Irony & Semi-Sincere Sincerity

Recent goal: Stop using ironic, quipy pseudo white rap/hip hop slang, AS IF: as if I were both in the know and hip with rap slang and terminology, aware of and "down with" the streets, AND able to stand a little outside of the rest of the conversation in my ironic safe-zone and slyly critique both the slang itself, and the person listening who does not know or use such slang.

Irony is a trap and it's liberation. When Irony is intentionally used to explode meaning, so represent multiple ambiguities, and as well the difficutly of making exact meaning, then it's noble and important, an imaginative act. When it's used as a safety blanket, a means of hiding from committment (Rachel's notion) and responsibility to an idea or position, and also used to mock everyone involved, then it's a wrecking ball (ITO).

"I am going to try to start being more sincere." (Impossible to say this without being ironic, for me at least.)

"It's impossible to say exactly what I mean." (Prufrock)