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Irony poisoning

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A cultural phenomenon where excessive cynicism and layers of irony prevent people from being genuine or vulnerable, blamed for ruining a generation's ability to be authentic.

Mentions (3)
"What happened to genuine/authentic people? Everyone nowadays has to operate on 10 layers of irony/cynicism and no one wants to be vulnerable. Anyone that is actually being themselves is bullied relentlessly online(mostly on Instagram comments) even though they're way happier than the people bullying"
Irony poisoning ruined our generation · u/Icy_Suggestion2523 · ↑78 · 2025-07-15
"I genuinely feel like the obsession with irony some people have nowadays (especially my generation) is absolutely devastating people's mental health. I think it's mostly rooted in how hostile and judgemental internet culture is, nobody wants to one of the endless types of people considered 'cringe' "
Any recovering irony-poisoned zoomers here? · u/Helter-Skelton · ↑57 · 2025-07-30
"I think one of the biggest causes of modern loneliness is the terrible irony poisoning that young people are forced into after reading endless mockery of people showing their true selves to the world."
Is being sincere the cure to all things? · u/androidcross · ↑34 · 2025-10-21
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