TIME releases their 'Person of the Year' shortlist and Twitter has opinions

TIME Magazine has released its shortlist for the 2022 Person of the Year.

The list seems a bit ‘ho hum’, to be honest.

.@TIME releases its 2022 Person of the Year shortlist pic.twitter.com/8rTCTIJUCY

— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) December 5, 2022

Let’s look at the choices, ranked by this editor’s opinion, because why not?

10. Janet Yellen: What? LOL.

9. MacKenzie Scott: Dumping Jeff Bezos and handing out money. Um. No.

8. Liz Cheney: LOL! Running a partisan witch hunt that nobody cares about to please liberals is not exactly impactful.

7. Gun Safety Advocates: This is just a virtue signal by TIME.

6. Xi Jinping: Yes, he’s influential, in a very bad way, but no more so in 2022 than before.

5. Protests in Iran: Too soon, but let’s hope.

4. Ron DeSantis: He has garnered much attention from the Left this year from Disney, the bill not titled ‘Don’t Say Gay’, Hurricane Ian, and giving illegal immigrants a Martha’s Vineyard vacation. This one actually makes some sense.

3. Elon Musk: The influence is undeniable. Leftists have spent months bleating about this man after he became Chief Twit. Clearly, a solid contender, although not likely since he was named TIME’s Person of the Year last year.

2. Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The top 3 are a tough call. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has captured the world’s attention since February. Zelenskyy is almost guaranteed to get the top spot. With that said …

1. The U.S. Supreme Court: The overturning of Roe v. Wade was easily the most consequential Supreme Court decision of this century, and one that will have long-lasting consequences and impacts to society and politics. Truly, a monumental moment in U.S. history.

BREAKING: Outrage grows as it’s exposed that Republican billionaire Elon Musk is being considered for Time magazine’s “2022 Person of the Year” despite his turning Twitter into a dangerous, racist cesspit. RT TO DEMAND THAT ELON NOT BE CHOSEN!

— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) December 5, 2022

LOLOLOL! Occupy Democrats may be the most elaborate leftist parody account on Twitter (at least, that’s what we’re going with).

Hey everyone, if you retweet Occupy Democrats enough, TIME Magazine will not elect Elon Musk!

Nobody and I mean NOBODY cares about @Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Get out of your liberal delusional bubble! Get real 🧐🤨🥴

— Baroness von M 🇺🇸 (@Brahmslover1278) December 5, 2022

This is mostly true. Although, we do get a good laugh out of it every year.

Adolf Hitler was Time’s 1938 Person of the Year. #NeverForget #NazisInFlorida https://t.co/kUh7ONNGGI

— Lesley Abravanel 🪩 (@lesleyabravanel) December 6, 2022

Imagine being a person whose irrational fantasies allow you to believe Ron DeSantis could be the next Hitler. That must suck. LOL.

You all know I am a DeSantis fan but this is a joke at this stage of his career. But still not as big of a joke as giving Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize.https://t.co/qtuKcpdX6x

— Mayor of DeSantisville (@dipak_rajhansa) December 5, 2022

Have to agree. He’s number 4 on our list above because the other choices are so weak.

Maybe later, Ron.

The fact that Liz Cheney is a finalist for the Time Person of the Year proves how meaningless their choices have become. She is a Zero! pic.twitter.com/9gUOvmtqiC

— Hell on Wheels 🇺🇸🦅 (@PattonDivision) December 5, 2022

This is one of our favorite Lincoln quotes. HAHA!

Time Magazine's 2022 'Person of the Year' should be Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

That, or give it to the Ukrainian people. 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/3KHYR6kTmA

— Molly Ploofkins ™ (Digital Town Square Crier) (@Mollyploofkins) November 28, 2022

This seems to be the consensus from much of Twitter. It’s hard to argue from the standpoint of impact to the world in 2022. ‘The Ukrainian People’ might have been a good choice.

DeSantis and Musk?? Seriously??? For what??

— Nanny McPhee (@NannyZazu) December 5, 2022

Replies like this were also common among left-leaning tweeters. It’s sort of hilarious when Janet Yellen and Liz Cheney are also on the list.

A person would have to have ignored the news cycle for most of 2022 to not understand how DeSantis and Musk might make the list.

Not DeSantis please. He was seen and heard on camera making fun of children wearing masks!!!

— Carol K (@CarolKulczyk) December 5, 2022

LOL!

Gretchen Whitmer deserves more credit than desantis. Florida is a red state. His win was all but guaranteed. Miami has a Republican mayor. Whitmer’s win was more impressive and the state legislature flipped to dem for the first time in almost 40 years. Also she pre-empted SCOTUS

— Val 🖤🤍💜 (@sleepysquid46) December 5, 2022

This lady wants Whitmer. Oh my.

That brings up a good point. Who is missing from this list?

How about the Babylon Bee? That’s why Elon Musk really bought Twitter.

Queen Elizabeth? That’s a way better entry than Liz Cheney.

Maybe Catturd™? Now we’re talking. LOL.