Big Pop Culture Moments From 2018

1 Queer Eye Debuted on Netflix

That's right, the first season of the Queer Eye reboot dropped in February, and the second season dropped over the Summer. Doesn't it feel like we've known these fabulous men for way longer?!

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2 The Shape of Water Won Best Picture

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Even though it feels like The Shape of Water came out 50 years ago, it was actually just last year that it was sweeping audiences off their feet. And yeah, it nabbed its Oscars in March.

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3 The Winter Olympics Happened

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If you asked me today when the 2018 Winter Olympics happened I would have shaken like the very old Rose in Titanic and said, "It's been 84 years." But it hasn't been 84 years. It's been, like, eight months.

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4 Black Panther Dominated the Box Office

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Can you believe Black Panther didn't come out a solid five years ago? I know. I'm shaking.

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5 Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber Rekindled Their Romance

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They were canoodling in Jamaica in February. Now, he's married to Hailey Baldwin. My brain literally cannot compute.

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6 The Fifty Shades Franchise Concluded

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Fifty Shades Freed came out on Feb. 9. Strange, because Jamie Dornan's abs feel like a distant memory, or maybe a dream.

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7 Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Separated

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After nine years of marriage! Now it feels like they broke up nine years ago, wow.

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8 Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston Called It Quits

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Even though it took five seconds for everyone to wonder whether she'd get back with Brad Pitt, I could've sworn this breakup happened ages ago.

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9 Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff Split

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Yeah, they broke up this year on Jan. 8, not shortly after the series premiere of Girls in 2012.

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10 Kit Harington and Rose Leslie Got Married

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It wasn't all doom and gloom this year. Remember when Kit Harington and Rose Leslie got married? No? I don't either, but it definitely happened in June.

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11 Children Were Eating Tide Pods

OK, so, the Tide Pod Challenge is very 2018. I guess it's less of a "that happened this year" thing and more of a "that wasn't a weird dream you had after too much wine" thing.

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12 The "Finesse" Remix, Featuring Cardi B, Dropped

Frankly, I feel like this video isn't a '90s throwback, and it actually came out in the '90s.

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13 We Learned All About Big D*ck Energy

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I could have sworn "Big D*ck Energy" was a Shakespearean thing, but it turns out it didn't penetrate public consciousness until June of this year.

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14 Prince Louis Was Born

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No, Prince Louis did not just get his driver's license, which is totally what I thought happened this year. He actually arrived in April.

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15 A Quiet Place Was Totally a Movie That Came Out

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This was a huge moment in the year's box office, but for some reason, I feel like A Quiet Place has been a movie for a very long time. It hasn't!

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16 The World Was Divided by Yanny and Laurel

You bet your bottom dollar that happened in May.

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17 Wild Wild Country Premiered on Netflix

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It came out in March! Don't believe Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's lies.

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