We are about to finally put 2021 to bed—and that was after surviving 2020!

It’s been a long, hard road these past few years. So it can be a bit triggering to think about what lies before us.

Can 2022 be the best? Can it make up for the past? Or are we in for the worst?

2022… thoughts?

Redditor july222020 wanted to hear about what everyone thinks the new year has in store.

So they asked:

“What’s Your One Prediction For 2022?”

it’s almost New Year’s so let’s get to some details.

Dwayne works so hard! 

“The Rock is going to make at least 2 more movies using the same clothes.” ~ Hydrated_Guy

“He is currently competing against himself for fan faves movies on different streaming products.”

“Red notice on Netflix and jungle cruise on whichever it’s playing on. Lol.”  ~ galaxyeyes47

“And he will be in the jungle.” ~ Mumblellama

All the Money is Gone

“Things will get more expensive.” ~ Embarrassed_Hotel655

“The rich will get richer, the poor will get poorer, and the middle class will continue to erode.”  ~ FSMFan_2pt0

“It’s not the rich, but the middle class and even the poor.”

“They are comfortable with our system believe it or not. The rich will just move to their vacation homes out of country anyways.”

“And who will be hurt? The middle and lower class.” ~ Alpha_pro2019

Long Live Her Majesty! 

“Queen Elizabeth WON’T die.” ~ toomanyparadoxes

“She is certainly looking very frail and unwell these days, having lost a lot of weight.”

“There was a recent photo of her doing a rare (these days) in person audience with a foreign official and you could see her clothes were too big and ill fitting.”

“My belief is that she is fundamentally unwell in some way, but private medical matters are not really for the public to be privy to.” ~ _spookyvision_

“She’s in her 90s, she’s allowed to finally have her age catch up to her.”

“As is the case with a lot of older people, she hasn’t been very busy in the last two years due to Covid which could have contributed to ageing very quickly.” ~ Isgortio

What’s in a Name?

“WHO will run out of greek alphabets and label one of the major COVID variant as ‘Omega variant.’”

“There will be doomsday conspiracists preaching it’s the end-time all over the world then.”

“And hopefully, after all that mess, countries across the globe officially declare pandemic is over.” ~ Redpo0l

“My money is on an overlapping pandemic like ebola, but we’ve created such a hostile environment to the protocols that stop it that it mutates and wipes out like 60% of humanity.”  ~ TheIowan

What Will Be Will Be…

“I’d like to put out into the void that I predict 2022 to be absolutely nothing that we expected.”

“I predict growth past barriers unimaginable, clarity, compromise and understanding. We could use a lot more of that now more than ever.” ~ superkooper3000

About to burst…

“The NFT bubble will burst.” ~ Pretend-Spread-1462

“It’s still not mainstream enough. When my aunt starts asking me about them or I see my FB friends talking about their NFT portfolio I’ll know it’s about to burst.”  ~ evil_con_carne

“Every new things that’s supposedly overhyped (or bubble) brings something good.”

“I wait for the day when every house is an NFT and you can buy sell houses on blockchain.”

“Time to get out of the clutches of closing players swindling buyers and sellers in the name of closing costs with line items no one can question.”  ~ dwightsrus

Goals, Goals, Goals…

“Losing weight, being happy and beating my mental illness.” ~ FxH69420

“Not sure I’ll ever beat mine entirely but this year I learned how to identify when things where spiralling and I started being honest about it, to myself and to other people.”

“I learned how to reach out and get support.”

“And, for me, being on top of it and being able to function better has made me content and contentedness (is that a word?!) is happiness.”

“I hope you find your version of happy.  :-)” ~ naturallyeyesblind

The Darkness Continues…

“New variant of Covid, more mandates, more jobless people, more suffering, more issues with governments, tax hikes, inflation, and death.” 

“And a new flavour of slush… got to keep it positive.”  ~ Empty-Refrigerator

“Babies will be born, some people will beat cancer and get a new lease on life.”

“Lots of fun movies, video games and sports will happen.”

“You really need to turn off the news and smell the fresh air and enjoy the beauty of the world once in a while.”  ~ HypnoToadBQ

Anything Can Happen

“I predict Aliens at this point.” ~ Overwhelmed-Insanity

“You just reminded me of the monoliths that were popping up all over in 2020, God so much happened that year, I’m pretty sure I forgot most of it.”

“Like every freaking month there was something new and terrifying.”  ~ miuaiga_infinite

Mother Nature Calls

“Probably lots of environmental disasters will surface.”  ~ ExtremeGagging

“Honestly, at the rate we’re going, I can bet you there will be a lot more hurricanes and that sort of the weather song the coastal areas.”

“While in the mainland, we will see more droughts/low rainfall and higher rates of forest fires.”  ~ MT128

It’s Going to Happen!

“I’m going to get my first speaking role in a movie. I’m going to get my first guest star role in a show.”

“I’m going to get work as a voice over artist. I’m going to sign with the agency I want.”

“I’m going to make a film and find a producer and financing. I’m going to be able to leave my job and have an income from my dreams.”  ~ NickyPathington

‘Next year should be better’

“That it will suck more than 2021.”

“The last few years I’ve said ‘Hopefully next year will be better …it can’t get much worse’. And each year has proven me wrong.”

“I’ve dealt with the death of parents, children’s mental health issues, partner issues, the loss of friends… and they’ve been the highlights.”

“And I live in a place that has been largely unaffected by Covid.”

“So I’ve decided that when I say ‘Next year should be better’ it gets worse. So now I’m going to say ‘Next year will be worse.’”

“At least I won’t be disappointed.”  ~ cheerupyoullthinkof1

Raise your glass and plaster on a smile.

2022 is upon us!

All we can do is hope for the best—but prepare for the worst.

It’s going to be what is.

Hopefully it will be better than the last. Have a laugh and a dance.

There’s a prediction that sounds like fun.

2022 for the life win!!