A few days ago, we told you about the new bar in Washington DC specifically designed to 'monitor the market'.
The Polymarket bar, playing on the “Monitoring the Situation” meme, is a bust.
— Makena Kelly (@kellymakena) March 20, 2026
After waiting outside for nearly 1.5 hours in the rain because of technical issues—power and wifi going out—none of the TVs are working.
Staff say everything will be back up and running tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/kCGvw0E8GA
Seems like monitoring the situation is getting off to a rocky start.
This is exactly how the Las Vegas opening of Bugsy Siegel's Vegas hotel casino went and now look at it.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) March 21, 2026
So I guess I have to ask who at Polymarket is getting murdered over this? https://t.co/ih6KvZulgA
The stakes are high.
Can I bet on who, yet?
— Dang Phi Long (@tehdang) March 21, 2026
we all know how that ended
— Marshall 🟦 (@itismarshall) March 21, 2026
Not well.
Are you telling me…nothing happened? https://t.co/B3ZQ1BoGnw
— andi (twocents.com) (@Nexuist) March 21, 2026
Nothing at all was monitored.
The drinks were good. https://t.co/VNtfeUd1dO pic.twitter.com/foHNwOuVhM
— Tony Ortiz (Current Revolt) (@CurrentRevolt) March 21, 2026
Silver lining. The branding is good too.
Monitoring the Monitoring the Situation Bar https://t.co/30hlV76Aig pic.twitter.com/It1Wk7F1dd
— CJ (@CasualArtyFan) March 21, 2026
situations are meant to be monitored via doomscrolling from the comfort of one’s own home, and this is just further proof of that. https://t.co/S57nMNlOav
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) March 21, 2026
Recommended
The way nature intended.
Some guy made a mint on “0 TVs on at the Polymarket bar” tho https://t.co/RkEsp45es3
— Deva Hazarika (@devahaz) March 21, 2026
This is amazing, they managed to manifest dashslop . . . in real life !! https://t.co/Y2I9JMRlVs
— Alex Caswen (@AlexCaswen) March 21, 2026
What a world!
https://t.co/HPXLsTFRhL pic.twitter.com/kL1xiW1M7R
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) March 21, 2026
Another example of overhyped and underperformed.
Our own Willy wonka experience for incels 🥹 https://t.co/OjAEyeHtzn
— Barrett Adair (@barrettadair) March 21, 2026
What are the odds? https://t.co/EzFcAUNP1B
— Sunny (@sunnyright) March 21, 2026
Clearly you won't find them at the Polymarket bar.
— John Lamm (@JohnLammTX) March 21, 2026
Clearly!
Someone should start a polymarket bet on how long it takes for this social experiment to collapse https://t.co/sSrRXlCBOf
— dalton (@indaltonwetrvst) March 21, 2026
Banking on political wonks to be social was probably the first mistake.
I was there this evening and it was hilariously bad https://t.co/ChiQR527Dr
— Andrew Korst (@andrew_korst) March 21, 2026
This was a test
— Wizzy (@wizzyknows) March 21, 2026
They are monitoring how well you monitor their lack of situation monitoring capability
Monitorception https://t.co/PqZzCXmhDx
Either the Matrix is broken or this is just what they intended.
Tbf only dorks go to the bar at 8pm https://t.co/boBQQ7XNaB
— Monitoring the Situation (@monitoringmeme) March 21, 2026
Not being able to get the televisions to turn on is a super weird problem to have in 2026. https://t.co/g7be4zmmSH
— John Carney (@carney) March 21, 2026
They deserve a better class of nerds.