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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
Do people actually use this unironically?

gpt
It started out being used unironically by people who thought it sounded smart. This was the cringe phase. 
  
 Before it started being used ironically, to make fun of situations where it's the only viable explanation for seemingly-bad decision-making; that's probably also actually-bad decision-making. This is current era. 
  
 Now it also serves a second purpose of helping to identify people who are out of the loop. This is current era+.