[laughter] i m kidding. maybe. happy thursday, everybody. it is a glorious thursday. so let s big question, why are the young liberals so depressed, especially when compared to their righty counterparts? you can see it for yourselves. do these people look like they are having a good day? maybe. if you define a good day as resting your genitals in a bowl of battery acid. don t knock it. what is behind this agony? are they liberals because they are depressed? or are they depressed because they are liberals? it is the old what came first, the responsively great chicken or the organic egg? they are not watching uplifting programs like this one. i m surprised colbert s credits don t end with how to tie a noose. [laughter] it is very depressing. sometimes i cry. to get to the bottom, you have to have a former lefty. covering a 2022 academic paper titled the politics of depression. which comes complete with a beautiful charge. you can trust anything the chart and its colors and numb
their writing reports. the studies show it and you can see it for yourselves, these people look like they are having a good day? maybe. if you define a good day as resting your general tools in a bowl of battery acid. don t knock it. so what is behind this agony? are they liberals because they are depressed or are they depressed because they are liberals? it is the old what came first, the responsibly raised chicken or the organic egg? the quick answer, they are not watching the programs like this. i m surprised colbert s credits don t end with how to tie a noose. [laughter] very depressing. it is almost like cried. to get to the bottom, you need a former lefty. this week, a 2022 academic paper titled the politics of depression which comes complete with a beautiful chart. you know you can trust anything with a chart that has colors and numbers and lines. sometimes they are even shaped like pies so that people can understand them. [laughter] [indistinct] would say. greg: e
titled the politics of depression. which comes complete with a beautiful charge. you can trust anything the chart and its colors and numbers and lines. sometimes they are even shaped like pies. so that people can understand them. [laughter] a fat phobic would say. greg: everybody laughed at that joke. lets go. there s lots going on here. the dark blue, those are female liberals and as you can see, if you look closely over the years, their depression levels have gotten up faster than the price of hamburger under joe biden. underneath them, mail liberals which makes sense. they are never on top of anything. [laughter] yeah, you know what i m saying, huh? yeah, figure. but the least depressed, conservatives, men and women. so what is the deal? iglesias writes, some of it might be a selection effect with progressive politics becoming a more congenial home for people
sometimes they are even shaped like pies so that people can understand them. [laughter] [indistinct] would say. greg: everyone who laughed at that joke has to win. there s lots going on so let me simplify it for you. the light at the top, those are female liberals. their depression levels have gone up faster than the price of hamburger after joe biden. they are the most depressed. underneath them, male liberals, which makes sense. they are never on top of anything. [laughter] yeah, you know what i m saying, huh? thank you. but the least depressed, conservatives, men and women. what is the deal? iglesias writes, some of it may be selection effect with progressive politics for people who are mizro. comiserable. to put that in english, adult
sometimes they re even shaped like pies. n understandunderstand the. the backbone would say [in get everybody laughed at their jokes, go . but there s lots going me on here. so let me simplify it for you. simpli fy ithe line at the top, the dak blue , those are female liberals. and as you could see, if yous he look closely over the years, their depression levels have gone up faster thathn the pricee of hamburger. enter joe biden.r so they re the most depressed, , but right underneath them, malem liberals, which makes sense. they rs sense ever on top of anw . yeah, you know what i m saying? yeah. thank you. but the least depressed conservatives, men and women. so what s the deal?iglesi glitziest writesas some of it might be selection effect with progressive politics becoming a more congeniaogressir people who are miserable but adult progressive now valorize depression as a sign of political commitment. so to put that in english,ul adult liberals incentivize