We're not big on irony in Jamaica, sarcasm and double-talk. We tend to say things plainly, sometimes to the point of boredom.
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I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.
Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.
The exact meaning of irony is so narrow that the word is hardly worth using; in its broad, current definition, it's a euphemism for sarcasm. 'I'm not being sarcastic; I'm being ironic.' No, you're not. You're evading the responsibility for being sarcastic.
I don't like the ironic tone that our pop culture, in the world, has taken. Everything is 'ironic.' Everything is 'cool.'
We are the ones out there competing, and yet we read articles and listen to people making accusations about Jamaica, and there's nobody there to take a microphone, be a big person and say, 'What you're saying is wrong, and it's a lie.'
Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work.
Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up.
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
I don't embrace irony, but I do think it's a pre-existing condition; we manage it as best we can.
Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.
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