The Irony Trap: How Postmodernism’s Jokes Became a Dead End

That’s why postmodernism is dying. It’s dying because it refuses to die.

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When I saw a car in front of me with a bumper sticker that said, “I am speeding because I really need to poop,” it made me smile and cringe at the same time. I was reminded of a guy I knew in the early 2000s who turned everything into a joke. Literally, everything. Not a good-natured joke, but an irony bordering on derision.

Talking to him …