever.
2) A Chinese earphone brand known for its exceptional sound quality and its cute anime-themed packaging.
Unlike most mainstream earphone brands, Moondrop has tuned its earphones to sound neutral, meaning there is no artificial emphasis on the bass and treble. This makes them sound much more natural, detailed and lifelike. Their budget models beats the living heck outta most cheap earphones at your local store. They also have premium models up to $1000, which is targeted more for diehard audiophiles.
1) *turns light off*
Moondrop: BAD CHILDREN MUST BE PUNISHED
Gregory: monkaS
2) Instead of buying a Skullcandy Ink'd ($15) from his local Walmart, Joe the well-informed consumer bought the Moondrop Spaceship ($20) from Aliexpress because it was objectively a better run for his money.
1) One of the main antagonists of Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, who is a daycare attendant animatronic at Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex. It is the alter-ego of Sundrop when the lights are off. Legit has the creepiest voice ever.
2) A very exquisite earphone brand based in China. Moondrop is quite popular in the Hi-Fi audio community for its budget and premium offerings such as the "Aria", "Starfield" and "Blessing 2". All of Moondrop's earphones have amazing sound quality that you won't find in the mainstream market. Also, all of their earphones comes inside an anime-themed packaging, which I find really unique.
1) Sundrop: No- NO! Why would you do that? Lights on, lights on! I-I warned you- I WARNED YOU!
Moondrop: BAD CHILDREN MUST BE PUNISHED
Gregory: monkaS
2) Gregory: Do you know of any good wired earphones? My budget is below $50.
Freddy: Yes, you should definitely check out the Moondrop SSP, they go for $40. But if you wanna go even cheaper then I'd recommend the Moondrop Quarks for $13. You can buy them on Amazon or Aliexpress.
Gregory: Cool thanks!
1) One of the main antagonists of Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, who is a daycare attendant animatronic at Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex. It is the alter-ego of Sundrop when the lights are off. Has the creepiest voice ever.
2) A Chinese earphone brand known for its exceptional sound quality and its cute anime-themed packaging. Very popular within the audio enthusiast community.
1) Gregory: *turns light off*
Sundrop: Nononono why did you do that???
Moondrop: BAD CHILDREN MUST BE PUNISHED...
Gregory: monkaS
2) Me: Hey listen to these Moondrop earphones!
Friend: Dang they sound real good