...I've never heard of this and guess I'll have to do some research.
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Replying to @Nymphomachy
This is probably why I have not encountered this "New Sincerity" stuff. That and my devotion to genre fiction.
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Replying to @banalexistence
This old essay kind of captures my issues with Sedaris' writing style and the idea of being "anti-irony"https://gawker.com/on-smarm-1476594977 …
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @banalexistence
The funny thing is this piece cites David Foster Wallace's cruise essay as a piece of great writing the New Sincerity never could've created but DFW helped *start* that movement with his E Unibus Pluram essay about TV ruining culture
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I dunno, I don't think the divide he's talking about is nearly as sharp as he claims Every snarky satirist has something they very fervently and earnestly believe in that they'll give you hell for mocking
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I'm not terribly surprised, since snark is *also* effectively an attempt to pull authority and demolish criticism by making something sincere ridiculous and position the snarker as a morally superior enlightened being.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @arthur_affect and
The real gist to sum all this up is we all hate each other and we're just finding reasons to proclaim why we are the supreme authority and our opponents are vapid, cruel and hollow. Snark, smarm, it's all the same manipulative, petty shit.
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Yeah I mean the real upshot of "irony culture" is that the "nothing is sacred" ethos is always just as hypocritical and fake as its supposed "everything is sacred" opposite
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Replying to @arthur_affect @loudpenitent and
South Park wears its "This is just a cheap as shit cartoon we made in a week" snark armor (snarmor) proudly but if you as a critic of the show say "Matt and Trey are dumb grifters who are making their fans stupid" the fans launch the whole smarm arsenal (smarsenal) at you
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"You're just jealous because you could never make something nearly as popular and lucrative as South Park" comes up ALL THE TIME The exact same thing happens if you criticize, say, Gawker media's legacy, or the Chapo boys
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