Critical Nonsense

98! Irony Poisoning and Iterative Wisdom


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How has irony poisoned the internet and when will it stop? And how are we building iterative bits of wisdom? [21:07]
This week, Aaron and Joey talk about The Office, Pepe the Frog, irony's protective shell, Blaise Pascal, and taking our hats off to the folk at Arts & Letters Creative Co. They don't talk about the color of irony's shell: green....red....blue....
references
* NYTimes: "What is Irony Poisoning?" (https://static.nytimes.com/email-content/INT_4981.html) and an extended commentary (https://www.diggitmagazine.com/column/being-diagnosed-irony-poisoning)
* Demi Adejuyigbe (https://youtu.be/G39U1Z1d7qI), Tyra (https://youtu.be/LqWMNYSu1-4), etc, etc.
* David Foster Wallace (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/165289-irony-and-cynicism-were-just-what-the-u-s-hypocrisy-of#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIrony%20and%20cynicism%20were%20just%20what%20the%20U.S.%20hypocrisy%20of,The%20virtuous%20always%20triumph%3F) and Joey's love of sh*t (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1213773-wish-in-one-hand-shit-in-the-other-see-which)
* Know Your Meme: (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/if-i-had-more-time-i-would-have-written-a-shorter-letter) "If I had more time, I would've written a shorter letter."
* "We don't know what we're doing, but we've done it a thousand times." (https://artsandletters.xyz/)
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