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June 05, 2005

Irony, back in style

Failure seems but a step away. Loneliness hovers. They often
feel stunted and restless (I haven't moved up in six months!),
so they adopt a conversational mode - ironic, self-deprecatory,
postpubescent fatalism that masks their anxiety about
falling behind.

-- David Brooks

Posted by omor at June 5, 2005 04:00 AM

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