10 Reasons New Year's Eve is the Most Overrated Holiday of the Year

All this for a champagne toast and a ball drop? FOH.

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The Brooklyn Nets notwithstanding, the most overrated facet of 2013 is right around the corner: New Year's Eve. This annual last call on the year that was is an over-hyped, played out, and absurdly expensive formality disguised as a good time. Even though it'll likely end in tears, a shattered iPhone screen, and a haymaker to the face, NYE invites millions of people every year to take a drunken stumble into January 1. Well Complex City Guide is here to take a dump on everyone's good time with 10 Reasons New Year's Eve is the Most Overrated Holiday of the Year.

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The last second scramble for tickets is enough to kill a man.

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The weather is horrible, and catching a cab is impossible.

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The patron to bartender ratio is typically 500 to one.

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You’re more likely to get slugged by a drunken partier than steal a kiss at midnight.

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It’s a costly celebration at a time when your finances are already under fire.

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The night’s expectations are unreasonably high.

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Getting irresponsibly wasted in a full suit just isn’t as fun, TBH.

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Doing NYE properly means beginning 2014 with a 48-hour hangover.

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Rallying for 2014 is hard when you’re crippled with the regret of December 31.

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And, it’s all for a 10-second countdown.

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