This is not an analysis at all, people online have been misusing the word "ironic" forever. Almost nobody uses it correctly.

It's a way to shut down debate while pretending to use a legitimate debating technique. A tale as old as the internet itself.

I was responding to the question, "why do we feel the need to pick everything apart?", not this other comment. I'd point out your response was an analysis of the use of the term "irony" in online discourse.