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True. I rarely engage with media from after the mid-late 2000s since that just about the last time people were truly sincere about what they believed and could say it without worrying it was cringe or what not. And if I do, it's from either Japan or some other foreign country where they aren't all that irony-poisoned and can sincerely express and hold their beliefs.
Irony is fine when done sparingly and when done on the Internet. The problem is the Internet has melded into the real world so much nowadays. You have to make an active effort to avoid being too online when in the past it was as natural as breathing most of the time.
It does a number to your mental health when you really can't trust the things people say out of their mouths because they might be bullshitting you. It also explains why so many people are lonely nowadays, since your "friends" more likely than not aren't genuine at all. It's just not a healthy way to live. It's also why /v/ is garbage board too. Irony has long since gotten stale and I long for sincerity in pretty much all aspects of the world.
TL;DR: Irony is spiritual and memetic AIDS
