User:Vincent31

Irony and Awkwardness The 90's saw an expansion of the definition of irony from"saying what one doesn't mean" into a "general stance of detachment from life in general" This detachment served as a shield against the awkwardness of everyday life. Humor from that era (most notably Seinfeld) relies on the audiance watching the show with some detachment from the show's typical signature awkward situations. The generation of people in the United States who grew up in the 90's (Millennials) are seen as having this same sort of detachment from serious or awkward situations in life as well. Hipsters are thought of as using irony as a shield against those same serious or genuine confrontations.