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 at hiding; therefore, somehow I succeed.

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

Dejó de beber. Eso lo mató. No podía soportarlo, pero lo había prometido

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

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

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

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

Irony and hip ennui are extremely authoritarian.