Living ironically is as problematic as Wampole says. One of Wampole's objections to ironic living is how with this new technological age we create a distance between ourselves and those around us. Wampole has us to question whether we are sincere about our actions or words when we interact with people. "Do I communicate primarily through inside jokes and pop culture references? What percentage of my speech is meaningful? How much hyperbolic language do I use?"(Wampole) I believe most of the sarcastic, ironic, insincere tones that the so-called 'hipster' brings is because of age and social standing within society. Most of these 'hipsters' that Wampole brings up are those in the Generation X/Y or the Millennial generation. Those in this group
