What Killed the Internet

What "killed the internet" in general is irony, which is normies' defense mechanism against being perceived as "cringe". Authenticity requires vulnerability but vulnerability attracts dead-eyed meta-ironic zoomers like catnip who project their own intense aversion to vulnerability as "ironic shitposting", i.e., shitting on any expression of authentic sentiment until everyone is on the same 18 layers of defensive irony as them all proving how cool they are to each other by how trying to one up each other on how little they care or take anything seriously

A screenshot of an anonymous imageboard post argues that irony has become a defense mechanism against being seen as cringe. It says that meta-ironic zoomers reject authentic vulnerability through layers of ironic shitposting and competitive displays of apathy. The joke is a self-aware critique of online irony culture and people trying to prove how little they care. EN: A screenshot of an anonymous imageboard post argues that irony has become a defense mechanism against being seen as cringe. It says that meta-ironic zoomers reject authentic vulnerability through layers of ironic shitposting and competitive displays of apathy. The joke is a self-aware critique of online irony culture and people trying to prove how little they care.

• @gentoomemes / 15779 2025-01-29