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Tommy_Carcetti

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11. Not really.

Reply to Initech (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 10, 2020, 12:40 PM

Dec 2020

The title has always been a misnomer.

And while an unsavory figure is rare, it wasn't as though Hitler was the only one.

Stalin won it twice. Khrushchev and Ayatollah Khomeini also won it.

In 2001 by all accounts it should have been Osama Bin Laden; instead, they gave it to Rudy Giuliani, who time has shown to be hardly a much more palatable option.

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Seriously, Time??? Freaking seriously???? [View all] Initech Dec 2020 OP

I understood the picture had already leaked. It is Health Care workers. True Blue American Dec 2020 #1

They were the readers' pick Nevilledog Dec 2020 #7

The "picture that leaked"... regnaD kciN Dec 2020 #27

Man/Person of the Year is given to the person who had the greatest impact.... brooklynite Dec 2020 #2

Yeah I think they want to forget that he was ever MOTY. Initech Dec 2020 #4

Not really. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2020 #11

I vote for Trump, worst person of the Universe! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2020 #3

Maybe he could win the Biggest Douche In The Universe award! Initech Dec 2020 #6

He'd be joining the likes of Hitler and Stalin, both previous persons of the year unblock Dec 2020 #5

Maybe they don't want their offices bombed for not considering him. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2020 #8

We go through this every year. robbob Dec 2020 #9

You know he would! Initech Dec 2020 #15

As Stewie would say (re: tRump filing to overturn the election robbob Dec 2020 #17

whoever is nominated bdamomma Dec 2020 #10

That pandering (to *trump) gives me hives. Sugar Smack Dec 2020 #12

I vote handmade34 Dec 2020 #13

Yes the frontline workers absolutely deserve it! Initech Dec 2020 #16

He sucks, but he's certainly impacted the year. Codeine Dec 2020 #14

They are just appeasing the manbaby. GoCubsGo Dec 2020 #18

The award goes to an influential person, not necessarily a good one. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2020 #19

Yeah JustAnotherGen Dec 2020 #20

If TIME picks Trumpass as rusty fender Dec 2020 #21

Should be frontline / healthcare workers. tinrobot Dec 2020 #22

Should be frontline workers. maveric Dec 2020 #23

Hey, they had Hitler and Bin Laden on the cover also. Qualification is to be an influence... haele Dec 2020 #24

his fucking name is not bdtrppr6 Dec 2020 #25

Time just named Korean boy band, BTS, as the entertainer of the year mtnsnake Dec 2020 #26