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But consider the absurdity of applying that logic to human beings.—
Ion Stoica,
Fortune,
27 May 2026 -
For all of Titanique's camp absurdity, the show's internal logic is airtight.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
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Well, the Premier League table is definitely worth looking at, if only to marvel at its ludicrousness.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Basically, no matter how soap-y the show gets, Akerman permits the audience to buy into and sincerely enjoy the Hunting Wives ridiculousness.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Whoever enlisted Jorma Taccone to direct this deserves a raise, given that the charter member of the Lonely Island understands how to consistently ramp things up to levels of high ridiculousness.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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Even though tech advocates can argue that their machines are becoming more efficient, there's a common paradox that finds when things get more efficient, they are used more often and total energy use soars even if individual uses are more efficient, Madani said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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In a sense, that paradox is what made Michael Jackson a pop god.—
Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
3 June 2026
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Nobody is more alive to the comic incongruity than the man himself.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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During the talk, Brooks joked about the seeming incongruity of teaching courses in emotional realism under the shingle of a public policy school.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
21 Apr. 2026
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Ghirri’s essays teem with allusions to art history, and two of the more striking large Polaroids invoked paintings by the artist’s favorite old masters, though the homages inclined less toward reverence than tart irony.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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And yet, there’s an irony at the heart of Tools for Humanity that’s difficult to ignore.—
Sam Birchall,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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Styled by Leith Clark, the Chloé fall 2026 ethereal number is a study in contradictions with its voluminous silhouette that leaves little to the imagination.—
Diana Tsui,
Footwear News,
4 June 2026
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Questlove is too much of a humanist to soft-pedal’s Maurice White’s contradictions.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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One of the big peculiarities of World Cup ticket sales is that fans are not able to pick a specific seat until much later in the process.—
Rafael Nam,
NPR,
28 May 2026
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In 2019, a mysterious post took off on 4chan, that ever-churning morass of anonymous commentary and internet peculiarities.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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“Illogicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogicality. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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