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The Exhaustion of Irony: Has a Generation That Learned to Mock Everything Lost the Ability to Mean It?
A generation raised on memes, sarcasm, and ironic detachment has built an entire communication style around not meaning it — but David Foster Wallace, Sarah Silverman, and Neil Postman debate whether that perpetual irony has made sincerity impossible, or whether mockery and meaning can genuinely coexist.
Jul 16, 2026