With tongue in cheek
adj.
1. Meant or expressed ironically or facetiously.
2. Ironic, slyly humorous; not meant to be taken seriously.
3. Characterised by insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration.
4. Humorously ironic, mocking, or insincere.
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Turn My World Around
Irma Thomas
Relationships eh?
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Faster
by Janelle Monáe
In love with this album right now.
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Speaking frankly and speaking the truth are two different things entirely. Honesty is to truth as prow is to stern. Honesty appears first and truth appears last. The interval between varies in direct proportion to the size of the ship. With anything of size, truth takes a long time in coming. Sometimes it only manifests itself posthumously.
—Haruki Murakami
A Wild Sheep Chase
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Don: “I would have my secretary do it, but she’s dead!”
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The Unwisdom of Elites - NYTimes.com
But the larger answer, I’d argue, is that by making up stories about our current predicament that absolve the people who put us here there, we cut off any chance to learn from the crisis. We need to place the blame where it belongs, to chasten our policy elites. Otherwise, they’ll do even more damage in the years ahead.
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On basic questions of morality and human decency — issues such as governmental use of torture, the death penalty, punitive hitting of children, racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, environmental degradation or human rights — the irreligious tend to be more ethical than their religious peers, particularly compared with those who describe themselves as very religious.
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