r/DoomerCircleJerk • u/Agreeable_Sense9618 Anti-Doomer • 2d ago

An excellent example of the reasons behind the creation of this subreddit and the necessity for its moderation.

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u/TheArizonaRanger451 More Optimism Please 2d ago

I swear, that has become so common everywhere. All these subs are having this happen

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u/Vidya_Gainz 2d ago

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u/TheArizonaRanger451 More Optimism Please 2d ago

Yup. Exactly. Had that happen at OneOrangeBraincell. Such a sweet place I hope it stays free

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u/ch4insmoker 21h ago

I don't understand why people want to talk politics all day, politics is such a boring topic.

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u/Confident-Poetry6985 18h ago

Because you live in such privilege that it doesn't effect you....yet.

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u/ch4insmoker 18h ago

It's not that I'm unaffected, it's just that whining on the internet solves nothing.

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u/Confident-Poetry6985 18h ago

Then don't whine. Discuss. You said you avoid political discussion because it is "boring". Things can be boring, but important. So quit whining about how boring it is and discuss. Apathy is the goal, they want you to avoid it so that this goes easy for them. 

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u/ThugCorkington 8h ago

A. Half the politics I have to discuss with people is “did you hear the people in sand land are genociding eachother again like it hasn’t happened consistently for the last few centuries” B. I haven’t seen much, if any, substantive discussion beyond that on this website. It’s all “Donald trump sucks, upvote me, also, I love Luigi Mangione and want to kill the rich but I would NEVER EVER EVER actually kill the rich (in prison I can’t access my funko pop collection)”

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u/BeardedMelon 2d ago

The same 6 mods being in charge of every other subreddit

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u/Ok-Sport-3663 2d ago

I'm gonna be real. this sub is hilarious, not because of the doomer dunks (which i approve of)

but the fact that this is fully and wholly just the exact same thing as the left leaning subs, except right leaning. while its simultaneously fairly convinced its apolitical.

This is a sub about doomer dunking, why is 10% of the posts just republican political posting?

why is like 50% of the comments that?

look, its fine to have subreddits that lean one way or another. but this sub leans a specific way, and it posts/comments about it CONSTANTLY

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u/Agreeable_Sense9618 Anti-Doomer 2d ago

It seems like you might have missed the point of the comic.

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u/Ok-Sport-3663 2d ago

I mean, not really, I do understand that republicans are -NOT- popular in most of reddit, and I do understand wanting your own space.

I also respect it fully. It's hard to be unable to voice your own opinions without being downvoted into oblivion.

However, that wasn't the point I was trying to make. A lot of people in this sub seem to think it's apolitical, when it's pretty clearly not. I'm perfectly fine with it being apolitical, and in fact am mostly present in this sub for the opposing takes (that I will disagree with, and try to be polite about it too)

I just feel like if it's a political sub (it is) people should be more willing to admit it is.

Though to be fair, most subs are pretty fucking political without being willing to admit they are.

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u/Agreeable_Sense9618 Anti-Doomer 2d ago

I'm not a Republican, and I usually post about economics. Back in 2021-2024 the Right wasn't a fan of my pro-economy memes. Now, in 2025, the left isn't too keen on them.

I started this subreddit and a couple of others to have a space where I can share my thoughts without worrying about getting banned.

It's not about politics

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u/snowstorm556 2d ago

I think its funny we can shit on both sides and not get banned.

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u/Agreeable_Sense9618 Anti-Doomer 1d ago

Damn right! The doomers are not safe.

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u/showerzofsparkz Anti-Doomer 2d ago

👊

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u/Ok-Sport-3663 2d ago

Well, as a founder of the subreddit, you certainly know more about the intentions of the subreddit than I as a mere visitor.

However, whether intentional or not, the sub has certainly become politicized to a certain extent. Possibly due to the whole "the left isn't too keen on them" bit. Anything liberals dislike will become more conservative and vice versa.

I mostly say that due to a certain number of posts entirely unrelated to doomerisms, such as clowning on people burning teslas (the first one I came across when looking for examples)

burning teslas has nothing to do with doomerisms, and everything to do with clowning on a political movement (extremist political movement, but a political movement nonetheless)

I actually do appreciate the subredddit, it helps me keep my head on straight and not "doom" about things too much. However, I do feel as though it does have a bad habit of never admitting that things might be bad/might get worse.

of course I'm referencing the tariffs. I don't think they'll be the "end of all things" or necessarily create a recession/depression. however, economists a lot more knowledgeable about the situation are calling them bad, and from my understanding, they will, at minimum, raise the cost of imports

(which in turn raises the cost of living, which is particularly harmful to me as I recently bought my first house, and have not quite stabilized my situation, as I am also currently going to college)

It's just a bad situation for me at least, I don't know if I'll have to temporarily put my college on hold if the "temporary pain" lasts too long, thankfully I wasn't planning on taking summer classes anyway, but its certainly put a damper on my optimism for college.

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u/DarkStoneLobster Phd in MEMEs 2d ago

People think Elon is literal Hitler and are burning and destroying property. The companies and innocent people's. That is extreme. The people that are doing this are unhinged. Doesn't matter if you like or hate Elon or Tesla, using this violence against what they feel is a perceived threat when reality things are still okay is not something I will support. They think they are fighting against a dictatorship and if they don't do this they will live in fascism. How is that not Doomerism?

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u/TelvanniArcanist 2d ago

Dude stop crying what are you doing lmao. It's a fun subreddit move the fuck on

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u/GodEmperorOfMankind3 1d ago

It's not a political sub, it just so happens that the left fall into the category of "doomer" moreso, and that the left are the ones screeching about the end of days constantly, or that Elon Musk is a Nazi, or some other insane leftist drivel.

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u/EmoJ1000 1d ago

The non-controlling party are the doomers. Just spent 4 years with the right screaming doom and gloom about inflation and election interference, and now we get to spend the next 4 years with the left screaming doom and gloom, yay!

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u/GodEmperorOfMankind3 1d ago

Yeah that's more or less true, though the left certainly seem to lean in to the "world is ending" nonsense moreso than the right. Maybe that's just because Reddit is filled with commie bots and easily-fooled teenagers.

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u/ElJanitorFrank 1d ago

I think you have a bit of a point, but I think you view it as too partisan for what it is. To me this sub leans slightly conservative in its comments, but I'm talking a very slight lean. Sometimes I'll see some ridiculous conservative talking point about how tariffs are actually going to be an awesome thing for everyone (which is doubly crazy because tariffs historically are much more of a leftist economic tool - but as you say, something people dislike quickly turns into political opposition) but overall this sub seems relatively center with a tinge of right lean. I think it seems outright conservative because the default on reddit is closer to extreme left than even moderate left.

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u/Ok-Sport-3663 1d ago

I understand your point, and to a certain extent i can see where you're coming from.

I am most certainly biased liberally, not just by reddit, but because i am myself a liberal.

However, its important to note that i live in texas, so the vast majority of viewpoints i see on a day to day basis (whether i agree with them or not) are conservative in nature.

This subreddit seems more conservative than my home town (note, town, small town texas, not big city)

Now, i of course, could be wrong.

 However, i have yet to personally speak to anyone about the tariffs whose main response to the broad tariffs wasnt "uhh i think we're doing a bit too much"

My dad himself was like jesus christ he needs to knock this shit off (and get back to cutting government spending)

Meaning that the majority of conservatives in my personal life that i meet and speak with regularly about politics, are nervous to worried about the economy/tariffs.

This entire subreddit is based around shaming people who are being doom and gloom, with a heavy focus on people who are concerned about the economy.

You're right, those people DO exist who praise the tariffs, and not only are they praising the tariffs, they're actively in the positive as far as upvotes go, meaning most people agree with them.

I do appreciate you being polite. I think you yourself are as biased as me if you think that this subreddits stance on conservative topics like tariffs and the economy is the norm

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u/Neverhadachance3 2d ago

I live over 1000 miles away from your country - you don’t understand the meme

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u/Radiant_Music3698 1d ago

Doomers are mostly nihilists or actively trying to raise hysteria they call Class/critical consciousness. These are leftist philosophy. Its harder to find blackpill right wingers. They usually become prepper hermits that don't want to be found.

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u/Miserable_Fig2425 18h ago

You literally just said “50%” of the comments. That would be pretty apolitical as leftist sub Reddit’s are 90/10. It’s incredible how not self aware yall are

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u/Insleestak 2d ago

Yes it’s exactly the same as this other thing but it’s the compete opposite! So it’s the same you see?!

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u/misterasia555 2d ago

You’re getting downvoted for speaking the truth. A lot of people that doomer dunking on this subreddit if you go to their history page participate in bitching about inflation crisis under Biden or election fraud conspiracy but then when it’s their guy in charge.

It’s one thing to doomer dunking on people pretending civilization is collapsing but this sub is dismissing any negative news or criticism of admin as “doomerism posting” because it’s way easier to say “HAHA look at the hysteric liberals” than to say “ok tariff have negative impact on consumer sentiment and economy maybe we can adjust policy prescriptions” a lot of people here are cult member pretending to be sane.

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u/Agreeable_Sense9618 Anti-Doomer 1d ago

than to say “ok tariff have negative impact on consumer sentiment and economy maybe we can adjust policy prescriptions”

So you wish for this subreddit to resemble all the others? You could choose any random subreddit at this moment to engage in those discussions. "tarrifs and bad everything bad"

This is not a debate club; our focus is on sharing instances of overreacting and expressing doom. While you may have differing opinions on our posts, and call people 'cult members' please do not anticipate that we will give a shit.

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u/Savings-Bee-4993 2d ago

Nah, we’re dismissing negative messages from people exhibiting doomerism and posting due to mental illness. They need to get help, not be on Reddit contributing to making other mentally fragile people panic.

I find it hilarious you think we are cult members when Reddit is a giant Leftist echo chamber, filled with ideological possession. Bro, we’re fucking around.

This is a place for joking and lightness in a world where now everyone is so serious and wound so tight they can’t sling a skinny mud rope. This obviously ain’t the place for you.

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u/Agreeable_Sense9618 Anti-Doomer 2d ago edited 2d ago

Wouldn't it be fair to complain about 8% inflation and stop complaining when it's 2%.?

We dunk on doomers. If you don't like the posts, you're free to create your own.

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u/__fuck_yo_couch__ 1d ago

Anyone you disagree with is either

A. A cultist

B. A fascist

C. A racist

We truly couldn’t give less of a fuck. Those words have lost their meaning due to you people repeating it 749394 times a day

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u/Warm_Visual_5068 23h ago

"you people"

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u/ch4insmoker 21h ago

Back in my day we just called them dicks and moved on. Lol

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u/KeckleonKing 2d ago

I figured because of how diverse an amazing 40k Warhammer was.... that the demons were only IN GAME not outside corrupting it as well... cant just have ONLY man Custodes due to their process of being built. Yet no fuck that gotta retcon everything even the Space Wolves. Kinda how it feels rn in one of my favorite hobbies

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u/Sixguns1977 2d ago

One of my favorite hobbies is also all in on "inclusive". Rainbow logo on the subreddit, awards and upvotes for "day of visibility" bs, etc. It wouldn't be nearly as bad if reddit didn't ban you far saying "no, I don't like this. "

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u/assault1217 1d ago

While it’s definitely penetrating abit, I’m happy that the helldivers subreddit’s are doing a decent job removing that type of politics. Though I’m pretty sure on one of the subs a mod went insane with power. Ive never understood why you would want inclusion in a game about brainwashed suicide soldiers fighting battles that are almost always just for propaganda.

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u/NorrSnale 1d ago

People have tried to make political posts in the Helldivers subs, most got squashed pretty fast

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u/assault1217 1d ago

And when politics get involved (such as are we the baddies), it usually has decent nuance in the conversations.

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u/assault1217 1d ago

The cooler route would be to have like a massively upgraded sisters of silence. Also why are we not demanding brothers of silence.

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u/seaofthievesnutzz 1d ago

Fans aren't demanding that cause they don't want to ruin the sisters of silence.

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u/TelvanniArcanist 2d ago

The problem I see is that certain elements "find a way" so to speak -- banning moderators thereby having an excuse to ban the sub, astroturfing (look at Applesucks), and concern trolling from NPCs who can't fathom people wanting a space to things no different than what they have.

This place is a breath of fresh air tho

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u/Idont_care_Margaret Optimist Prime 2d ago

Oh no! A sub that’s slightly more right leaning on a platform that is 99% liberal!

It’s going to change depending on what group is being “doomers”. Currently the left is acting like the sky is falling so of fucking course it’s going to be showcasing that.

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u/ElJanitorFrank 1d ago

r/OptimistsUnite is dead, long live r/DoomerCircleJerk!

As someone who was a part of the OptimistsUnite community since it has like 20k members it was so, so discouraging for me to see how absolutely invaded that space was by the braindead reddit hivemind. I genuinely couldn't understand why those people needed to take the space over and turn it into the exact same space as the rest of reddit, or how people judge subreddits as being insular when people don't typically sub to just one.

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u/Front_Quote_5287 1d ago

It’s what the left does man. Destroy and tear down. 

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u/weirdo_nb 1d ago

*right

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u/Front_Quote_5287 1d ago

No one is falling for that anymore :)

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u/Upstairs-Mud-9906 2d ago

The artist is Alex Norris btw

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u/slattongnocap 18h ago

This is kind of weird because the point of this sub to to talk about others on Reddit then ostensibly talking about others on Reddit will bring them here. The argument makes sense if your sub is something isolated like a game or whatever but not sure it holds here

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u/Byzantine_Merchant 14h ago

The Millennial sub is a great example of folks trying to do this despite having a whole ass other millennial sub where talking politics is allowed. So many whiners.

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u/New-Art-7667 1d ago

Eventually they will do to this sub what they did to the Trump sub waaaaaaay back in 2016 or so.

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u/Confident-Poetry6985 18h ago

Snow flake, safe space, ring any bells?

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u/Agreeable_Sense9618 Anti-Doomer 18h ago

I support safe spaces for ideas and discussions. Should I not?

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u/Confident-Poetry6985 18h ago

Maybe it's my feed. All I have seen is very anti-fascist talking points being ridiculed as " the left is scared". This post being the only one that reflects a left leaning idea, I assumed it was just like the rest. My apologies. I believe that as well. But for years, the right did not like this idea. Not for anyone other than themselves...