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> nor "ironic", but an intentional effort to demonstrate how annoying

That would in fact be a deliberate use of irony.



I'm reminded of the Archer scene where he explains irony (in the middle of a car chase / gunfight), and then Pam asks:

> Oh. Okay, so then what's satire?

> Nobody really knows!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaFctEu3ETU




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