So 2021 is drawing to a close, and who’d think that this year would be almost as awful as last year, and to underline that fact is the official nominations for 2021 Jerk of the Year.
Normally the Jerk of the year is a bit of fun, but sadly Jerkdom seems to have become the norm as opposed to the stand out. More serious, less Kyrgios.
Anyways, this year we have recognised the biggest jerk of every month with the monthly award, and we have taken all winners, and next best performers in this exhaustive annual list.
Some of the 2021 Jerk of the Year nominations are probably who you expect, some are a little more obscure, but the overall theme is they all deserved it one way or another from their behaviour.
Determining the year’s biggest jerk is ultimately up to you, the reader of this website. So read the form guide, and vote now, and vote early and vote often. For as many of the candidates whose cut of jib you dislike.
The 2021 Jerk of the Year “winner” awaits your vote.
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2021 “HONOUR BOARD”
Monthly Jerk of the Month Winners
November
PAULINE HANSON
October
MICHAEL SLATER
September
ANTI EVERYTHING PROTESTORS
CRAIG KELLY
August
ANTI EVERYTHING PROTESTORS
July
HORSE PUNCHING PROTESTORS
June
BRISBANE 19YO LOCKDOWN COVID SPREADER
COVID RESTRICTION IGNOREES
CARDBOARD WAIVING TOUR DE FRANCE FAN
May –
MICHAEL SLATER
JARRYD HAYNE & FRIENDS
April –
SCOMO
HARRY & MEGHAN
INSTRAGRAM INFLUENCERS
March –
SCOMO
MAFS
February –
ANTI-VAXXERS
January –
DONALD TRUMP
MOANING TENNIS PLAYERS IN QUARANTINE
FORM GUIDE – 2021 Jerk of the Year
CORONAVIRUS – DELTA AND THE VARIANTS
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Much like Godfather III, Covid is awful and drawn out for no reason, and a lot of people end up dying.
But the scene where Michael Corleone thinks he’s out but is getting dragged back in perfectly sums up Covid at this stage,
Who’d think at this stage things would be almost worse not better.
And Covid is at the heart of a lot this year’s nominations, so it deserves top billing, and probably the overall win.
2021 Achievements – Worldwide misery
DONALD TRUMP
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The former US President front loaded his year of jerk, but in fairness that was enough to hold up for the whole of 2021.
Something to do with fake elections and a government building from memory.
2021 Achievements – January Jerk of the Month Winner
ANTI-EVERYTHING “FREEDOM” PROTESTERS
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Anti-Everything Protesters are gunning to knock Donald Trump off the perch for Jerk of the Year.
Which would be ironic given a lot of the people protesting probably don’t like Donald Trump, a multiple Jerk of the Year winner.
Maybe they do like him now. Who knows. More importantly, who cares.
Now they are not just content with protesting, they are being quite nasty to those who share a different opinion.
Creating gallows for politicians. Abusing retail and food industry staff. Posting personal details of politicians online. Slashing tyres. Threatening anyone with the audacity to do their job.
Like this. And this. And this. Or even abusing Ernie Dingo.
And more.
And comparing their plights of not being to go to the retails shops to abuse because of their choice of not being vaccinated to Apartheid, Nazi Germany etc. Which is the biggest insult of all.
But since governments have appeared to give up on enforcing anything with Covid, the Freddom protestors have got what they wanted. Freedom. And probably soon to be >20,000 cases per day in Australia.
2021 Achievements – February, August, September Jerk of the Month Winner
SCOTT MORRISON
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The smuggest performance of any person in 2021.
Spent most of the year getting up non-Liberal states for Covid all while washing his hands of any responsibility, then taking credit for any positive progress.
Sure, he is a politician, but Scomo has seemed particularly evil this season.
And that smirk. He could be announcing a new policy, telling everyone the Vaccine rollout is “not a race”, or even speaking about someone who has just passed away, and there’s the smirk. That punchable, arrogant smirk.
2021 Achievements – March, April Jerk of the Month Winner
MICHAEL SLATER
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Michael Slater has been a particular favourite of ours with Jerk of the Month/Year in the past and he returned in 2021 for more.
Slats first Jerk-work was his tantrum about quarantine and flights home after he chose to fly to India to call the IPL cricket.
Some would defend him saying it’s his job, but very few of them have probably heard his commentary, even less enjoyed. Working is an essential service, Slats’ commentary is not.
Then later in 2021 Slats is charged over domestic violence, then breaking a DVO. Cue the mental health card, which was taken as he passed go and collected $200.
The upside is he will unlikely return to any commentary of cricket we’ll watch. Maybe the Caribbean T20 awaits. If he can get flight clearance.
2021 Achievements – May, October Jerk of the Month Winner
MOANING TENNIS PLAYERS
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Quarantine was hard on the incoming Australian Open tennis players, but their moaning cuaght our readers eyes and ears, and they were joint winner of Jerk of the Month in January.
The same month Donald Trump won Jerk of the Month for his role in the January 6 riots.
Put that into perspective, our readers thought tennis players are as bad as Donald Trump at his worst.
Special mention for Novak Djokovic, who was the leading Tennis jerk in 2021, and seems keen on retaining the title in 2021.
2021 Achievements – January Jerk of the Month Winner
MAFS
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The lowest of the lowest form of TV.
This harem of human wannabees invade TV and a lot of websites for a month, and that is obviously enough for a monthly Jerk win in March.
2021 Achievements – March Jerk of the Month Winner
HARRY & MEGHAN
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Harry and Meh-gan featured way too much in 2021.
From TV specials to social media stunts, and other assorted crap, their screen and news time in 2021 far outweighed their contribution to society.
2021 Achievements – April of the Month Winner
JARRYD HAYNE & FRIENDS
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Jarryd Hayne went to jail in 2021 for sexual assault, completing his downward spiral from the NRL’s best player at one stage and NFL hopeful.
The performance of him and his friends as he was going down on social media and outside the courts was more than enough to earn the May Jerk of the Month award.
2021 Achievements – May Jerk of the Month Winner
COVID RULE IGNOREES
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Like the current status of contract tracing in most states, we can’t be bothered listing every single act of ignoring Covid rules here, but there were plenty throughout 2021.
Those who test positive and go to nightclubs.
Victorian engagement party who are caught on camera laughing about Covid, which then turns into a super-spreader event.
Etc.
2021 Achievements – June Jerk of the Month Winner
HORSE PUNCHING PROTESTORS
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If protesting everything isn’t enough, one twit was caught punching a police horse.
Enough said.
2021 Achievements – July Jerk of the Month Winner
CRAIG KELLY
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This MP left the Liberal party to be as crazy as he wanted to be, because the current requirement in federal politics in Australia of being a nutbag is to be from Queensland.
Part of the Anti-Everything crew, he was first nominated for his blanket coverage of ads and texts.
Then digging just a little deeper is his propaganda which is based on the usual amount of fact from someone who flicks through Facebook.
2021 Achievements – September Jerk of the Month Winner
PAULINE HANSON
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First it was Asians she hated to get elected.
Then it was anti Muslims to make a political comeback.
Now it is vaccines and Covid she’s trying to ride the wave of to secure her political career, and importantly money.
Seems she just hates what’s popular and really doesn’t stand for anything.
A hateful person, who claims she speaks for everyone, when really is the decreasing number of unvaccinated people.
2021 Achievements – November Jerk of the Month Winner
TYRONE MAY
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Celebrated his seven minutes or so in Penrith’s Grand Final win by spraying everyone.
Pointing back to the reaction of people since he narrowly avoided jail time in 2019 via Twitter on Grand Final night was seen as the poorest form by most normal people.
Sacked by Penrith is a key indicator of what the normal people thought of his behaviour.
But of course being a rugby league player there’s always a second chance, and he’s off to France next season.
2021 Achievements – October Jerk of the Month Achiever
NEWS CORP / AUSTRALIAN MEDIA
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All media in Australia deserves a nomination this season. Either being awful with the sensationalising of Covid, ir just plain awful.
But News Corp gets a special mention. They appear to have given uo being even slightly balanced, and has turned into a Fox News wannabe.
Another special mention to the Courier Mail, the only print newspaper in Brisbane. They spend most of their time bagging the Labor government, as instructed, in particular for closing borders.
So it was reasonably unsurprising when the Queensland Premier was caned by the local shit rag for letting Covid into state.
2021 Achievements – 2021 Jerk of the Month achiever
BUZZ ROTHFIELD
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There’s not a more unlikeable person in rugby league than Buzz Rothfield.
Every week during an NRL season he is moaning about something or other.
Makes you wonder why he has a job that is based on something he seems to hate.
2021 Achievements – Grumpiest Person in Rugby League
EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE – FOOTBALL
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So the richest football clubs tried to break away during 2021. For the bigger European based clubs it was way of covering their sky rocketing debts.
The six Premier League clubs went along for the ride. Initially.
But then the fans turned, and rightly so being kept away from supporting their teams for almost a year.
The English clubs reversed their decision quickest, but some clubs were much longer to end the charade.
2021 Achievements – April 2021 Jerk of the Month Achiever
INSTAGRAM INFLUENCERS
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Even before Covid the Instragram Influencer was a waste of oxygen, but even more so since.
Staring at their phone with that stupid trout pout, just to let you know that their life is better than yours. Most of it tone deaf in the time of Coronavirus.
Tell others to live their best life, while you are on a tropical holiday at other’s expense while escaping Covid and lockdown that everyone else has to suffer through at their expense.
2021 Achievements – April 2021 Monthly winner and many selfies and not much more.
FB
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A mysterious character who has secretly presided over misery in 2021.
2021 Achievements – 2021 Solid performer
