15 things future historians will find utterly baffling about 2017

Brendan O'Neill
Aug 9, 2017 · 1 min read

Healthy men getting castrated and calling themselves women

The idea the EU was liberal

Microaggressions

Plummy media feminists claiming to suffer from structural oppression

People tweeting

Fidget spinners

Those limp fists Corbynistas make

Piers Morgan’s TV career

Middle-class whites going round Africa saying “No, you need micro development” and not getting beaten up

Humanitarian war

Jack Whitehall making a living from comedy

No bins on the Tube

Singing “Don’t look back in anger” after 22 pop fans were blown to pieces

Price William Face-timing with Lady Gaga

Listicles

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