The creator ran out of ideas that make sense and is now just fucking shit up in the plot for his own sick amusement, much to the fans' shock and confusion as everything is on fire and nobody knows what to expect anymore.

…but enough about Homestuck: what do you think of life..?

I think it's pretty clear. Things won't just magically get better just because the year's number change, Suviving 2016 was the same as surviving 2017 and so on and so on.

I would say that I hope things get better. But at this I don't think "hope" alone does anything.