Says, "What we say, wear, and post has duplicate meanings." He believes it's rare for anyone to do something they actually mean in this generation of irony. He goes on to give the example of a college party where someone yelled for Katy Perry's fireworks to play, then the song actually played. No one would expect Katy Perry to be played at a college party where everyone is drinking; It just doesn't fit the vibe. Burnett suggests that this type of situation is an effect of irony in today's society. By playing a clearly bad song, the person playing it protects themselves from any criticism because if they are criticized they can say it was just a joke. Burnett argues that this era of irony may be the result of younger generations' fear of investing. People today don't want to seriously commit to something because they don't want to hear criticism. This results in an ironic environment where everyone hides their insecurities. He suggests that the solution to this problem of irony is to simply put the phones away and be consciously non-ironic so that people have no shields. In another article written by Frankie Lyon, the author agrees that we have entered an age of profound, almost hopeless irony. Lyon continues to agree with Brunetta that the age of irony was caused by technology. However, Lyon responds to Burnett's claim of solving the irony problem by consciously reducing ironic behavior and reliance on technology by disagreeing with him. Lyon says it's unrealistic to expect people not to use technology and consciously think about the things they say and do. Lyon does not believe that Burnett's solution will last and on the contrary