Ageing is affected by the passage of time. To cure ageing - stop time!
I don't think this is irony, sarcasm or paradoxical but I'm sure there's a word to describe the "stop time" element.
What is it, please? Absurdity?
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1Truism: a statement that is so obviously true that it is almost not worth saying.– Joe DarkOct 17, 2015 at 11:19
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1Thanks but, unfortunately, I don't think it's possible to stop time!– MartingoOct 17, 2015 at 11:37
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Also a truism ;)– Joe DarkOct 17, 2015 at 11:46
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Absurdity applies, or depending on how the rest of the context unfolds, perhaps only an attention-grabbing phrase that will turn out to mean something other than what it actually says: "Live longer. Stop time. Come to the relaxing beaches of Tahiti, a paradise where time seems to stand still."– TRomanoOct 17, 2015 at 13:54
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"Stopping time" is something that you can never do. It is one of (extravagant) exaggerations called hyperbole, which means:
Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
It can be also truism as Joe Dark mentioned, but I think it is closer to hyperbole.
You can read a lot of exmples in the link.
I will love you until the end of time. I'll love you till the ocean.