In his latest piece, Knocking on Doors for Mamdani's Rent-Freeze Brigade, Josh Code joins NYC's rent-freeze canvassing effort and finds a familiar tension: big promises, messy reality. So what keeps drawing people back to socialist ideas?

For you youngsters, the water cooler was the place to share stories, jokes, the little things that didn’t fit into a meeting at work. Not every conversation fits neatly into a category—and some of the best ones don’t, so put them here. 

Let’s go!!! Who is hyped?!!