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Narrator: When self-reference, irony, and meta-humor go too far
Narrator: A CAUTIONARY TALE
Man 1: This statement wouldn't be funny if not for irony!
Man 1: ha ha
Man 2: ha ha, I guess.
Narrator: 20,000 years later...
[[desolate badlands landscape with an imposing sun in the sky]]
{{It's commonly known that too much perspective can be a downer.}}
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