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Pendulum swinging back: it's Cool to be lib again
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:38 PM Author: Lascivious bbw I see white males now becoming lib because it's "edgy." Being a square like Charlie Kirk was cool when it was outsider. Now Roganfags are the mainstream, which is uncool. Alpha jacked D1 football bros now are going lib again. You can feel it in the air. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900288) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 10:02 AM Author: Vigorous coiffed shrine round eye The New York Times Opinion | Guest Essay By Evan39, Former Night Manager, $afeway LLP May 3, 2025
Liberal Again, and Late Again I wore a “Love Is Love” pin to an office offsite in 2017.
No one noticed.
The woman next to me was wearing a shirt that said, “Empathy Is Punk.” Her name was Jade. She drank out of a Stanley thermos and accused me of “being pragmatic in a fascist way.”
I nodded.
I’ve been nodding ever since.
Now I’m told being “lib” is cool again. Not in the earnest way — not in the way of Pete Buttigieg town halls or equity PowerPoints. But in the way of performative rebellion. Of Chads in mesh tanks whispering that they “support trans rights” between reps. Of forty-year-old gay men like me desperately recalibrating our feed’s tone from “Respect my marriage” to “Drag brunch is praxis.”
I once believed in policy. Now I rehearse TikTok slang in the mirror like a second language. “Slay.” “Based.” “Valid.”
I say them at the wrong times. People wince. I offer free HR templates as apology.
I saw a man at my gym wearing a Ukrainian flag hat and quoting Rachel Maddow with erotic confidence. He had a nose ring and a Roth IRA.
I followed him into the sauna. He talked about bodily autonomy and Leonard Cohen. I got a nosebleed.
There was a time when “liberal” meant NPR tote bags, David Sedaris readings, and being quietly correct.
Now it means:
Polyamorous software engineers
Vegan CrossFit cults
Misinformation podcasts hosted by bisexuals with mustaches
Sometimes I miss Trump. Not politically. But because it was easier to be good when there was a villain.
Now, the vibe is diffuse, ironic, scented like Palo Santo. It’s not about truth. It’s about the performance of vibe-adjusted dissent.
I’m too old to keep up. But too scared to stop pretending.
I still vote blue. But I do it at 7:30 a.m. in a fleece vest. Then I go home and shred old DEI flyers out of shame and nostalgia.
About the Author Evan39 is the author of The Shame Spiral Is a Circle: Notes from a Liberal Who Missed Every Cultural Shift by Six Months and Everything Is Fine (Until You Realize You’re the Old Gay Now).
He once tried to organize a voter registration drive at Equinox. He was escorted out.
Read more at www.nytimes.com/liberalism-as-fashion-cycle |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 12:40 PM Author: Flatulent House Death Wish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901308) |
Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:39 PM Author: cerebral violent piazza mother it's cool to just be your self (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900289) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:40 PM Author: Lascivious bbw I see Chads who were con in 2024 whispering to chicks at the club about how they're "voting blue" next time. Girls are into this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900293) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:43 PM Author: cerebral violent piazza mother what on fortnite? nobody goes to clubs anymore (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900299) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:42 PM Author: brindle stain market Nah man. Being lib is just now entering the "freak" stage, where not only is it uncool, it's like "whoa what the fuck?" when you hear some lib shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900295) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:42 PM Author: Spectacular umber hall (fag) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900297) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:45 PM Author: brindle stain market (kike) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900306) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:46 PM Author: Spectacular umber hall looks like I hit a nerve fag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900313) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:48 PM Author: brindle stain market Nah I love how the window has shifted so much that lib kikes use the word fag now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900319) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:45 PM Author: Lascivious bbw Nah ding man. That's what it was last year. This is this year. This is the summer of being a lib edgelord. Guys at The Venetian pool are whispering to chicks they meet about accepting the gays, being childfree, not worshipping Putin or burning books. It's like being lib under Nixon now. You're anti-war, you're hip, you're in the know. Lib men are on a vibe right now. They're edgy and counter-culture. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900309) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:42 PM Author: Spectacular umber hall op = not cool, all fag though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900296) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:43 PM Author: big masturbator black woman Federal level politics need to enter a "realm of ignominy" where anyone who mentions party affiliation or specific politicians is thrown out of town or beaten to death (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900300) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:44 PM Author: Spectacular umber hall Trumpmos cannot go 5 mins without mentioning Trump though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900304) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:46 PM Author: Lascivious bbw Flame I am a yuge Trumpmo but never talk about it irl. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900311) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:50 PM Author: Lime Maniacal Scourge Upon The Earth No it isn't (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900324) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:52 PM Author: Lascivious bbw ?
touch grass. in the 20-35 range it's becoming cool again.
being cool to be a social conservative was just a blip |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 9:54 PM Author: Lime Maniacal Scourge Upon The Earth No it isn't (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900338) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 10:19 PM Author: self-centered diverse associate Cr I tried to go to the drag show at my local library today, place was packed with frat chads pounding beers, hooting and hollering, and being tolerant and inclusive as hell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900406) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 10:44 PM Author: Lascivious bbw The biggest Chad I know just put a Ukrainian flag bumper sticker on the back of his lifted truck. This guy is from Mexico BTW. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900458) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 12:26 AM Author: sinister set knife (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900628) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 3:21 AM Author: heady mustard candlestick maker senate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900715) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 9:31 AM Author: Sable bat-shit-crazy institution legal warrant (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900954) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 10:47 PM Author: dull degenerate π (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900461) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:06 PM Author: Lascivious bbw I just texted Stacy I'm gonna vote blue no matter who. She said πͺππ€Έπ¨πΏβ€οΈπ¨πΏ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900493) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:06 PM Author: Buff partner Does anyone still listen to Rogan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900492) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:07 PM Author: Lascivious bbw He's still #1 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900495) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 12:24 AM Author: Buff partner nonresponsive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900626) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 7:19 AM Author: Yellow floppy abode No it's a pretty direct response actually (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900824) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 9:56 AM Author: Shivering crusty ticket booth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901006) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 11:30 AM Author: Buff partner Then I'll take it as a "no" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901152) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:11 PM Author: Passionate Station Generalized Bond Tranny shit is passe and seen for the superficial stupidity it is, weakening is hold (and the holds of others) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900506) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2025 11:12 PM Author: Lascivious bbw Trannies are Back. They were lame under Biden but Dems have recaptured the Cool factor. It's lame to be a mainstream cuckservative normie now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900509) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 3:11 AM Author: self-centered diverse associate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900706) |
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Date: May 7th, 2025 2:01 PM Author: blue university ape (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48911247) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 7:18 AM Author: carnelian deranged goal in life it was never cool to be lib (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900822) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 7:27 AM Author: Shivering crusty ticket booth never was and never will be. libs are huge fucking fags. maybe the democrats will become a real party again but never libs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48900829) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 11:32 AM Author: Buff partner Any other anonymous weirdo faggots want to defend Joe Rogan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901155) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 11:33 AM Author: Lascivious bbw You do understand that being #1 means that more people listen to him than any other podcast in existence right? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901158) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 11:44 AM Author: Buff partner I don't know what rankings you're citing or what year they are from you stupid fucking faggot.
Anyone else want to frantically defend Joe Rogan? |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 11:50 AM Author: Lascivious bbw https://podcastcharts.byspotify.com/us
Looks like he's #1 in USA, Canada, UK, and Australia. |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 11:53 AM Author: Buff partner lol on an app no one uses? Where are the actual listener numbers you dumb gay faggot? I don't care if Spotify promotes him the most. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901208) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 11:57 AM Author: Lascivious bbw A fun fact about podcast numbers is that Rogan is such an institution that after him the numbers fall off a cliff. He's not only #1, he's #1 by a mile. He has 10x more listeners than Theo Von at #2. By the time you get to 10th place there's barely anyone listening.
During the pandemic all these production companies thought podcasting would be the future and signed all these up and coming randos and then nobody tuned in. So they were like ah fuck it. Rogan is the only podcast that puts up enormous numbers. You don't have to like him but millions of people do. |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 12:04 PM Author: Buff partner (puts up zero numbers) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901230) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 12:06 PM Author: Buff partner Date: May 3rd, 2025 11:33 AM Author: turbofag
You do understand that
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Yes, that's actually how "turbofag" begins his sentences. |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 12:04 PM Author: Buff partner Look at all the literal faggots (one is literally called "turbofag") insisting that people still listen to Joe Rogan. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901232) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 12:11 PM Author: Lascivious bbw His interview with Trump has 58 million views on YouTube and it only came out 6 months ago (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901249) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 12:18 PM Author: Buff partner People listen to Trump, yes turbofag. I agree that Trump has listeners. All you're telling me is that no one listened to any other episode of Joe Rogan in the last six months. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901261) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 12:21 PM Author: Buff partner Hey libs, Joe Rogan once had Trump on his show, and people listened to it. That's how popular Joe Rogan is. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901267) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 12:43 PM Author: Flatulent House Death Wish the problem with rogan is that he's dumb and also doesn't stand for anything. being an edgy lib lets you outmaneuver people on that axis, but no one's allowed to be a pious lib and be cool anymore. that ship has sailed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901315) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 2:09 PM Author: Lascivious bbw Edgy lib > pious lib all day (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901476) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 12:46 PM Author: Buff partner https://x.com/PowerfulJRE0/status/1842535369633653106 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901321) |
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Date: May 3rd, 2025 4:41 PM Author: blue university ape Guess he really is Making America Great Again (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719841&forum_id=2)#48901694) |