We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.
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I don't embrace irony, but I do think it's a pre-existing condition; we manage it as best we can.
The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates.
People use irony as a defense mechanism.
A vast percentage of the human race is literally not wired neurologically to get irony. Well more than half of humanity takes life at face value, which is to me terrifying.
There are elements of irony in my work, of course.
Nobody gets irony anymore, as we are now living in the post-ironic age. Once George Bush gets a library, our irony is dead.
It could draw from a greater reservoir of freedom. The irony could develop an even greater ease.
I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.
Irony is one of my favorite aspects of life.
Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work.