Ethel Cain: We Live in an Irony Epidemic 

In a now-deleted Tumblr post, musician Ethel Cain posted: “we are in an irony epidemic. there is such a loss of sincerity and everything has to be a joke at all times.” It is not hard to think of examples of what she means. The most liked comments and replies to any post tend to be jokes, often at the original content’s expense. Cain herself mentions the prevalence of comments she gets like, “yes you ate that like isaiah ate ethel,” a reference to a cannibalistic storyline in her album.