Patton Oswalt’s Tea & Scotch concludes with the comedian admitting that his generation’s reliance on "ironic" humor in the late 90s and early 2000s directly paved the way for the cynical, bigoted status quo we live in today. For many in the South Asian diaspora, this confession lands with a specific weight, as it mirrors the exact frustrations we have when attempting to deconstruct the "it was just a joke" defense frequently used by older generations who lean on similar ironi