{"id":2305,"date":"2015-01-01T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2014-12-31T12:35:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T22:35:27","slug":"the-year-that-was-or-be-glad-youre-not-justin-bieber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2305","title":{"rendered":"The year that was &#8211; or be glad you&#8217;re not Justin Bieber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the things we all do is judge the year that&#8217;s ending based on how our friends and colleagues survived it.<\/p>\n<p>If they had a good things happen and we didn&#8217;t, \u00a0we mark the year past as crappy.<\/p>\n<p>You know that&#8217;s how it works.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m about to make you feel better.<\/p>\n<p>Compare your 2014 to Justin Bieber.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beiber-mugshot-sized01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2313\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beiber-mugshot-sized01-197x250.png\" alt=\"Beiber mugshot - sized01\" width=\"197\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beiber-mugshot-sized01-197x250.png 197w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beiber-mugshot-sized01-236x300.png 236w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beiber-mugshot-sized01.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a>Stay with me here.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s all good.<\/p>\n<p>And as we know, when The Bieber is mentioned, it&#8217;s rock solid.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014 he started off by throwing eggs his neighbor\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>Then the kid&#8217;s mansion was raided by police, who left with drugs and one of his buddy&#8217;s in cuffs.<\/p>\n<p>After that he was popped for DUI, when he was pulled over drag racing in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Bieber\u2019s private jet was searched by the feds after it touched down in New Jersey on the way to the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Reeking of pot.<br \/>\nThe pilot&#8217;s said they had to wear oxygen masks it was so thick.<\/p>\n<p>His entourage was arrested for stealing a photographer\u2019s camera in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>A week after his 20th birthday, a video tape leaked of him giving a deposition.<br \/>\nTurns out Bieber thought the whole thing was a plot to humiliate him and make him look like a jerk.<\/p>\n<p>He doesn&#8217;t need any help for that.<\/p>\n<p>He also blamed his stumble-filled sobriety test from January on a broken foot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/biebers-butt01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2322\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/biebers-butt01-133x250.png\" alt=\"biebers butt01\" width=\"133\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/biebers-butt01-133x250.png 133w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/biebers-butt01.png 158w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a>Bieber crashes someone else&#8217;s album release party to show him who\u2019s number one.<br \/>\nHe was thrown out.<\/p>\n<p>Then, he pissed off Chinese media after visiting a war shrine in Japan and acting like a jerk.<\/p>\n<p>LAPD opens an investigation into one of three claims he stole a fan\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n<p>Bieber pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor vandalism charge from January\u2019s egging incident and was forced to pay $80,900 in damages and is now on two years\u2019 probation.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of calming down he later gets in a shoving match with Orlando Bloom after making a rude comment about Bloom&#8217;s ex-wife.<\/p>\n<p>2014 brought him another plea deal.<br \/>\nBieber agrees to plead to two charges related to his drag racing arrest in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>The judge orders him to take an anger management course and make a $50,000 charitable donation.<\/p>\n<p>As we continue showing you how great 2014 was for you &#8211; the Bieberness and a bodyguard were sued for assault by a photographer, he was forced to pay $10K for abandoning his pet monkey in Germany, and his posse was investigated for trying to bribe border officials in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/justin-bieber-partying-sized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2316\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/justin-bieber-partying-sized-124x250.jpg\" alt=\"justin-bieber-partying-sized\" width=\"124\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/justin-bieber-partying-sized-124x250.jpg 124w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/justin-bieber-partying-sized-149x300.jpg 149w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/justin-bieber-partying-sized.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 124px) 100vw, 124px\" \/><\/a>He got himself arrested for crashing his ATV into a minivan in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Then, days later, after getting booed at a charity event, he stripped down to his underwear for no apparent reason.<\/p>\n<p>He finished that week by throwing a punch at a photographer in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>An Argentinian judge has demanded that Bieber return to the country to face questioning about an alleged attack on a photographer or face jail.<\/p>\n<p>He still hasn&#8217;t gone.<\/p>\n<p>Wrapping up 2014, he tried to get a woman\u2019s phone number.<br \/>\nShe told him he looked too much like Ellen DeGeneres.<\/p>\n<p>Ouch.<\/p>\n<p>So how was your year?<br \/>\nLooking pretty good, huh?<\/p>\n<p>Before you get too happy &#8211; 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