The Superduper Serial: On Sincerity, Irony, and the Courage to Mean It
There is a tombstone in the cemetery of the soul. On it is etched the word: .
As adults, we lost that phrase. We traded it for nuance, for professionalism, for the safety of plausible deniability. We learned to append question marks to our statements. We learned to say, “I feel like…” or “Maybe I’m wrong, but…” We learned the art of the soft launch, the strategic shrug, the ironic detachment that keeps us safe from looking foolish.
That takes guts.
Because the moment you go "superduper serial," you are vulnerable. You cannot hide behind the hedge of "just kidding." If you fail at something you genuinely cared about, you can't claim you were being sarcastic. If you profess love and it isn't returned, you can't laugh it off as a prank.
I am superduper serial about this. About writing. About loving the people in my small orbit. About refusing to let the cynicism of the algorithm harden my ribs.
Why did we spell it serial instead of serious ? As a child, it was a mistake. But as a metaphor, it’s perfect. superduper serial
You remember it. The moment a pinky swear wasn’t enough. The moment you looked your best friend in the eye, dropped the facade, and said, “No, I’m superduper serial.” It was a grammatical car crash—an adverb smashing into a misspelling of “serious”—but we all knew what it meant.
But deep down, aren’t we all dying to be superduper serial about something?
Marriage is serial. Raising children is serial. Building a business or a body of work is serial. It’s not one loud declaration; it is the quiet, grinding consistency of a thousand small choices. The Superduper Serial: On Sincerity, Irony, and the
It meant: The mask is off. This is the raw truth. I am not joking.
And just be superduper serial about it.
Let the awkwardness wash over you. Let the fear of being "too much" stand in the corner. Because the truth is, nobody ever changed their life, fell in love, or healed a wound by being a little bit invested. We traded it for nuance, for professionalism, for