The voting has concluded, and the people have spoken, and the year’s most unpolishable turd – The Evil Overlord – has won The Gurgler’s 2023 Jerk of the Year.
2023 was an awful year for Jerks, and although 2024 looks worse, it looks as if we won’t see the Evil Overlord much in 2024, so there’s a silver lining.
Of course, the Evil Overlord probably has a real name, but we think the person is such a jerk that it is safer for them remain un-named. But they did ruin 2023 for our readers unlike any other, so the Jerk gong for 2023 is fully justified.
The Evil Overlord has beaten a quality field of Jerks, some have more in the tank coming for 2024, and others appear to be a petty grievance on our behalf to get a nomination in the first place.
Either way, you can be sure that the 2024 Jerk of the Year will return, and will return another field of people and things who make the world a worse place to live in.
RESULTS – The Gurgler’s 2023 Jerk of the Year
And here is the official final result from voting featuring the 2023 Jerk of the Year.
[democracy id=”27″]
The Gurgler’s Jerk of the Year “Honour” Roll
Here is the back catalogue of Gurgler Jerk of the Year “winners”
2022 – Donald Trump
2021 – Scott Morrison
2020 – Donald Trump
2019 – Israel Folau
2018 – David Warner and Donald Trump
2017 – Jarryd Hayne, Donald Trump, Bernard Tomic
2016 – Channel 9 Cricket Commentary
FORM GUIDE – The Gurgler’s 2023 Jerk of the Year Nominations
Can’t remember why this group of people were nominated? Want to know why this group of special people were up for the 2023 Jerk of the Year? Here is the form guide.
EVIL OVERLORD
An evil overlord who has presided over the downfall of the great state of Utopia and ruled with a snarl and scant respect for his subjects from afar, rarely visiting the land he rules over. Respected only by the Rung tribe in the highlands through necessity and fear, his disregard for the common people of Utopia through complete arrogance has led to a ground swell of dislike for the pseudo-dictator. Thankfully for the people of Utopia he will step aside as the constitution of Utopia demands but will no doubt spruik his supposed great deeds during his time to go and ruin another empire. Meanwhile, the loyal subjects of Utopia remain with low morale and need to pick up the pieces of his disastrous rule.
DONALD TRUMP
Another year of bullying, lies and bullsh!t. And it’s not an election year yet. So it could get worse, and probably will.
SKY NEWS
Peddlers of hate across Australia masquerading as a 24 Hour News Hour.. Have copied the formula from Fox News in the USA, which is never a good thing. Essentially a 24 Hour advertorial channel for conservative politics. Brainwashed the regional places in Australia with their free offering.
FREE-TO-AIR TV NEWS
We shouldn’t just pick on Sky News, all TV news is awful. The shift from reporting news to pushing agendas is almost complete to the stage where TV news will become as irrelevant as newspapers in Australia. The lowest common denominator bar has been set low and Free-To-Air News is tunnelling under it. The coverage of the Australian Voice referendum was the final straw.
MICROSOFT EXCEL
For the automatic adding of Quarter to every date-based pivot table.
SPORTS VIDEO REFEREEING TECHNOLOGY
A good example of no matter how much technology you have, if you are useless, then you are still useless. The NRL’s Bunker is guaranteed to ruin one rugby league game every couple of weeks, The Bunker is a constant source of annoyance and frustration for all rugby league. Over to football and VAR is another sporting killjoy that turns millimetres into misery. Worse still, VAR has taken away the joy of when a goal is scored fans are not as sure whether to cheer or not these days. And of course they don’t get it right all the time either – with Spurs v Liverpool in mind. Then onto Formula 1 and the stewards taking laps off drivers for going too far across a line, often minutes after it happens, or penalties are applied after race has finished. No matter the sport, video refereeing doesn’t make the sport better.
TWITTER / X
Turned from a semi-useful way of following information into a cesspit of hate. A change of name and owner has hastened the decline.
POLITICS
Politics in just about every country has got so bad with the constant one side or the other mentality meaning normal debate and views of the quiet people are rarely heard.
MYNAS
The ultimate jerk birds. Sure Magpies swoop and cause temporary menace in the leafy surrounds of Australia, by the Myna bird is by far a bigger jerk in the bird world. They are the cane toad of the trees.
PEOPLE
No matter what you’re doing in life, you’ll come across people, and they can be such jerks. Be it just a little lack of courtesy when you do something thoughtful onto full ignorance and beyond, people will ensure they get in the way or annoy the good people of the world, especially the ones washing their cars on their lunch breaks.
