I LOL’d, cuz I’m old. Esquire‘s sex columnist, Stacey Woods, decided to fill the year-end news gap by posting “27 Things to Leave Behind in 2014“:
1. Liking Things Ironically
The Baby Boomers rebelled against their dorky parents. We Gen Xers, however, couldn’t rebel against our parents since rebelling against your parents had been done, so instead, we cultivated irony; it was all we could do. This subtle, handcrafted irony, however, has fallen into the hands of subsequent generations who have been misinterpreting ever since, and now we have dorky a cappella singing competitions on TV. Ironically, that’s what happens when you try to be ironic — you end up making things a million times worse. Therefore, all intentional irony should be abolished until everyone’s clear on what’s good and what’s bad. It’ll probably take about five years…
Looked for a copy of Maddy Prior’s Acapella Stella, but couldn’t find it on YouTube. Had not released how fierce the a capella fandom could be, until I read the Esquire comments…