The Internet makes everything more extreme, and eventually to keep getting more extreme you have to ditch irony and cynicism.
And at first that seems like a good thing—John Green famously likes to point out that nerdfighters get to unapologetically like things.
But irony and cynicism are also shields, or they can be, and the lack of irony and cynicism and the accompanying self esteem issues can leave you much more vulnerable.
I’m against political correctness, and so in some ways I am against acceptance and tolerance. I am glad people hated and made fun of me. It made and makes me stronger.
It is important to be cynical and mean sometimes, I don’t care what DFW says.
Because all these cultural thrusts are leading to this world in which everybody thinks every weird thing about them has to be in the first line of their obituary. No!
I’m tired. But I guess what I am saying is…if you are a brony, please don’t admit to it in public.
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When people hate each other,...can hope for is “I
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smorgasborddd said:
Preach!
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bryanerik said:
I seriously hate when people are too vocal about stuff they love. Stop. Just enjoy your thing in shame like the rest of us.
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justanotherbildungsroman said:
This! I hate feeling like I have to apologize for every second that I engage in an aspect of this world that is not perfect. Let’s face it: the world isn’t perfect. And we wouldn’t like it if it were. The imperfect is our paradise.
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selfproclaimedtylerdurden said:
I love you.
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