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.
The most interesting thing about AI to me is that it seems like the first technology in a very long time that won't let tech people usurp creatives, but will let creatives usurp tech.
You can use it to build an app for you now in five minutes. But you can't use it to create taste.
You can use it to build an app for you now in five minutes. But you can't use it to create taste.
I continue to think a lot of the quality issues we see with AI art is less a deficiency of AI itself & more that the vast majority of people using it are uncreative hacks.
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The most interesting thing about AI to me is that it seems like the first technology in a very long time that won't let tech people usurp creatives, but will let creatives usurp tech.
You can use it to build an app for you now in five minutes. But you can't use it to create taste.
You can use it to build an app for you now in five minutes. But you can't use it to create taste.
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And the Leftists on this site will never accept that, because admitting that Mamdani *did* get that acceptance means their entire theory of mind, politics, and the world is wrong and they will see reality burn first.
Cuomo is not Trump and even in that race the vast majority of Dems and Dem institutions supported Mamdani
February 17, 2026 at 5:40 AM
And the Leftists on this site will never accept that, because admitting that Mamdani *did* get that acceptance means their entire theory of mind, politics, and the world is wrong and they will see reality burn first.
Gavin Newsom is annoying and a little used car salesman-y. He'd also be totally fine as president and I would happily support him if he got the nomination.
February 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Gavin Newsom is annoying and a little used car salesman-y. He'd also be totally fine as president and I would happily support him if he got the nomination.
The reason I am harping on this is that it is one of the most important things in politics right now. It's great to have Will on board, and I knew he'd eventually get here.
But the goal isn't/wasn't to browbeat Will. It's to get *everyone* to realize we've been building this hell together.
But the goal isn't/wasn't to browbeat Will. It's to get *everyone* to realize we've been building this hell together.
February 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The reason I am harping on this is that it is one of the most important things in politics right now. It's great to have Will on board, and I knew he'd eventually get here.
But the goal isn't/wasn't to browbeat Will. It's to get *everyone* to realize we've been building this hell together.
But the goal isn't/wasn't to browbeat Will. It's to get *everyone* to realize we've been building this hell together.
I'm so proud of our guy.
Everyone left of center is working overtime to maneuver themselves into the personally advantageous position of always criticizing Dems, never defending them. But if we all do that we're going to have a heck of a time ever digging out of this hole. Someone has to bite the bullet and be honest.
February 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I'm so proud of our guy.
This is getting a sequel right now in the Maine senate primary, for the same reasons too.
My dude, you should check who was pushing for Fetterman over Connor Lamb in the D primary back in 2020
February 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This is getting a sequel right now in the Maine senate primary, for the same reasons too.
He got here eventually, and it’s really great to see.
This the skeleton key that explains the entire left-of-center political and informational environment. There is no social reward for ever saying anything nice about a mainline Democrat, so no one does. As a result, baseless antipathy towards the party completely pervades the environment.
February 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
He got here eventually, and it’s really great to see.
The only people holding him up as an inevitability are the people on here who obsessively talk about him every day, lying about his record.
It’s really weird. It’s almost like you all want him to win the nomination specifically so you can performatively stay home.
It’s really weird. It’s almost like you all want him to win the nomination specifically so you can performatively stay home.
There are some democrats who are really bad. Some (many, even!) who are really good. And most who are somewhere in between.
Currently, one of the very worst ones is being held up as something of an inevitability, which might be why rhetoric is particularly hot around him.
Currently, one of the very worst ones is being held up as something of an inevitability, which might be why rhetoric is particularly hot around him.
February 17, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The only people holding him up as an inevitability are the people on here who obsessively talk about him every day, lying about his record.
It’s really weird. It’s almost like you all want him to win the nomination specifically so you can performatively stay home.
It’s really weird. It’s almost like you all want him to win the nomination specifically so you can performatively stay home.
So proud right now 🫡
Well, two possibilities - every single Democrat is world-historical awful, or there’s some kind of major change in how we talk about politics that has made every random governor or senator appear nearly as bad as the worst leader in American history
At what point do you just say "fuck it we need a revolution"?
I'm neither a tankie nor even American but you guys seem to have incredibly shit candidates that nobody likes. There has to be a breaking point.
I'm neither a tankie nor even American but you guys seem to have incredibly shit candidates that nobody likes. There has to be a breaking point.
February 17, 2026 at 1:55 PM
So proud right now 🫡
Another major part of my opposition to “Dismantle DHS” is that this was simply not an idea anyone was discussing until Abolish ICE became more mainstream.
It feels like rhetorical one-upsmanship without any actual reasons undergirding it.
It feels like rhetorical one-upsmanship without any actual reasons undergirding it.
I’d love to get every single Democrat on board with “abolish ICE and dismantle DHS” but you’re going to need some votes from folks who don’t want to embrace that particular rhetoric and good news “there’s just too much corruption we’ve got to dismantle it to solve the problem” is sitting right there
gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
February 17, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Another major part of my opposition to “Dismantle DHS” is that this was simply not an idea anyone was discussing until Abolish ICE became more mainstream.
It feels like rhetorical one-upsmanship without any actual reasons undergirding it.
It feels like rhetorical one-upsmanship without any actual reasons undergirding it.
Harris literally picked Walz over Shapiro specifically to try to take these people at their word. What did she get for it in return?
Biden and Harris have taught a generation of Democratic politicians to tell the left to pound sand. They just piss into the tent with no intention of coming inside.
Biden and Harris have taught a generation of Democratic politicians to tell the left to pound sand. They just piss into the tent with no intention of coming inside.
Answer this simple question:
When has this strategy ever worked?
Cuz to me, it seems like we literally just went through this, and it didn't work any time it was tried!
When has this strategy ever worked?
Cuz to me, it seems like we literally just went through this, and it didn't work any time it was tried!
I absolutely refuse to vote for Gavin Newsom if he’s the nominee in 2028. Shame me all you want, but it just isn’t happening. He won’t protect my trans daughter any better than whoever his Republican counterpart is.
February 17, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Harris literally picked Walz over Shapiro specifically to try to take these people at their word. What did she get for it in return?
Biden and Harris have taught a generation of Democratic politicians to tell the left to pound sand. They just piss into the tent with no intention of coming inside.
Biden and Harris have taught a generation of Democratic politicians to tell the left to pound sand. They just piss into the tent with no intention of coming inside.
They still haven’t come to terms with the fact that this is why they lost in 2016 AND 2020.
Biden was the only Democrat in 2020 who ran unabashedly on loving Barack Obama. Shockingly, Democrats agree!
Biden was the only Democrat in 2020 who ran unabashedly on loving Barack Obama. Shockingly, Democrats agree!
This site will never admit that the left is way over its skis here, because you cannot be Cool On Bluesky and ever offer an iota of criticism of the left. But the normies who make up the vast majority of Dem voters will have absolutely zero patience for this nonsense. It will not end how you think.
February 17, 2026 at 5:04 AM
They still haven’t come to terms with the fact that this is why they lost in 2016 AND 2020.
Biden was the only Democrat in 2020 who ran unabashedly on loving Barack Obama. Shockingly, Democrats agree!
Biden was the only Democrat in 2020 who ran unabashedly on loving Barack Obama. Shockingly, Democrats agree!
History is littered with people who waited too long to run. The Times profile makes it obvious: she’s at least considering it.
Spanberger probably underpriced for 2028 especially if NYT likes her, which, apparently
February 17, 2026 at 4:38 AM
History is littered with people who waited too long to run. The Times profile makes it obvious: she’s at least considering it.
I love how people say shit like this, and yet both Pelosi and AOC both talk often of their mutual respect and admiration.
The left hallucinates a politics that simply doesn’t exist.
The left hallucinates a politics that simply doesn’t exist.
Pelosi leaving is by far the best thing that could happen to her chances at the Oval Office
February 17, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I love how people say shit like this, and yet both Pelosi and AOC both talk often of their mutual respect and admiration.
The left hallucinates a politics that simply doesn’t exist.
The left hallucinates a politics that simply doesn’t exist.
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This is delusional to a degree that’s disturbing. The liberals and progressives on this site and elsewhere who are feeding these sorts of delusions, for the sake of earning clout and retweets, need to have a really hard think about the impact of the disinformation they’re spreading.
February 17, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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In fairness, this happens to all of us on here.
He really goes on a cycle where he thinks he knows better and gets annoying. Then he meets even more annoying people and gets sane again.
February 17, 2026 at 4:08 AM
In fairness, this happens to all of us on here.
We got him back. 🙏
you have to vote for the democrat in november 2028.
any other option - voting republican, not voting, voting third party - is completely and totally morally unacceptable and should result in your expulsion from polite society
any other option - voting republican, not voting, voting third party - is completely and totally morally unacceptable and should result in your expulsion from polite society
February 17, 2026 at 4:06 AM
We got him back. 🙏
Something I think the internet doesn’t realize is that to normal people, the CIA is fucking cool, and someone being a CIA agent is a positive.
February 17, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Something I think the internet doesn’t realize is that to normal people, the CIA is fucking cool, and someone being a CIA agent is a positive.
The entire point of this country is that it is the voters’ job to determine what’s best for the country.
Literally, that’s the point. If the country is fucked up, it’s because the voters fucked up.
Everything else is a lie people tell themselves because the truth scares them.
Literally, that’s the point. If the country is fucked up, it’s because the voters fucked up.
Everything else is a lie people tell themselves because the truth scares them.
If we lived in a world where workers all acted on their self-interest, we would have solved most of our problems already. Scolding the voters for not doing what you think they should have done misunderstands the basic job.
February 17, 2026 at 3:06 AM
The entire point of this country is that it is the voters’ job to determine what’s best for the country.
Literally, that’s the point. If the country is fucked up, it’s because the voters fucked up.
Everything else is a lie people tell themselves because the truth scares them.
Literally, that’s the point. If the country is fucked up, it’s because the voters fucked up.
Everything else is a lie people tell themselves because the truth scares them.
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I'm sorry, but this is obfuscation. The reality is simple.
Trump and his adherents are fascist white supremacists aiming to destroy every good thing in America.
If you look at a choice between them and a Democrat - any Democrat - and go "eh, not left enough, I'll pass" you are a child and a fool.
Trump and his adherents are fascist white supremacists aiming to destroy every good thing in America.
If you look at a choice between them and a Democrat - any Democrat - and go "eh, not left enough, I'll pass" you are a child and a fool.
I've seen a bunch of this online, mostly from people less credible than Stancil. I've been a union organizer for almost 30 years and worked on every election in that time period. (I also voted for Harris and protested the genocide.) Posts like this fail to grasp 3 universal truths about elections.
The reason people are concerned about lefties saying “I won’t vote for a moderate Dem” isn’t because they want Newsom. It’s because lefties keep not voting for moderate Dems!
I think all the scolding about it being years til the primary would hit a little harder if WE DIDN’T JUST GO THROUGH THIS
I think all the scolding about it being years til the primary would hit a little harder if WE DIDN’T JUST GO THROUGH THIS
February 17, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I'm sorry, but this is obfuscation. The reality is simple.
Trump and his adherents are fascist white supremacists aiming to destroy every good thing in America.
If you look at a choice between them and a Democrat - any Democrat - and go "eh, not left enough, I'll pass" you are a child and a fool.
Trump and his adherents are fascist white supremacists aiming to destroy every good thing in America.
If you look at a choice between them and a Democrat - any Democrat - and go "eh, not left enough, I'll pass" you are a child and a fool.
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"Change" is an odd word to use here. Resistance liberalism cannot change the Democratic party because resistance liberalism *is* the Democratic party. That's like saying Grateful Dead fans want to change the Hippie movement.
if resistance liberalism is to change the democratic party, it cannot, cannot, cannot, cannot become associated with voting abstention the way the socialist left did
February 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM
"Change" is an odd word to use here. Resistance liberalism cannot change the Democratic party because resistance liberalism *is* the Democratic party. That's like saying Grateful Dead fans want to change the Hippie movement.
The thing about AOC is that (and I say this in a complimentary fashion) she is the best example of the Poster Left.
She was trying to reference the “Global South” in a more rhetorically flamboyant way and failed. It’s the kind of thing someone on here would do and then never admit they were wrong.
She was trying to reference the “Global South” in a more rhetorically flamboyant way and failed. It’s the kind of thing someone on here would do and then never admit they were wrong.
God I fucking hate Dave Weigel. Such a smarmy piece of shit.
February 17, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The thing about AOC is that (and I say this in a complimentary fashion) she is the best example of the Poster Left.
She was trying to reference the “Global South” in a more rhetorically flamboyant way and failed. It’s the kind of thing someone on here would do and then never admit they were wrong.
She was trying to reference the “Global South” in a more rhetorically flamboyant way and failed. It’s the kind of thing someone on here would do and then never admit they were wrong.
Nothing but respect for the first female president of the United States.
This is a nice move in an interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
February 17, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Nothing but respect for the first female president of the United States.
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Anti-Dem rage-baiting is powering this whole platform, so you are absolutely right that it’s worse.
February 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Anti-Dem rage-baiting is powering this whole platform, so you are absolutely right that it’s worse.
This app exists to enable leftists to gaslight themselves into believing outright lies about the Democratic Party.
They then block anyone who pushes back on those lies, creating a hermetically sealed misinformation bubble.
They then block anyone who pushes back on those lies, creating a hermetically sealed misinformation bubble.
"Ah, well, maybe I lied about Dem states passing legislation, and can only cite a Republican-controlled state, but nevertheless..."
February 16, 2026 at 9:57 PM
This app exists to enable leftists to gaslight themselves into believing outright lies about the Democratic Party.
They then block anyone who pushes back on those lies, creating a hermetically sealed misinformation bubble.
They then block anyone who pushes back on those lies, creating a hermetically sealed misinformation bubble.