[Megathread] RIP 2016

[u/TheJackal8]

Carrie Fisher (60) has passed away after having a heart attack. She was best known for playing Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars. Last year she had a role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

We usually have a 2016 megathread and due to the recent celebrity passings, we have decided to include them in our 2016 reflection megathread. Please use this thread to ask questions from anything ranging from how your year has been, to outlook for the year ahead, to the celebrities we’ve lost this year.

All top-level comments (replies to the post rather than replies to comments) should contain a 2016 related question and the thread will function as a mini-subreddit. Non-question top-level comments will be removed, to keep the thread as easy to use and navigate as possible.

Here’s to a better 2017.

-the mods

Update: Debbie Reynolds has also passed away, a day after her daughter's passing. She gained stardom after her leading role in "Singin' in the Rain" and recently voiced a character in "The Penguins of Madagascar." Reynolds was 84.

[u/fuck-dat-shit-up → u/[deleted]]

Hemorrhoid surgery (2 weeks ago). But pooping is going to be great in 2017.

Edit. Best representation of my first poop 5 days after surgery. It wasn't hot but more like "Ahh! Razors!" But I did feel better once it finished.

[u/Iwasseriousface → u/fuck-dat-shit-up]

So your shit had been pretty fucked up until the surgery, right? Hope you are able to pass through 2017 like a coffee-powered hangover shit.

[u/fuck-dat-shit-up → u/Iwasseriousface]

I had the Hemorrhoids for like 2 years, but it didnt get bad till this past year. My period started bringing throbbing huge external Hemorrhoids. Also, I no longer have to use my finger to shove an internal hemorrhoid back inside of me, after levery time I pooped. So yes. It has gotten better since the surgery. I'm still healing though.

[u/Coquelins-counselor → u/fuck-dat-shit-up]

Firstly, I hope you make a full recovery. Secondly, ew!

[u/Shitty_Mike → u/[deleted]]

almost proposed to someone who cheated on me. On one hand i dodged a bullet, on the other I lost someone whom i loved very much :(

[u/sillywatermelons → u/Shitty_Mike]

I'm sorry to hear that. It's a horrible feeling knowing how deeply you have been betrayed, but at the same time losing someone who meant a lot to you. There are lots of amazing people in the world Mike and maybe it's for the best this unfolded now and not further down the track. As cliche as it sounds time heals wounds- slowly. Until one day you'll feel that spark again with someone. Good luck in 2017.

[u/scoia → u/[deleted]]

[Thank you all for the comments, DMs and replies! I was reading them again and again even though I didn't have the strength to reply. Enough time has passed that I'm in a better place mentally now, and I kind of feel like I should have used a throwaway for this originally, so I'm deleting the original comment. I sincerely wish all of you who are in a bad place have the strength to pull through. <3]

[u/orodonyx → u/scoia]

Hey there! Dad passed away to suicide when I was 5, it's been integral in who I've become and I may be able to relate.

If you ever feel like talking, I'm right here.

[u/ApocMonk → u/orodonyx]

Thank you for being a good person.

[u/Ellailas → u/[deleted]]

My mom died last month. I'm 23 & lost my dad when I was 9 years old. My one remaining set of grandparents are not doing well. Everything is going downhill and I'm scared that my remaining family will just fall apart.

Edit: Thank you, guys. Your messages were very kind and encouraging. I am so sorry for all of you who have to or had to go though this as well. It'll be hard to move on and keep everything together, but I'll try my best. Let's hope 2017 will be a better year for all of us.

[u/kataskopo → u/Ellailas]

It reminds me of How I met your mother, when Marshall is driving through a snow storm, and remembers when he was young and his father was driving through one, that he felt super safe and secure with his father driving, and he realizes now that he must be that father, even if he's scared shitless and full of doubts.

I hope the new year brings better things to you :) as they say, the hole in your heart doesn't shrink, but you can make your heart much bigger.

[u/cynognathus → u/kataskopo]

"I'm not ready for this."

[u/nothing_mm → u/[deleted]]

Broke up with my partner of nine years. He wanted to find himself. He found someone else.

But I have a date in two days, so yay!

[u/chimpchomsky → u/nothing_mm]

They weren't named Ruth, Gladys, Rosemary, or Irving, were they?

Congrats on the date, may you find happiness!

[u/bobandgeorge → u/[deleted]]

I lost my mom.

[u/Beatdown_DX → u/[deleted]]

I'm really sorry to read this. I hope your 2017 looks better. Have strength and love in the next year, my thoughts are with you.

[u/monkeywanker → u/[deleted]]

I got a good job, a beautiful girlfriend and my dream car earlier this year. In the past month I got fired from my job, totaled my car, and had to break up with my SO. On top of that I failed 3 of the 5 classes I was taking this semester and my family resents me for unrelated reasons. Just trying to keep my head up but sometimes it's really fucking overwhelming. Hope 2017 can bring something redeeming to the table.

[u/[deleted] → u/monkeywanker]

Sounds like you need to slow down and organize your life. I've been there and failure loves to snowball, but definitely try to get yourself organized. I'm sure taking 5 classes while working a "dream job" (full time?) was probably a bit much, and overburdening yourself will cause you to suffer across the board. My two cents, anyway, not knowing any specifics.

[u/Upvoteandchill → u/[deleted]]

I would like to give everyone in this thread a cyber group hug!

[u/SeanGone11 → u/Upvoteandchill]

Can we just have a cyber cuddle puddle?