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To market something is to make it beautiful in the right way, which creates ideological risk. Irony is a way to mitigate that risk by subverting the nominal beauty. But unlike cynicism which arrests action, irony allows you to proceed anyway. It just makes denial of risks harder.
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People fear irony because it destabilizes meaning and poses the threat of nihilism. But nihilism is nothing to fear so long as you wear Mylar glasses when staring right at it. 5 minutes of nihilism per day lowers the risks of fascism by 17% and boosts vitamin D levels
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There’s nothing wrong with irony, it’s addiction to irony that’s the problem. It becomes a way of hiding, self-protecting. It becomes a form of faux sophistication.
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