The departure of emotionalism & the embrace of cynicism

I know that I was on a train of thought today and I came up with this title to remind to blog about it. Honestly, I cannot remember all the details, or what triggered this, but I will do my best.

I recently saw something on tv, maybe an advertisement, that highlighted common place stereotypes. It featured some of the usual's: the soccer mom, the feminist, the football watching male (untrue stereotype by the way). It also featured a growing segment "the ironic." Now for those of you unfamiliar with this brilliant new trend (you have to feel the sarcasm in my voice. Sarcasm, in my belief, is the parent of this new movement. It is also one of the defining characteristics of my generation. So, unfortunately, I feel partly responsible for this new segment)...sorry long tangent. Let's pick up before the tangent...

..."Now for those of you unfamiliar with this brilliant new trend," it is one who does or says things to be ironic. Understandably, it can be difficult to point out, at the least behavior, but the ironic can often be identified by their dress. If you see a thin young gentlemen with a 70's porn style mustache, apparently that's ironic. You see, he doesn't actually think the mustache is cool, it's his own "secret" little joke. Sometimes these little jokes last for quite a while, which makes me think they have, after a while, actually developed an attachment to the thin wispy pieces of hair that caress their nostrils, thereby keeping up the rouse to only fool their other ironic friends and eventually themselves.

Why my generation, the sarcasm generation, is better than the ironic generation.

You see sarcasm is not trying to mask it's true intent. Sarcasm is intended to be obvious, if you don't pick up on it, well then that's a good warning sign to us that you are indeed not worthy. Pious? Yes. Self absorbed? Absolutely. Fake? No. See, if you are "an ironic" then your whole ethos is based upon being disingenuous. I am not into living my whole life as some sort of inside joke. Although being sarcastic throws people off the trail a little, at least it provides enough clues and enough truth that you can stand behind it.

It's like living your life in one big improv skit. Not just casual improv, but improv that is your life. Finally you become the character, stuck with your porn style mustache, thinking everyone is in on the joke.

So let me say, metaphorically and physically, shave your mustache, please shave it, cause dude, it's just not cool.

Glad we cleared that up.