best of 2015

We’re not letting 2015 get away without reminding you of it one last time, all (okay, most) of its flaws and perfections, in four pages

ROAD TRIP MOVIE OF THE YEAR

BEST 2015 PREDICTION THAT CAME TRUE

Mad Max

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ignites the hardcore road warrior in each of us with mobile heavy metal concert from hell. It’s like the Burning Man concert on wheels, with enough gasoline to last you a good year wasted in one chase. Things we need in real life: Flamethrower guitars and cars we would love to drive through EDSA traffic.

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Mad Max Nike made good by the movie and managed to pull it off with only a couple of months left in the year. While some of us can tie our shoelaces just fine, we’re really happier about the prospect of Mags being more commonplace by next year. hel was

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uple MAKING GRANDPA DANCING A THING

BEST COFFEE ORDER

Drake “Trenta, no foam, five shot, half-caff, no foam, pumpkin spice latte, with no foam at 210-degrees.” —Chanel, Scream Queens To be honest, Drake is better than all of us by simply having the balls to pull that off without a shred of irony. Thanks for all the memes, Aubrey. (We still can’t get your song unstuck from our heads.) SADDEST CINEMATICNEMATIC REMINDER THAT THINGS HAVE VE BEEN THE SAME FOR A HUNDRED YEARS SCARIEST THING WE NEVER EXPECTED FROM 2015 BEST EXCUSEEX TO STAY OUTOU LATE SPORTS BAE OF THE YEAR The INCIN rally at EDSAED

Steph Curry

Escalators BANDWAGON TEAM OF THE YEAR

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INSTAGRAM OF THE YEAR

@socalitybarbie Bacon is a carcinogen What’s better than having a well-curated, feed-envy inducing, self-aware Instagram grid? Barbie having a well-curated, feed-envy inducing, self-aware Instagram grid. Flatlays on hardwood floors, the photogenic landscape offerings of Portland for a backdrop, single origin-coffee foam art with a Barbie-sized copy of Kinfolk, a ruggedly handsome boyfriend who probably waxes his beard—admit it: she has more instagame than you. Life in plastic, it’s fantastic! Port Barb insta Experts claim that eating bacon may just be as bad for your health as cigarettes. Not that science and the WHO will ever be able to stop people from eating bacon. Even if all the pigs in the world disappeared, humans will find a way to recreate the taste of bacon with vegetables. Plant-based eggs have been invented, anyway. Why not complete the whole package? h nd p f ed, e s. nthe

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“EUREKA!” MOMEMNT OF THE YEAR NASA finds water on Mars There were many leaps for humankind and science this year but this one takes the cake. After the discovery of the exoplanet Kepler-452b, we freaking find flowing water on Mars. That is mindblowing. There is a Google Doodle celebrating this event and it got everyone thinking the same thing. Is there anyone out there? Aliens, where y’all be hiding? e M celeb thing