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the darkest timeline

1. (Internet slang, humorous) The circumstances of the present moment in history, viewed as bleak, frightening, ridiculous, or the worst of all possibilities.

   Synonyms: worst timeline, the bad place

   • 2016 November 17, Mandy Marciniak, “President Trump? Really?”, in The Frontenac Gazette, Frontenac, ON, page 11:

     I still can't believe that there is a President Trump and this really does feel like the darkest timeline, but there is nothing that can be done.

   • 2019 February 19, Jordan Levy, “Parodying people for profit: When brands act like one of us”, in The Daily Targum, Rutgers University, page 8:

     You know we're in the darkest timeline when there are multimillion-dollar corporations roleplaying as people working through a depressive episode.

   • 2019, Jessica Bryce Young, in "Selections", Orlando Weekly, 13 March 2019 - 19 March 2019, page 43:

     Living as we all do now in The Darkest Timeline™, it's tough to come up with a plot that exceeds the implausibility and dystopia of reality.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:darkest timeline.