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The Thermostat Wars: Lying to Mamdani Is the American Way
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With it 97 degrees in New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani asked residents to set their thermostats to 78 degrees. Half the country called it communism, the other half called it shared sacrifice. Tim rejects both responses as insufficiently American. The correct move is to post on social media about the importance of energy conservation and then crank your AC to the lowest possible setting. Tim describes sitting in a freezing home in a hoodie, a tiny shivering kitten at his side, refusing to budge his thermostat even if Mamdani personally called to say elderly relatives were dying in a hospital that had lost power. He would put the mayor on hold. That, Tim insists, is what America is: not civic duty and not outrage, but serene, performative lying. [1] — Tim Dillon "NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani asked New Yorkers to set their thermostats to 78 degrees. The American answer isn't compliance or outrage — it's p…" 05:40
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani asked New Yorkers to set their thermostats to 78 degrees. The American answer isn't compliance or outrage — it's publicly agreeing and privately cranking the AC to arctic levels. Lying to authority while blasting cold air is patriotism.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani told New Yorkers to set their thermostats to 78 degrees during a heat wave, which Tim mocked as the epitome of authority people will publicly agree with and privately ignore.
