'Dear 2020, You Put the F*cking Hell in Hello and the Good Riddance in Goodbye'

What a damned year.

By Anri Ichimura | Dec 31, 2020

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"Dear 2020,

"You’ve made us believe that, instead of being just an arbitrary time frame within which the most arbitrary of things just happened, you were something physical to hate, something concrete to leave behind or forget, and never return to.

"We’ll always remember you. You put the fucking hell in hello and the good riddance in goodbye."

To listen to the full essay by Esquire Philippines’ Editor-at-Large Sarge Lacuesta, tune in to episode four of Esquire’s podcast, Lonely Hearts, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, and wherever you get your podcasts.

2020 felt like the beginning of the end, but we’ve made it until the new year. As the world turns toward 2021, here’s a farewell letter to the year no one wants to remember.

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