== This pretty clearly confuses cynicism with irony, doesn't it? == 

 I would also warn about the corrosive and deadening effects of awesomeness. For how long do you think Mr. Knievel seems awesome, exactly? That's where cynicism comes from  when "awesome" begins to cloy. It's literally what "jaded" means  worn out. Irony protects against cynicism (by making meaning more supple). If someone happens to be ill-tempered, that's unrelated to irony.