As far as Earth years go, most are considered to be of little consequence on account of how particularly mostly harmless this little pale dot is nestled in it's corner of the galaxy. However, this particular year is notable for it's peculiarly high degree of worthlessness.

That is to say, the year that the Humans arbitrarily call 2016 is of so little consequence that it has been described by some hitchhikers to be comparable in worth to Vogon poetry.

There are some who disagree of course, saying that Vogon poetry doesn't even begin to describe the years lack of worth, however most choose to ignore this claim on the basis that no one has yet been able to come up with anything worse to compare it to.