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I think the main function of contemporary irony is to protect thespeaker from being interpreted as naive or sentimental.

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God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though--and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to hide, but is unsuccessful a...more

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Irony and hip ennui are extremely authoritarian.

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Commercial comedy's often set up to feature an ironist makingdevastating sport of someone who's naive or sentimental or pretentious orpompous.

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Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try to talk about way...more

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I don't think irony's meant to synergize with anything as heartfelt assadness.

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All U.S. irony is based on an implicit "I don't really mean what I say." So what does irony as a cultural norm mean to say? That it's impossible to me...more

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In sum, then a conservative tech writer offers a really attractive way of looking at viewer passivity and TV's institutionalization of irony, narcissi...more

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And it never even occurs to them their certainty that they are different is what makes them the same.

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The worst thing about irony for me is that it attenuates emotion.