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Two minute papers-- but they are videos.

I feel like I am repeating myself.

Definition of irony...

Just because two things sound odd doesn't mean there is anything ironic about it. I could also name my YouTube channel something like Full Orchestral Performances but have them be videos and not music. That's not the definition of irony, but I don't think me explaining it further will make you understand what irony is.

This is a false analogy though. If you had a YouTube channel called Two Minute Full Orchestral Performances I would expect Full Orchestral Performances of two minutes, basically a musical performance.

Since we consume either articles (which are often rated as "This will take you 3 minutes to read") or video, the title is deceiving. Particularly as someone who finds consuming information infuriatingly slow in videos, and prefer to read or scan articles, I find it has a sense of irony to it.

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