Vibecession Forever
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If you blame/attack Democrats more than Republicans, you are not on the left.
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Someday, everyone needs to reckon with the utterly blasé attitude with which the internet left invokes the slaughter in Gaza as a rhetorical cudgel to beat social media enemies with.
It cheapens the suffering, has no positive benefit at all, and turns a real war crime into a meme. It’s disgusting.
It cheapens the suffering, has no positive benefit at all, and turns a real war crime into a meme. It’s disgusting.
This is actually the same thing as crypto/NFTs (but not in the way people think). People associate those with the flashy scams, but the underlying tech fundamentally changed plenty of financial IT.
People associate AI with ChatGPT, but the actual useful stuff that matters isn’t really the chatbot.
People associate AI with ChatGPT, but the actual useful stuff that matters isn’t really the chatbot.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 9:59 PM
This is actually the same thing as crypto/NFTs (but not in the way people think). People associate those with the flashy scams, but the underlying tech fundamentally changed plenty of financial IT.
People associate AI with ChatGPT, but the actual useful stuff that matters isn’t really the chatbot.
People associate AI with ChatGPT, but the actual useful stuff that matters isn’t really the chatbot.
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we're not doing the stuff in the image anymore, we're leaving "actually anti-social behavior is fine" in the dustbin of woke 1
People should put down their phones and pay attention in freshman social studies
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
we're not doing the stuff in the image anymore, we're leaving "actually anti-social behavior is fine" in the dustbin of woke 1
The only thing more enraging than this story is that Texas apparently didn’t think there was an issue with this for months
It takes a while into this article to find that Lucy's father told her he wouldn't have been upset if Donald Trump had sexually assaulted her.
And then he shot her.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
And then he shot her.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Briton shot by father in Texas after row about Trump was unlawfully killed, coroner rules
Lucy Harrison died after being shot in chest by alcoholic Kris Harrison while staying at his home in US last year
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The only thing more enraging than this story is that Texas apparently didn’t think there was an issue with this for months
This is already the mainstream opinion in within the American center-left.
The real truth is that it will also be the mainstream opinion within the American left left. If it isn’t already.
The real truth is that it will also be the mainstream opinion within the American left left. If it isn’t already.
Ten years from now this is going to be the mainstream opinion within the American center-left.
Mark my words.
Mark my words.
I never particularly liked Sanders because I find him grating and I think class first socialism is a bad way of looking at the world to begin with, but man you just can't look at this site in particular and conclude that his political career has been anything other than an enormous net negative.
February 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM
This is already the mainstream opinion in within the American center-left.
The real truth is that it will also be the mainstream opinion within the American left left. If it isn’t already.
The real truth is that it will also be the mainstream opinion within the American left left. If it isn’t already.
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Apathy is an airborne disease that spreads through word of mouth, which leftist wreckers unfortunately excel at. If you have 1,000 followers online who don't know who to vote for or whether to vote at all, your posts disparaging both parties as the same trash will matter far more than your one vote.
Correct.
The wrecker leftists aren't affecting elections via their *votes*, but restricting political involvement to just voting is purposefully missing the point.
They're affecting elections via *propaganda* and *poisoning the well with their peers*.
The wrecker leftists aren't affecting elections via their *votes*, but restricting political involvement to just voting is purposefully missing the point.
They're affecting elections via *propaganda* and *poisoning the well with their peers*.
More importantly, they tend to be younger and thus have an outsized influence on their peers. These peers may be apolitical or not yet sure of their own beliefs. So wrecker leftists are essentially "poisoning the well" by convincing these young people that Dems are worse than Republicans.
February 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Apathy is an airborne disease that spreads through word of mouth, which leftist wreckers unfortunately excel at. If you have 1,000 followers online who don't know who to vote for or whether to vote at all, your posts disparaging both parties as the same trash will matter far more than your one vote.
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Correct.
The wrecker leftists aren't affecting elections via their *votes*, but restricting political involvement to just voting is purposefully missing the point.
They're affecting elections via *propaganda* and *poisoning the well with their peers*.
The wrecker leftists aren't affecting elections via their *votes*, but restricting political involvement to just voting is purposefully missing the point.
They're affecting elections via *propaganda* and *poisoning the well with their peers*.
More importantly, they tend to be younger and thus have an outsized influence on their peers. These peers may be apolitical or not yet sure of their own beliefs. So wrecker leftists are essentially "poisoning the well" by convincing these young people that Dems are worse than Republicans.
February 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Correct.
The wrecker leftists aren't affecting elections via their *votes*, but restricting political involvement to just voting is purposefully missing the point.
They're affecting elections via *propaganda* and *poisoning the well with their peers*.
The wrecker leftists aren't affecting elections via their *votes*, but restricting political involvement to just voting is purposefully missing the point.
They're affecting elections via *propaganda* and *poisoning the well with their peers*.
And yet many of his supporters (and campaign staff!) found their way to antisemitism anyway.
The best you can say about the man is he didn't become Jeremy Corbyn.
February 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
And yet many of his supporters (and campaign staff!) found their way to antisemitism anyway.
I don’t hate Sanders.
But the way his supporters acted after Nevada 2020 was so inexcusable. To smugly parade around telling everyone to “bend the knee” was disgusting and invited the kind of moderate consolidation that eventually took place.
You weren’t cheated. You beat yourself.
But the way his supporters acted after Nevada 2020 was so inexcusable. To smugly parade around telling everyone to “bend the knee” was disgusting and invited the kind of moderate consolidation that eventually took place.
You weren’t cheated. You beat yourself.
What really got me pissed was he did an interview/podcast and he reveals he felt CHEATED in the primaries. Motherfucker, you lost because Democrats WORKED TOGETHER!
February 11, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I don’t hate Sanders.
But the way his supporters acted after Nevada 2020 was so inexcusable. To smugly parade around telling everyone to “bend the knee” was disgusting and invited the kind of moderate consolidation that eventually took place.
You weren’t cheated. You beat yourself.
But the way his supporters acted after Nevada 2020 was so inexcusable. To smugly parade around telling everyone to “bend the knee” was disgusting and invited the kind of moderate consolidation that eventually took place.
You weren’t cheated. You beat yourself.
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The people he enabled, the conspiracies he played footsie with, the structural changes to Democratic politics he pushed, all of it has managed to make things worse.
February 11, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The people he enabled, the conspiracies he played footsie with, the structural changes to Democratic politics he pushed, all of it has managed to make things worse.
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I never particularly liked Sanders because I find him grating and I think class first socialism is a bad way of looking at the world to begin with, but man you just can't look at this site in particular and conclude that his political career has been anything other than an enormous net negative.
February 11, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I never particularly liked Sanders because I find him grating and I think class first socialism is a bad way of looking at the world to begin with, but man you just can't look at this site in particular and conclude that his political career has been anything other than an enormous net negative.
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Require a passport to vote. Wed be so owned
February 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Require a passport to vote. Wed be so owned
You know that thing about how everyone loves John Oliver until he does a segment about something they know about?
Why the hell is Taylor Lorenz picking a fight with sex workers on social media? And what does she mean by most leftists not having solidarity with them? It feels weird to see her speak on behalf of the broader left like this.
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
You know that thing about how everyone loves John Oliver until he does a segment about something they know about?
I’m sure the fact that Epstein was emailing about and with all the major players of Russiagate is purely a coincidence.
you can find more on that, and links to the emails and supporting reporting here
Epstein clearly had more going on than working for the Russians, but it's impossible to ignore the evidence that he was a conduit for spy-shaped Russian women to to US oligarchs
niedermeyer.online/2026/02/10/m...
Epstein clearly had more going on than working for the Russians, but it's impossible to ignore the evidence that he was a conduit for spy-shaped Russian women to to US oligarchs
niedermeyer.online/2026/02/10/m...
There's more than a whiff of Musk in the Epstein Files
Explore the relationship between Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein, as documented in the Epstein Files.
niedermeyer.online
February 11, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I’m sure the fact that Epstein was emailing about and with all the major players of Russiagate is purely a coincidence.
I do kind of wish I was this obsessed with blaming Schumer for everything. Life would be a lot simpler. I get the appeal.
I can tell you exactly when the media narrative changed: It was January 29, the day Chuck Schumer told everyone to pipe down because Democrats had agreed on demands they'd hold DHS to in return for funding.
Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
February 11, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I do kind of wish I was this obsessed with blaming Schumer for everything. Life would be a lot simpler. I get the appeal.
Two things here:
1. Scumbags can also sometimes be factually correct.
2. Thrilling lore dump. I had no idea! But also, the fact that these insults have become so commonplace just goes to show why cheapening language through overuse then covers up for the people who they actually apply to.
1. Scumbags can also sometimes be factually correct.
2. Thrilling lore dump. I had no idea! But also, the fact that these insults have become so commonplace just goes to show why cheapening language through overuse then covers up for the people who they actually apply to.
Your point is valid, but this is a terrible example to use. Joey is an unrepentant scumbag and, importantly, a verified piss drinker.
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Two things here:
1. Scumbags can also sometimes be factually correct.
2. Thrilling lore dump. I had no idea! But also, the fact that these insults have become so commonplace just goes to show why cheapening language through overuse then covers up for the people who they actually apply to.
1. Scumbags can also sometimes be factually correct.
2. Thrilling lore dump. I had no idea! But also, the fact that these insults have become so commonplace just goes to show why cheapening language through overuse then covers up for the people who they actually apply to.
This, more or less, is the full encapsulation of social media:
Person A says something they wish was true.
Person B points out that it’s not.
Person A gets mad at Person B for ruining the vibe and calls them some largely gross epithet in the Chapo dialect.
Person A says something they wish was true.
Person B points out that it’s not.
Person A gets mad at Person B for ruining the vibe and calls them some largely gross epithet in the Chapo dialect.
February 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
This, more or less, is the full encapsulation of social media:
Person A says something they wish was true.
Person B points out that it’s not.
Person A gets mad at Person B for ruining the vibe and calls them some largely gross epithet in the Chapo dialect.
Person A says something they wish was true.
Person B points out that it’s not.
Person A gets mad at Person B for ruining the vibe and calls them some largely gross epithet in the Chapo dialect.
One of my good friends who was DOGE’d last year early in the administration told me this was the worst part.
Everyone cared until … they didn’t.
Everyone cared until … they didn’t.
Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
February 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
One of my good friends who was DOGE’d last year early in the administration told me this was the worst part.
Everyone cared until … they didn’t.
Everyone cared until … they didn’t.
Exactly this.
If you thought the 2016 primary was toxic, the 2024 mini primary would have probably ended the party.
If you thought the 2016 primary was toxic, the 2024 mini primary would have probably ended the party.
we should be very thankful no "mini-primary" or whatever monstrous thing people were dreaming of, where Obama, Oprah and whoever else decide after 5 random white guys play wheel of fortune
February 11, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Exactly this.
If you thought the 2016 primary was toxic, the 2024 mini primary would have probably ended the party.
If you thought the 2016 primary was toxic, the 2024 mini primary would have probably ended the party.
This ignores that there literally was a primary, which Biden won.
Except when they are chosen by Obama, Pelosi, and Clooney in a smoke filled room, then there really aren't primaries at all
Candidates in the US are selected via partisan primaries which are administered by the states and are open to anyone who can meet the qualifications, generally a set number of signatures. The parties are not involved in the candidate selection process unlike in strong party systems.
February 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
This ignores that there literally was a primary, which Biden won.
The revealed preference over the last decade is that actually people do want party bosses to just decide who the candidates are.
There’s a lot of “so-and-so is such a weak candidate, it should have been this person” and it’s like, guys, we are voting for the candidates. That’s what a primary is.
There’s a lot of “so-and-so is such a weak candidate, it should have been this person” and it’s like, guys, we are voting for the candidates. That’s what a primary is.
Do people not realize it is illegal for parties to do this in the United States because we decided around the turn of the last century that we didn't want unaccountable party bosses to decide who we could vote for
People pay because they want their ideology to win
February 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
The revealed preference over the last decade is that actually people do want party bosses to just decide who the candidates are.
There’s a lot of “so-and-so is such a weak candidate, it should have been this person” and it’s like, guys, we are voting for the candidates. That’s what a primary is.
There’s a lot of “so-and-so is such a weak candidate, it should have been this person” and it’s like, guys, we are voting for the candidates. That’s what a primary is.
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This is more or less where I’m at, would add that these things are not unrelated and the second thing is his actual job
Jeffries' messaging drives me nuts but, damn, the man can wrangle a caucus.
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This is more or less where I’m at, would add that these things are not unrelated and the second thing is his actual job
The left collapsing J Street and AIPAC largely went unnoticed, but it’s going to cause generational damage to any attempt to shift US policy more towards a two-state solution and a multi-cultural democracy in Israel.
that number is definitely characterizing J Street as AIPAC and to get there they have to be rolling a bunch of other stuff in as well
February 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The left collapsing J Street and AIPAC largely went unnoticed, but it’s going to cause generational damage to any attempt to shift US policy more towards a two-state solution and a multi-cultural democracy in Israel.
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Someone show them Venus if they think CO2 is so great
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Someone show them Venus if they think CO2 is so great
Well, technically, my “hottest election-specific take.”
My hottest take is that this is a GOP obsession from before the ‘16 realignment, and with Democrats winning college educated, high-news-consumption voters, voter ID is a GOP own goal because they haven’t updated their priors.
It’s bad for democracy, but might not be bad for Democrats automatically.
It’s bad for democracy, but might not be bad for Democrats automatically.
February 11, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Well, technically, my “hottest election-specific take.”
This is insane?
*cop pulled me over as I was returning a rental car; he claimed I had made an illegal turn around him (I hadn’t seen him). Didn’t have cash to pay fine so he took my license. This was in 2017, I think it’s illegal now
February 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM
This is insane?