Layla
strugglingoptimist.bsky.social
Layla
@strugglingoptimist.bsky.social
Struggling in general to be honest.

Finishing the second season of Severance is the only thing sustaining me at the moment.
Nah they said less than three years, I’ll see you in 2 years and 11 months!
March 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Haha no problem, an effect of constantly switching between Bluesky and Reddit for severance banter
March 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I definitely thought the cabin was going to be where they fully reintegrate Mark (which could still happen!) but I definitely wasn’t thinking about iMark and oMark finally having a conversation with one another.

Excited for it nonetheless!
March 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Devour feculence!
March 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
They’d rather throw trans people under the bus than change any of their wildly unpopular policies.

Guess it’s easier to cling to power when you villainize the marginalized instead of taking a risk and doing what most voters actually want: for politicians to abandon their corporate overlords
March 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Democrats will continue to lose if they don’t pivot to more fiscally progressive reforms and focus on them while also getting better at outreach.

Look at all the polls you want, keep watching Pete on Fox all you want. But also enjoy continuing to lose because low-income voters see us as the elite.
March 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Pete campaigns for the Democratic Party. That’s why he was on Colbert. That’s why he did the campaign circuit for Harris. Yet she lost. In that regard, his messaging failed. Wasn’t just him but he failed.

Union protections, healthcare campaign finance reform, fiscally progressive reforms.
March 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM
If you don’t think any policy change is necessary we’re at an impasse.

Otherwise, I agree messaging was also terrible! Yet the Colbert interview sounded like the same messaging last year. Conservatives change your mind! Trump is repulsive!

They don’t care. Didn’t work in November won’t work now.
March 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Sticking to a message that didn’t result in the win you desired also won’t help. If people don’t vote for you, ultimately you have done SOMETHING wrong.

I don’t claim to know the solution but I don’t find it arrogant to say that the policies and strategies used to pushed them failed electorally.
March 6, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Mostly I’m just frustrated because his talking points didn’t feel dissimilar from when he was campaigning for Harris. Which didn’t work.

I just feel like it’s Groundhogs Day and Dems aren’t changing their strategies or policies at all despite failing as hard as they did.
March 6, 2025 at 5:30 AM
While I understand that, Buttigieg absolutely has influence in the party. He is being floated as a candidate for the Senate in ‘26 or the presidency in ‘28. He has sway. Disappointed he praised the IMO fangless response from Sen. Slotkin. Colbert should’ve questioned this if he thinks Dems failed.
March 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
It might not be Friday but Severance comes out tomorrow and that’s all I need to keep going
March 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Adding to that, voters don’t give a fuck about decorum or tradition anymore. Be loud, disruptive, and groundbreaking when you fight for the rights of your constituents.

Don’t just sit there quietly while a madman bulldozes through an antiquated system that doesn’t hold him accountable.
March 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Had to piggyback off Helly’s hard-earned work to get some.

That first bone session has multiple asterisks next to it!
February 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
To be precise, fuck them kids (I know it was you, Miss Huang)
February 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
We’re supposed to wait?
February 21, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Dog-walked with a single question, Mark can’t catch a break
February 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Kendall could praise Kier but Helena could never L to the OG.
February 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Destroyed Mark too 😭
February 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM