irony is sort of a memetic vaccine; you ingest a weakened form of an idea, act it out w/o letting it control you, & in the process gain some resistance to it
irony poisoning is an autoimmune disorder; that same immune system now attacks your ability to sincerely hold beliefs
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RT @HopefulAbandon
"irony" is a firewall to protect you from psychic ddos - a priori rejection of all claims on your attention. learned behavior from earl…
https://twitter.com/HopefulAbandon/status/1369903216142471171
another angle on this idea
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RT @pee_zombie
thorough memetic hijacking by an ideology can be an adaptive move in an environment saturated with infohazards (maladaptive memes)
comparable to a botnet which hardens each compromised host to protect its footholds
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1347600065066631171
