My life has slightly but undoubtedly improved since I stopped reading #xkcd

@freemo
because I can do without the structural irony (irony must die, remember), the US centric world view and, lately, the aggrandizing self promotion.

@steko Im glad it works for you. Largely i dont see those qualities in his comics myself.

@elia
Because, while held in high praise for being associated with wit and a sort of detachment from ordinary views, it has become a way to reinforce the status quo and a solipsist exercise. Just like its half-literate sister Satire it is only for the educated and the privileged to attack those who are already weak rather than a weapon against the powerful.
@freemo

@elia @freemo
See e.g. one example here octodon.social/@steko/10210076 ... being "ironically" racist is no better than the outright racism of hate groups.

@steko @freemo well, in these extreme cases I do agree with you. But saying that irony must die, seems a bit too much to me. I think, it depends for what purpose you use it. When I was in high school I used irony to detach my view from that of others and it was to promote free software, so...
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