The Taxonomy of Irony

When one is in strong link relationships with people, and are already grounded at the emotional level, then irony can be fun it's an gredient. But as people start moving up the irony stack, they do so long before they establish the relationship in emotional reality with the other person. So essentially, people are living deeper in assimulation of life, rather than a reality of life,. And i think it would be a mistake to pit earnestness against irony in a bimary because i think you can be earnest in your irony too. There's earnest humor, and there's earnest fumbling, but it may be more humble.

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