Well, here's a toss-off random post that could be interesting to respond to:
Irony is the easy way out. It's an anti-opinion, an opinion without taking any chances.
Do you agree or disagree? Why?
(We'll just pretend John Milton or Omar Khayyam said it instead of Jack White.)
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Haha, you and your Jack White....
Anyways...I have to agree. Some may say it can be used as a lesson...but how? It's hard to see the irony of your own choices, so you cannot reflect on them, however, it's quite easy to see it in others...so instead of taking it to heart, you feel you need to point it out in others. By doing so, you're taking that own person's choice and using it against them, instead of taking your own experience and applying it to that situation to either help said person, or apply it in your own life and learn from it with a combination of said person's problems and your own. :)
Snaps to you for quoting Sir Jack White ( I am a fan, if you can't tell).
Irony is the ultimate bow out for those who lack the social grace or poise to respond truthfully and eloquently. That being said, I use it on daily basis. From a literary stand point i can see how irony has become "an easy way out" but in today's society, it has become so overly used that it's become habit. People are no longer merely ironic out of spite or good humor but out of repetition. We hear irony everywhere from the TV to the classroom. It has become the ultimate verbal fad. Wanna be cool? Spice up that AIM convo with a bit of irony, and you're in.
I agree with booradley's comment about irony being overused in our society: Over the years the bite that used to accompany a truly great ironic comment has really diminished. But I wonder why this irony-overload has occurred. What makes irony so attractive to people these days, especially those in our generation? Is the reason simply because so many people our age are looking for "the easy way out," as the quote says, and thus opt for irony? Are we really that shallow?
Thoughts...?
Heh, this is America, of course we are "that" shallow. Either way, I don't think it's so much "overused" but more of a "part of our society" it's the same reason people would rather text than talk. It's impersonal, therefor easier. American people are always looking for the easier way out, rather than dealing with the situation in a more personal manner.
Honestly, and this may seem silly, but i think that irony has steadily increased in society since the creation of the sitcom. Think about it; a series of programs that are designed to make us laugh. Where does most of that humor come into play? Through irony. The number of people in America who have never seen a sitcom is probably miniscule, if existent at all.
and what about stand up comedians? How often do you walk down the halls at school and hear Dane Cook or Jim Gaffigan being quoted? There's another heaping slice of irony for ya.
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