28 Things That Happened In 2023 That May Completely Distort Your Sense Of Time And Reality

It's hard to believe that 2023 is *almost* over.

Because I feel like this year felt like seven seconds, let's look at things you might have already forgotten happened in 2023...

1.First off, it's kind of hard to believe how we only discovered that Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn broke up in April when it feels like they've been dunzo for years.

2.It seems like forever ago, but M3GAN came out in 2023.

That doll was everywhere in January.

And everyone was doing that dance.

3.The Chinese spy balloon drama happened in 2023.

4.Another weird thing this year that feels like a blur was Jill Biden kissing Kamala Harris's husband on the lips.

5. Mattel revealed their new Barney in 2023...

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...and everyone thought he got buccal fat removal.

Twitter: @AsiaTheMuse

6.Jamie Lee Curtis won an Academy Award in 2023.

7.It seems like forever ago, but Everything Everywhere All at Once won everything at the Academy Awards as well.

8.I pretty much completely forgot that Harry Styles won Album of the Year at this year's Grammys.

9.Beyoncé also became the most Grammy-awarded musician ever that night.

10.But the real stars of the Grammys were Adele and Lizzo.

They were in basically every camera shot.

11.Actually, I forgot that Adele became a meme many times in 2023 for essentially doing nothing.

12. There was the meme of her licking her lips.

Twitter: @firetotherainx

13. And the meme of her yawning with her mouth closed at the basketball game.

NBA/ Twitter: @thinkinboutdula

14.It seems like years ago, but 2023 was also the year Rihanna announced her pregnancy at the Super Bowl.

15.Kevin McCarthy was elected as Speaker of the House at the beginning of the year, which is funny because that didn't last long.

16.It's also wild to think that we've only been talking about George Santos since early 2023.

17. At the beginning of 2023, we found out Shakira allegedly discovered her ex was cheating because someone was eating her strawberry jam.

EPIC/ Twitter: @fagfetchd

18.This reminds me that Doja Cat wore 30,000 crystals, triggering everyone's trypophobia.

19. Emily Ratajkowski made out with Harry Styles in 2023.

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20.Gwyneth Paltrow won one whole dollar in her ski trial earlier this year.

21. It feels like a bajillion years since we heard that lawyer grill her about being friends with Taylor Swift.

ET/ Twitter: @PopBase

22.People lost it over Pedro Pascal's volatile Starbucks order in 2023.

23.I feel like I've seen this pic of Cole Sprouse smoking on a podcast for years, but nope, it's from this year.

24.Those big red boots were a meme in 2023.

25. Ariana DeBose's rap at the BAFTAs went viral in February.

BAFTA/ Twitter: @PopCrave

26.Tom Brady announced his retirement in January.

27. M&M's finally said enough and retired their "woke" spokescandies earlier this year.

Twitter: @mmschocolate

28.And lastly, it's hard to believe that Ron DeSantis was actually the GOP frontrunner earlier this year.