TL;DR: Hopefully 2026 will be a continuation of how 2025 ended.
Now for the long-winded version doubling as a PSA for puzzle lovers: So far it’s been uneventful, just a quiet evening at home, but before midnight was pretty sweet. I’ve been playing a riddle game that Netflix recently launched called “Best Guess Live” that streams via an app every weeknight at 8pm. They play 2 rounds with 2 different answers & give 5 cryptic clues each round, only the last of which most average people have a decent chance of interpreting (usually including me, unfortunately), where you have to guess the correct predetermined “item,” which could be literally anything: Goodyear blimp, Will Ferrell, bowling, Buzz Lightyear, speed bump, Barbie, just random stuff. The usual prizes are $5000 for the first round & $10,000 for the second, but in honor of the ”Stranger Things" NYE finale, it was $11,111 & $111,111, respectively.
The person who guesses the correct answer on the earliest clue (within 20 seconds with no typos, so no time to think or consult ChatGPT), wins the whole amount, or splits it evenly with all correct guessers. I guessed the second round’s answer on the first clue, so it was pretty exciting for a minute there; unfortunately, 1342 other players did the same, but we still ended up with $82.73 each. Not bad for a few mins of “work,” consisting of watching an amusing host bantering between clues & typing as quickly & accurately as humanly possible. And, the more you play, the more you learn how these weirdos think. It’s surprisingly fun for such a maddening game!
Wrong time zone, hasn’t happened yet
Give it an hour and I might let you know.
I’ve still got two episodes of Twilight Zone before it’s midnight.
@zhicks1987 Yeah, it’s fine.
Sounds like a real blast outside the office windows. I should have opened the blinds.
Still dumping snow, I’m afraid I’m gonna have to break out the shovel in the morning.
One minute in and it’s going great!
Happy 2026!
/giphy Happy New Year!
@Lynnerizer same back at ya!
@Lynnerizer
It’s a New Near and I already had one major accomplishmehnt
@heartny
Wow that’s a LOT of clicks! 10000
Congratulations!
@heartny Woohoo! That’s really pretty!
Congratulations! 
@Lynnerizer @Kyeh Thank you!
@heartny, that should earn you like a $100 gift certificate lol
@heartny How did you amass 27+ years’ worth of clicks in less than 12 years, pray tell?
@heartny @werehatrack Probably clicked EVERY ITEM in the mehrathons.
@heartny
@heartny @MrGoodGuy @werehatrack
/giphy serious dedication
@werehatrack Many sleepless nights during Mehrathons clicking as many products as I could.
It (unusually) sounds like a war zone out there. Guess we have some new neighbors
@llangley I wish it had been mine that moved away, but no such luck – they’re still here! <sigh>
I answered from the future, but it’s going fine
Still an hour away.
So far ok, but the dang
woke Charlie up. Sigh
MY Cat say it is ok, as long as I keep him fed, & all the tummy rub & tail strokes he wants
The first half hour has been fine, but give it time.
(The first half hour of 2025 was pretty innocuous also, but then…)
Productive… spent the evening working on a sewing project i had been procrastinating.
Just excellent The cats and I are resting quietly listening to the myriad of automatic gunfire exploding across the metropolis.
Meh
I think a bunch of people I love are doing to die this year.
@Salanth Wow, i hope you’re wrong. Is this just a dark premonition, or are there plans involved?
Ask me again in six months.
TL;DR: Hopefully 2026 will be a continuation of how 2025 ended.
Now for the long-winded version doubling as a PSA for puzzle lovers: So far it’s been uneventful, just a quiet evening at home, but before midnight was pretty sweet. I’ve been playing a riddle game that Netflix recently launched called “Best Guess Live” that streams via an app every weeknight at 8pm. They play 2 rounds with 2 different answers & give 5 cryptic clues each round, only the last of which most average people have a decent chance of interpreting (usually including me, unfortunately), where you have to guess the correct predetermined “item,” which could be literally anything: Goodyear blimp, Will Ferrell, bowling, Buzz Lightyear, speed bump, Barbie, just random stuff. The usual prizes are $5000 for the first round & $10,000 for the second, but in honor of the ”Stranger Things" NYE finale, it was $11,111 & $111,111, respectively.
The person who guesses the correct answer on the earliest clue (within 20 seconds with no typos, so no time to think or consult ChatGPT), wins the whole amount, or splits it evenly with all correct guessers. I guessed the second round’s answer on the first clue, so it was pretty exciting for a minute there; unfortunately, 1342 other players did the same, but we still ended up with $82.73 each. Not bad for a few mins of “work,” consisting of watching an amusing host bantering between clues & typing as quickly & accurately as humanly possible. And, the more you play, the more you learn how these weirdos think. It’s surprisingly fun for such a maddening game!
@ircon96 Wow! Congratulations! That IS a good way to start the year. I hope it’s an omen of things to come!
@ircon96 @Kyeh I guess… Good for you while we watch society fall?
my dad played quiz games on his phone for fun. You know. What they were meant for.
Prediction markets are just gambling which should have never been allowed in the first place