The Most Insane Moments Of 2024

Dec 24, 2024 · 15:37

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The Most Insane Moments of 2024 – Summary

2024 was, as the title suggests, one of the most chaotic, surreal, and globally disruptive years in modern history. From natural disasters and political upheavals to technological breakthroughs, viral internet phenomena, and bizarre global events, the year defied logic and reality in equal measure.


Key Events That Made 2024 "Insane"

January: Earthquakes, Plane Crashes & Political Tensions

  • Japan suffered its deadliest earthquake since 2011.
  • Two planes collided, killing nearly 400 people.
  • Boeing’s infamous "door blow-off" incident on an Alaska Airlines flight sparked global outrage.
  • Riots erupted at a New York synagogue after secret tunnels were discovered beneath the building.
  • Texas faced a major standoff with the U.S. government at the border, with fears of a "Civil War 2024" spreading across Europe.

February: Internet Outbursts & Global Curiosities

  • The internet exploded with speculation over Stephen Hawking’s name appearing in early Jeffrey Epstein documents.
  • Apple Vision Pro launched—only to be discontinued shortly after.
  • The viral "Chocolate Strawberries" video by a TikTok user took over the internet, with the song becoming a cultural phenomenon.
  • President of Finland, Petteri Orpo, unfollowed the creator of the video—sparking a viral feud and internet drama.

March: Global Disasters & Tech Breakthroughs

  • A whistleblower found dead in a truck after being set to testify against Boeing.
  • The world’s first Neuralink human implant was performed—expected to be a landmark moment in medical tech.
  • The "Quiet on Set" documentary (Nickelodeon) revealed shocking behind-the-scenes misconduct in Hollywood.
  • Diddy’s mansions were first publicly rated.
  • The Baltimore Bridge collapsed after being struck by a ship.
  • Boeing’s reputation continued to crumble amid ongoing scandals.

April: Earthquakes, Floods & Record-Breaking Achievements

  • Taiwan faced its strongest earthquake in 25 years.
  • Dubai suffered its worst floods in 75 years, triggering global interest in cloud seeding.
  • A total solar eclipse captivated the world.
  • OJ Simpson died—a major cultural moment.
  • The TikTok ban bill passed both the House and Senate, and later by President Biden—still ongoing as of year-end.
  • Russ Cook completed the first person to run the entire length of Africa—385 marathons over 352 days—raising ÂŁ700,000 for charity.

May: Global Events & Cultural Shifts

  • The Sade Apocalypse (a viral event where New York opened a portal to Ireland) caused a brief internet frenzy—quickly shut down.
  • Iran’s president died in a helicopter crash.
  • UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a plan to reintroduce mandatory military service for under-18s—a controversial policy.
  • Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime—a historic political milestone.
  • North Korea launched trash balloons—a bizarre but widely publicized event that became the channel’s "anthem of 2024."
  • The "Ronaldo" meme (a viral comment on the internet) became the most liked comment ever on the platform.

June: Sports, Politics & Cultural Chaos

  • The Euros football tournament began—always a highlight of the year.
  • The "Hawk Tour" (a music tour by a major artist) became a cultural phenomenon, with fans going "crazy."
  • Boeing astronauts completed a one-week mission—still stuck in space as of year-end.
  • The Trump–Biden debate took place, ending with a confusing and poorly delivered statement from Trump—leaving many unsure of his final words.

July: Global Tensions & Personal Feuds

  • Chris Tyson left Mr. Beast over allegations of inappropriate behavior with a minor.
  • Tyson confronted President of Finland, Petteri Orpo, in Washington, publicly criticizing him for eating snacks from a South Korean seat—a major diplomatic faux pas.
  • Orpo later unfollowed Tyson on TikTok—sparking a viral feud.
  • The Paris Olympics drew attention for their cardboard beds, which were widely mocked as inadequate.

August: Health Emergencies & Viral Trends

  • The WHO declared monkeypox a global health emergency—though the crisis quickly faded.
  • Walmart began selling cardboard cutouts of the creator—without consent—sparking outrage.
  • Ronaldo launched a YouTube channel and became the fastest-growing channel ever.

September: Tech, Politics & Tragedy

  • Apple announced Apple Intelligence—a major AI update—expected to revolutionize tech.
  • Trump claimed that people in Springfield were "eating the dogs and cats" of residents—sparking a viral meme and copyright controversy.
  • "Thick Mudang" became a global sensation.
  • The second person to attempt to shoot Trump was arrested.
  • Diddy was arrested shortly after.
  • Israel bombed pagers in Lebanon—a major escalation.
  • Hurricane Helen hit Florida, causing significant flooding—though less damage than another storm later in the year.
  • The "Eerie Suicide Pod" was used for the first time—widely seen as a disturbing and controversial event.

October: Escalating Tensions & Global Crises

  • World War III trended after Iran launched a major attack on Israel—just days apart from another major incident.
  • Another major hurricane hit Florida, forcing mass evacuations.
  • Tesla unveiled the Cyber Cab—a fully autonomous, lounge-style vehicle—blurring the line between car and living space.
  • Young Philly was arrested.
  • The "News Daddy Empire" hit 1 billion TikTok likes—a massive cultural milestone.

November: Tragedy, Meme Culture & Social Movements

  • Liam Payne, a member of One Direction, died at age 31—shaking the music world.
  • Young Thug was freed from prison.
  • Peanut the squirrel was killed—sparking a viral meme.
  • The man walking barefoot across America reached New York—completing a symbolic journey.
  • Trump won the election on the same day as the barefoot man’s arrival—sparking the rise of the "4B Movement".
  • The 4B Movement calls for:
    • No marriage
    • No children
    • No dating
    • No sex with men
    • A 4-year period of complete social isolation from men—still ongoing as of 2024.

December: Global Collapse & Political Upheaval

  • A ceasefire was agreed between Lebanon and Israel—a major diplomatic win.
  • South Korea’s president declared martial law—a move that failed and led to his impeachment.
  • The Syrian government collapsed after over 50 years of rule—marking one of the most dramatic political shifts of the decade.

Why 2024 Was So Insane

  • A perfect storm of global events: natural disasters, political chaos, viral internet trends, and technological milestones.
  • The year saw unprecedented levels of social media influence, with internet culture shaping real-world events.
  • Events like the TikTok ban, Neuralink implant, North Korean trash balloons, and the 4B Movement became cultural touchstones.
  • The lack of clear narrative or resolution to many events—such as the Trump conviction, the 4B Movement, or the failed martial law—only deepened the sense of unpredictability.

Final Takeaway

2024 wasn’t just chaotic—it was unpredictable, surreal, and deeply human. From the death of a pop star to the collapse of a government, from a man running across America barefoot to a president eating snacks from another country’s seat—this year proved that reality is no longer a fixed line. It’s a constantly shifting, meme-driven, internet-fueled, and emotionally charged experience.

And as the video concludes, one thing is clear: 2024 will be remembered not for what happened—but for how wildly, absurdly, and unexpectedly it all unfolded.

Full Transcript

what a truly insane year we have somehow reached the end of we just lived through the biggest Global election year in history the largest coordinated social media Cyber attack in history the largest amount of strikes globally in history the most watched criminal trial you get you know what I was about to say in history I mean we somehow survived eating lunch and watching The Talk t a podcast need I say more and as has become tradition I looked through all of the news stories I covered in 2024 but this year I fell to my knees my jaw dropped and I said to myself I don't think anyone realizes how insane 2024 truly was wait Alex stop it it wouldn't be a 2024 Roundup without beginning with so let's get okay so I want you to start with the presumption 2024 wasn't that crazy yeah it was a pretty let me tell you this on the first day of the year January the 1st Japan was hit with the deadliest earthquake they've had since 2011 and then on the second day they had two planes collide with 400 almost 400 people on board killing five and then from one plane disaster to another Boeing's monstrosity of the year started just a couple of days later when that door blew off the Alaska Airlines flight oh jeez I forgot this one was this year but riots broke out at a New York synagogue after secret tunnels were found underneath the building I mean do you remember that that video of that guy climbing out the ground running into the New York city streets we had Texas versus the US government standoff at the border and remember people were talking about Civil War 2024 in countries all across Europe Farmers took to the streets in Union to protest their respective governments oh and how could we forget the internet saw Steven Hawking's name on the first batch of Jeffrey Epstein documents that were made public and that was all they [Music] needed and that was whole just in the first month two days into February and the Apple Vision Pros dropped and we all thought let's be honest they were about to change the world my God how wrong we were ah well they discontinued now tuo Carlson interviewed Putin stub the president of Finland followed us the chocolate strawberries video took over and don't worry I will spare you the song so it's not in your head for eternity but it goes something [Music] like also this month uh stub the president of Finland unfollowed us okay the next two stories completely unrel ated but we found the world's largest snake this year and then the Drake video leak dropped and became a meme oh and how could we forget this okay I think it's high time we talk about this whole situation this is what was advertised and this is what people turned up to actors had to ration giving three singular jelly beans to children and a/4 cup lemonade entertaining with Coy tunes and Sweet Treats now since all of this the character the unknown has become the internet's honestly most loved thing out of this whole situation in March Boeing's year really got crazy after a whistleblower who was supposed to be giving evidence in a lawsuit against the company was found dead in his truck the first bill to ban Tik Tok was passed by the house the world's first neuralink was implanted in a human this year that's that is we're going to look back on that in like 20 30 years and be like wo remember that year Hollywood was rocked by the bombshell documentary uh quiet on set the Nickelodeon one and then little do we know at the time how big this was going to be but March was the month where Diddy's Mansions were first rated oh and just to round out the month the Baltimore Bridge collapsed after it was hit by a ship that was this year too in April Taiwan was hit with the most powerful earthquake they've had in 25 years Dubai was hit with the worst floods they've had in 75 years and the in the world went crazy about cloud seeding we had that epic total solar eclipse OJ Simpson died the Tik Tok ban bill was passed again this time by the Senate massive Pro Palestinian protests spread in universities Across America and then the Tik Tok ban bill was passed again this time by Biden I mean the fact that this is still going on till this day is is actually insane oh and then we also got in April the world's first person to run the entire length of Africa well today he's actually bloody done it Russ Cook just hours ago he finished a 10,000m journey which works out at 385 marathons in 352 days and not only has this achievement put him in the history books but he is also at the time of recording raised almost ÂŁ700,000 for charity May kicked off with a once in 200-year event the Sade apocalypse New York opened their portal to Ireland and just it's such an amazing thing but there was quickly close Ed thanks to us ruined not me specifically I was there though actually we probably got the anthem of 2024 through the Drake and Kendrick beef blocking celebrities became a trend Iran's president died in a helicopter crash RI sunak said that if he won the UK election he would bring back National mandatory military service for under 18s he lost shock Donald Trump became the first ever US president to be convicted of of a crime we live through that Ronaldo stall our most liked comment on the internet oh and I've been waiting for this one in a story that we covered so passionately on this channel this was the month where the North Korea trash balloons officially kicked off and it gave us this Channel's anthem of 2024 Alex play that [ __ ] heart what a song also on that note got an announcement about North Korea coming not this video next video be ready in June Apple announced Apple intelligence which we all thought again was going to change the world so to see a little bit of a pattern here the Euros began in June which G was just it's just a w I love this and whenever there's a major football tournament it just that period of life it's just amazing always good times oh and you know what also started ruin the good times in the month of June the hawk tour trilogy one move in bit that makes a man go crazy every time oh you got to give him that HW too and spit on that thing you get me gosh how did how did that even happen the Boeing astronauts which are still stuck in space till this day departed on their one week Mission ah man what a year for Boeing oh and we also got the now Infamous Trump and Biden debate which ultimately kicked off his replacement with kamla the the the total initiative relative to what we can do with more border patrol and more Asylum officers president Trump I really don't know what he said at the end of that sentence I don't think he knows what he said either look we had the safest Border in the history of our country in July the world came within mere centimeters of a reality very different to the one we live in today honestly got to be top five craziest things to happen this year Chris Tyson left Mr Beast due to allegations of inappropriate behavior with a minor NATO invited me to Washington where I got my revenge on stub the president of Finland for calling him out in front of millions of people for eating South Korea's snacks he is Mr stub I don't know if you guys remember the history of uh me and the president of Finland uh Mr stub uh but he's now unfollowed me on Tik Tok but now we are on the same room so we've uh Gone full circle I bet you take your hand out your pocket and use that hand to refollow me again on Tik Tok oh sat down now is that your spot is that where Finland should be sat oh no he just ate from that country spots food as well that wasn't stub seat but stub really ate from someone else's seat and he sat there too that's that's South Korea oh man stub I'm sorry you unfollowed me I've got to do this to you this is millions of people going to see that you ate from South Korea's snacks is it an alpha move or is it just simply a no no that's what happens when you un follow the Paris Olympics began and all that people could talk about was the cardboard beds this athlet show they are definitely strong enough for like all sorts of oh hey wrong place to pause that Biden called zalinski President Putin oh and also this was the month where comma Harris announced she was running for president August kicked off with the announcement from the wh told that monkey pox is now a global Health Emergency kind of died down didn't it I haven't even heard about that IM khif became a global talking point the Bangladesh government was forcefully overthrown Walmart started randomly selling freaking cardboard cutouts of me without my knowledge should I put him here you could be in this video yeah why not Ronaldo started his YouTube channel and became the fastest growing Channel ever in September Apple dropped the iPhone 16 or was it 15 or was it 14 they're all the same Trump said they're reading the dogs they're eing the cats in Springfield they're eating the dogs the people that came in they're eating the cats they're eating they're eating the pets of the people that live there which Man created some Banger songs which we tried to play on here once and got immediately copy who makes a song about that and then copyrights it we wanted to have fun with it thick mudang became a global sensation the second person that tried to shoot Trump was arrested and then not like these have anything to do with each other but the next day Diddy was also arrested and then a few days after that we found out that bro owns more oil than Saudi Arabia Israel blew up all of those pagers in Lebanon remember that hurricane Helen hit which actually did less damage than something else that dropped in September the talk tour podcast our war with da mail started in September as well oh and also the Eerie suicide pod was used for the first time ever what happened September huh was that supposed to be a good thing or bad thing well whatever that was it was bad hopes for a better October were crushed when KSI dropped thick of it World War III started trending after Iran launched a major attack against Israel less than 2 weeks apart yet another major hurricane hit Florida and Millions more had to be evacuated again it flooded in the Sahara Desert Tesla pretty much recreated the movie iroot when they announced the Cyber Cab in the Roven you can think of the the car in autonomous world as being like just a little Lounge you're just sitting in a comfortable little lounge and you can do whatever you want while you're in this comfortable little lounge and when you get out you will be at your destination young Philly got arrested the news daddy Empire hit 1 billion likes on Tik Tok North Korean soldiers were deployed to Ukraine to help Russia fight scientists achieved the teleportation of smell for the first time ever and of course this happened news broke that Liam Payne member of one of the biggest boy bands in history had tragically passed away at only 31 years old in November we had Peak chill guy meme Young Thug was freed Peanut the squirrel was killed the man walking across the entire of America bare foot finally made it to New York I floated in zero gravity with the European Space Agency Trump won the election on the actually the same day as that and then that kicked off the 4B movement in which women carry out the four NOS women stop dating man stop having with men stop talking to men divorce your husbands leave your [ __ ] boyfriends leave them I guess actually also still carrying out because they said 4 Years anyway four years of no marriage no children no dating and no sex with any men and that should come to an end in that technically in 2028 status still going I Disappeared for a week and I still haven't told you why you will find out soon and a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel was agreed and then to round out 2024 in potentially one of the most chaotic months South Korea's president declared martial law which epically failed and caused him to get impeached the Syrian government fell after more than 50 years the French government collapsed the the German government collapsed Romania's elections were scrapped and restarted the US government was only hours away from shutdown seriously that this all happened this month oh and the name Luigi took on a whole new meaning oh God what a freaking year we have had together I'm exhausted and honestly I don't expect 2025 to be any different it literally starts off with WTF oh and one more thing I'm putting in for December because I know it will happen by the end of 2024 Dylan Page hit 500k subscribers on YouTube and he whipped every single one of them as a thank you for their sacrifice this one is for every single one of you thank you you little bastards sacrifice four whips woo W and that's a wrap guys we made it through 2024 I love you guys we have been through an absolute roller coaster I wish you a happy New Year and the best for 2025 I'll see you immediately when 2025 kicks off though so with that being said I'll see you soon and as always into 2025 I'll keep you guys 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Video Description

This YEEAARR on NEWSDADDY!!! Were looking back on the craziest moments of 2024! From epic wins to absolute chaos, this year was like living in a blockbuster movie. I mean, we’re talking about: • The world’s biggest election showdown ever (and some wild results). • A social media cyberattack that hit over 4 billion accounts (yes, BILLION). • The internet literally breaking over Steven Hawking’s name in the Jeffrey Epstein documents. • Farmers rioting across Europe while tunnels were found under a New York synagogue. • Ronaldo stealing the most-liked comment on the internet. • Oh, and a guy walking barefoot across America. And that’s just scratching the surface. This year gave us a cicada apocalypse, floods in the Sahara, robot cabs, zero-gravity adventures, and let’s not forget… the Chocolate Strawberries song that’s STILL stuck in my head. 🎵 (You’re welcome.) I’m breaking down every single moment that made 2024 insane—from Diddy’s mansion raids to Trump’s comeback, and even the disaster that was the Willy Wonka set. It’s the year that had everything: scandals, breakthroughs, memes, and WTF moments that left us all scratching our heads. ✨ So, grab a snack, settle in, and join me as I take you through the most unforgettable year yet. Trust me, by the end, you’ll be saying, “2024 was unreal.” 💬 Which story blew your mind the most? Comment below—let’s relive the madness together!