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I’m genuinely curious if it ever was ironic, or if irony was just a convenient excuse and recruitment tool. What do you think?

• eropple 9y ago
  From my experience, I suspect it was a little of both. A little sugar makes the medicine go down, and all that. Sell it to kids who don't know any better, and let the ironic nature filter away over time. What comes to mind the ironic/pseudoironic use of fascist and totalitarian tropes for Warhammer 40K now turning into the use of the same memes and ideas in a new context, celebrating Donald Trump as the "God Emperor" and portraying liberals/cucks/whoever-they-hate-the-most-in-that-particular-moment as the "xenos".
  • mercer 9y ago
    I think we often underestimate how much pretending to be or do something can make it real.
    • michaelchisari 9y ago
      “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut