your humor is inherently political.

of showing your parent a video you

thought was hilarious,

only for them to take it seriously and ask,

"Is that someone from school?"

Or have you ever posted something on social media thinking,

"yeah, this is a knee slapper"

only to hear crickets,

or worse, have people misunderstand you?

Why does that happen?

Well, if you're a youthful, hip,

technologically adept person like myself,

you probably have noticed, whether consciously or subconsciously,

that irony rules internet humor and discourse in general.

[What do you think your total is gonna be?

I hope it's under $50.

In this economy?

boi get the hell out of here boi

You have not been matching my freak.

Call me

if you're open mindeu

Okay.

I may or may not have already

made a video about Gen Z humor already.

Shoot, I'm being ironic myself.

I gotta tone it down and be straightforward

so that people don't misunderstand me.

But if irony is a uniquely effective type of communication,

is potential misunderstanding worth the risk?

"Why would anyone want to use this strange mode of discourse

where you say something you don’t actually mean and expect people to understand

not only what you actually do mean but also your attitude toward it?”

[cue white lady doing a stereotypical japanese accent] oOoHhh

can nO one protECt us FrOm ThEsE hIGh PriCeS??

[director] Cut!

Are you kidding me?

What? It's a big stereotype.

It's called ironic.

Don't you think this

commercial just might be