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You can’t be funny when you’re furious.

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You can’t laugh when you’re scared of your own side.

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Memes mock power. The Left worships it.

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You can’t create culture when you’re busy policing it.

BRIEFING

Jett here. Everyone jokes that the Left can’t meme. But it’s true, they can't. And the New York Times just accidentally explained why. Let’s get into it.

The Times ran a headline acting like Trump posting funny memes is the beginning of the apocalypse. It read like a pearl-clutching, finger-wagging parent scolding the internet for having fun. That’s the Left in a nutshell. They take jokes personally because they’ve forgotten how to laugh.

Memes are rebellion, and rebellion terrifies people who live off control. Also, when every joke has to pass a "moral inspection," humor dies a tragic, gory death. And that’s exactly what’s happened. The Left doesn’t meme; they moderate.

That’s why their jokes don’t land. They’re too mad, too scared, and way too serious to have fun and be creative.

This headline from the New York Times feels like it was written by some crotchety old neighbor who yells at kids for stepping on his lawn.

And the article was even worse.

SOURCE:

The era of A.I. propaganda is here — and President Trump is an enthusiastic participant.

After nationwide protests this weekend against Mr. Trump’s administration, the president posted an A.I.-generated video to his Truth Social account depicting himself as a fighter pilot, careening through major cities and dropping excrement on protesters.
It was the latest example in a yearslong shift by Mr. Trump to deploy fake imagery, generated by artificial intelligence, as part of his social media commentary.

Mr. Trump has posted A.I.-generated images or videos at least 62 times on his Truth Social account since late 2022, according to a review by The New York Times of his posts to the social network. The fake imagery has included blistering attacks on his political rivals, flattering depictions of himself, and misleading political campaign materials made entirely by A.I. tools.
Overall, he has attacked his opponents, including top Democratic leaders and his Republican rivals, with A.I. imagery at least 14 times.

But wait, it gets even funnier... unintentionally, of course. The New York Times actually included thumbnails labeled “AI Generated,” as if we needed a reminder that these images aren’t real.

Honestly, I am laughing out loud right now.

1. Biden and Emperor Palpatine
Apparently, we needed The New York Times to tell us this one isn’t real. Because, yeah, the evil galactic overlord from Star Wars didn’t actually stop by the White House to grab the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Incredible reporting. Next week they’ll confirm Garfield isn’t a real cat and Skeletor never ran for Congress.

2. The Lion in a Suit (GOP vs. MAGA)
Groundbreaking journalism: lions don’t wear suits. Who knew? Thank you, New York Times, for protecting democracy from Photoshop and basic humor. This image doesn’t spread disinformation; it spreads chuckles. But when your audience has zero sense of irony, even a lion in a blazer becomes a national security threat.

3. Trump the Linebacker
And the pièce de résistance... Trump as a jacked Steelers player. Generated by A.I., in case you thought the 78-year-old President of the United States actually suited up and crushed linebackers every Sunday. Thank God for the warning label, right? Otherwise, the nation might descend into chaos, thinking the NFL signed a new draft pick from Mar-a-Lago.

This is where the New York Times completely loses the plot. They honestly believe people need a digital babysitter to remind them that Photoshop exists. It’s like they discovered memes last week and immediately called for a congressional hearing to sort it all out.

But wait, there's more...

According to the New York Times, “some of the posts were likely to mislead viewers or amplify political divisions.” Others, they bravely discovered, “were jokes with obvious markers of A.I. trickery.” They even called in an “AI expert” to explain that memes are designed to go viral and contain messaging. Groundbreaking stuff, guys.

Some of the posts were likely to mislead viewers or amplify political divisions. Others were jokes with obvious markers of A.I. trickery. Political experts said that even the most anodyne uses of A.I. by the president would normalize the tools as a potent new part of modern political propaganda. “Trump is the most notable person sharing this content, but this is really becoming an international, new form of political messaging,” said Henry Ajder, an expert on A.I. and the founder of Latent Space Advisory, an A.I.-consulting firm. “It’s designed to go viral, it’s clearly fake, it’s got this absurdist kind of tone to it. But there’s often still some kind of messaging in there.”

It’s like watching a Scooby-Doo episode for journalists. You can almost hear the theme music: “And we would’ve gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for those meddling memes!”

The Times treats memes like ancient artifacts, nervously brushing sand off a screenshot while an “expert” in an Indiana Jones getup explains that, yes, this cartoon lion may amplify divisions. It’s absurd. They’ve become cultural hall monitors, terrified of humor because humor breaks their spell.

Also, for the record, folks... memes aren’t “propaganda.” They’re oxygen. They’re how people process politics in a world where legacy media has turned truth into theater. The Left studies memes like they’re decoding a manifesto, when they’re really just decoding their own fuddy-duddy irrelevance.

DEBRIEFING:

The Left can’t meme, and after reading the New York Times’ latest panic piece, it’s pretty clear they don’t even know what a meme is.

These people didn’t just analyze a few images. They went full digital CSI, dissecting slews of harmless, funny thumbnails like they’d uncovered state secrets. The Times actually cataloged every AI meme they could get their nervous little mitts on. Labeling them, counting them, archiving them, all to warn readers that Trump supporters are using jokes to “amplify division.”

Gee, maybe we should just stick to burning down neighborhoods?

You can’t be funny when you’re furious, and the Left lives in a permanent state of outrage. They don’t laugh. They lecture. Every Trump meme gets treated like evidence in some ongoing cultural trial. The punchline never lands because humor doesn’t exist in their ecosystem... just rage and regulation.

No one on the Left dares to be funny anymore because every joke is a career risk, and every meme is a potential cancellation. Their creativity is stuck in some group chat waiting for "approval."

Memes mock power. The Left worships it. That’s why their “humor” reads like government paperwork... dull, defensive, and desperate to sound righteous. The establishment can’t laugh at itself because the joke would reveal the truth.

NOW YOU KNOW

The New York Times spent an entire article analyzing memes instead of laughing at them. That’s all you need to know.