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I'm all for this but...shouldn't the person be like...a person?
by thebiglebrewski 9y ago
I'm all for this but...shouldn't the person be like...a person?
- Jtsummers 9y ago1950: The American Fighting Man 1956: Hungarian Freedom Fighters 1960: US Scientists 1966: The Generation Twenty-Five and Under 1968: Apollo 8 Astronauts 1969: The Middle Americans 1975: American Women 1982: The Computer 1988: The Endangered Earth 1993: The Peacemakers 2002: The Whistle Blowers 2003: The American Soldier 2005: The Good Samaritans 2006: You 2011: The Protester 2013: The Ebola Fighters 2017: The Silence Breakers Some of those were specific lists of people (US Scientists, American Women, Ebola Fighters, Peacemakers). There are also a few years where it went to 2 or 3 people but they weren't a named group.
- pvillano 9y agoI'm laughing at '82
- maxerickson 9y agoPetty solid selection of an important thing happening at the time.
- craftyguy 9y agoMaybe next year will be the 'dying influence of print media'
- Crespyl 9y agoBut a weird thing to give the label "Person". They could have selected one or more notable humans involved.
- Jtsummers 9y agoIt was apparently changed to "Machine of the Year" for that one. Endangered Earth, it was "Planet of the Year".
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- peter303 9y agoTrump probably won, but pissed off the selecrion committee last minute.
- adjkant 9y agoTrump logic does not apply to reality. He was already POTY last year. The selection is not always an honor either. Let's stop pretending this is a competition just because Trump thinks it is.
- dionidium 9y agoThis may surprise you, but this is just a dumb arbitrary thing one magazine picks every year in an effort to sell more advertising. It doesn't actually have any constraints.