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The definition of irony

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    KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited May 2007
    drano, i'm smart and cool

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    IHasABucketIHasABucket Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Irony is Alanis Morissette singing a song about irony in which none of the things she sang about were ironic.

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    PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Drano wrote: »
    i hate people who jump all over the use of the word irony.
    its a pretty fucking vague word you guys
    also you're not smart or cool.

    I think most folks just didn't give a fuck about shaders.

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    I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell UpI'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Drano wrote: »
    i hate people who jump all over the use of the word irony.
    its a pretty fucking vague word you guys
    also you're not smart or cool.

    It's sadly ironic that they misuse irony, thus making irony itself ironic

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    IHasABucketIHasABucket Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Drano wrote: »
    i hate people who jump all over the use of the word irony.
    its a pretty fucking vague word you guys
    also you're not smart or cool.

    I think most folks just didn't give a fuck about shaders.

    but... but... I once wrote an algorithm for a bump-map shader and it was loads of fun

    :(

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    KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2007
    Kusuguttai wrote: »
    Let us discuss your dreams and aspirations here in my candle-lit lounge while we listen to jazz and drink some champagne.

    i've waited so long

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    is that a daikon radish

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    Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Drano wrote: »
    i hate people who jump all over the use of the word irony.
    its a pretty fucking vague word you guys
    also you're not smart or cool.

    that's pretty ironic.

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    DranoDrano __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2007
    Irony is Alanis Morissette singing a song about irony in which none of the things she sang about were ironic.

    plenty of them were.

    you're cool in an in your face "im cool" sort of way knob"
    and frankly im sick of it.

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    JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Now that I am done showering I might make a few heroes for people (Bendery is first).


    But you have to give me some idea of what you want, especially if I barely know you.


    Also, Pony please refrain from talking about my tits.

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    KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited May 2007
    dogg i live on the edge i can't help that

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    I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell UpI'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Jordyn wrote: »
    Now that I am done showering I might make a few heroes for people (Bendery is first).


    But you have to give me some idea of what you want, especially if I barely know you.


    Also, Pony please refrain from talking about my tits.

    can the rest of us still do it?


    also what's the website?

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    IHasABucketIHasABucket Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Drano wrote: »
    Irony is Alanis Morissette singing a song about irony in which none of the things she sang about were ironic.

    plenty of them were.

    you're cool in an in your face "im cool" sort of way knob"
    and frankly im sick of it.

    http://www.lyrics007.com/Alanis%20Morissette%20Lyrics/Ironic%20Lyrics.html

    Look those over and let me know plz kthx

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    WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    this whole thread is pretty pizza.



    dont hound me on my use of pizza, its a pretty vague word

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    Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Jordyn

    skull face, holding (if possible) an aluminum bat in each hand

    would you?

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    Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Drano wrote: »
    Irony is Alanis Morissette singing a song about irony in which none of the things she sang about were ironic.

    plenty of them were.

    you're cool in an in your face "im cool" sort of way knob"
    and frankly im sick of it.

    Dude that's so ironic!

    and name one thing in that song that was ironic.

    oh you can't??


    Dude that's so ironic!

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    DranoDrano __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2007
    theres socratic irony, then theres dramatic irony, and comic irony.
    irony is more of a wiki entry than a dictionary.com one.

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    IHasABucketIHasABucket Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife

    That's not ironic you stupid bitch. Tragic, perhaps, if maybe now you can't figure out how to make your peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But ironic? Hardly.

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    I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell UpI'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Drano wrote: »
    Irony is Alanis Morissette singing a song about irony in which none of the things she sang about were ironic.

    plenty of them were.

    you're cool in an in your face "im cool" sort of way knob"
    and frankly im sick of it.

    http://www.lyrics007.com/Alanis%20Morissette%20Lyrics/Ironic%20Lyrics.html

    Look those over and let me know plz kthx

    the whole song is ironic because she misuses ironic.

    it's, if anything, MORE ironic

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    PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Stop it

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    KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited May 2007
    iRony

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    IHasABucketIHasABucket Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Hey Commie ever seen Zabiela or Fanciulli live?

    (UK ravers and whatnot and I'm drunk and curious)

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    DranoDrano __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2007
    It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife

    That's not ironic you stupid bitch. Tragic, perhaps, if maybe now you can't figure out how to make your peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But ironic? Hardly.

    did you know that "tragic" is also a type of irony?

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    PerrsunPerrsun Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
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    I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell UpI'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Hey Commie ever seen Zabiela or Fanciulli live?

    (UK ravers and whatnot and I'm drunk and curious)

    no the title is from Spaced...

    nick frost and simon peg

    greatest men ever?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-tul3ebcHU

    edit: also hahah techno A team theme

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    Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Drano wrote: »
    theres socratic irony, then theres dramatic irony, and comic irony.
    irony is more of a wiki entry than a dictionary.com one.

    no dufus, irony is a "word," which means it has a "definition"
    those other words people throw in front of it are just to describe different ironic situations better, they don't change the definition of the word irony.

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    IHasABucketIHasABucket Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Drano wrote: »
    It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife

    That's not ironic you stupid bitch. Tragic, perhaps, if maybe now you can't figure out how to make your peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But ironic? Hardly.

    did you know that "tragic" is also a type of irony?

    I know you said it's not a dictionary.com kind of deal, and I was mocking Alanis more than you, but...

    i·ro·ny1 /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
    –noun, plural -nies.
    1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
    2. Literature.
    a. a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
    b. (esp. in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
    3. Socratic irony.
    4. dramatic irony.
    5. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
    6. the incongruity of this.
    7. an objectively sardonic style of speech or writing.
    8. an objectively or humorously sardonic utterance, disposition, quality, etc.

    Please, please, show me where this comes up. Or perhaps my definition of irony is completely skewed?

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    JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    commie wrote: »
    Jordyn wrote: »
    Now that I am done showering I might make a few heroes for people (Bendery is first).


    But you have to give me some idea of what you want, especially if I barely know you.


    Also, Pony please refrain from talking about my tits.

    can the rest of us still do it?


    also what's the website?

    http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heroMachine2/heromachine2.asp

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    IHasABucketIHasABucket Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    commie wrote: »
    Hey Commie ever seen Zabiela or Fanciulli live?

    (UK ravers and whatnot and I'm drunk and curious)

    no the title is from Spaced...

    nick frost and simon peg

    greatest men ever?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-tul3ebcHU

    edit: also hahah techno A team theme

    Man.

    Some ravers are total tools.

    But there is nothing more fun that a couple hits of X and a sweet fucking DJ.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ik6kalxB4do

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    DranoDrano __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2007
    Drano wrote: »
    It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife

    That's not ironic you stupid bitch. Tragic, perhaps, if maybe now you can't figure out how to make your peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But ironic? Hardly.

    did you know that "tragic" is also a type of irony?

    I know you said it's not a dictionary.com kind of deal, and I was mocking Alanis more than you, but...

    i·ro·ny1 /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
    –noun, plural -nies.
    1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
    2. Literature.
    a. a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
    b. (esp. in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
    3. Socratic irony.
    4. dramatic irony.
    5. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
    6. the incongruity of this.
    7. an objectively sardonic style of speech or writing.
    8. an objectively or humorously sardonic utterance, disposition, quality, etc.

    Please, please, show me where this comes up. Or perhaps my definition of irony is completely skewed?
    probably a half assed attempt at comic irony

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    DranoDrano __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2007
    Drano wrote: »
    theres socratic irony, then theres dramatic irony, and comic irony.
    irony is more of a wiki entry than a dictionary.com one.

    no dufus, irony is a "word," which means it has a "definition"
    those other words people throw in front of it are just to describe different ironic situations better, they don't change the definition of the word irony.

    yes they do.

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    IHasABucketIHasABucket Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Drano wrote: »
    Drano wrote: »
    It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife

    That's not ironic you stupid bitch. Tragic, perhaps, if maybe now you can't figure out how to make your peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But ironic? Hardly.

    did you know that "tragic" is also a type of irony?

    I know you said it's not a dictionary.com kind of deal, and I was mocking Alanis more than you, but...

    i·ro·ny1 /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
    –noun, plural -nies.
    1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
    2. Literature.
    a. a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
    b. (esp. in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
    3. Socratic irony.
    4. dramatic irony.
    5. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
    6. the incongruity of this.
    7. an objectively sardonic style of speech or writing.
    8. an objectively or humorously sardonic utterance, disposition, quality, etc.

    Please, please, show me where this comes up. Or perhaps my definition of irony is completely skewed?
    probably a half assed attempt at comic irony

    From wikipedia:

    Comic irony

    Layers of comic irony pervade (as an example) Jane Austen’s novels. The first sentence of Pride and Prejudice famously opens with a nearly mathematical postulate. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” The scene that follows immediately betrays the proposal. “No, a rich young man moving into the neighborhood did not come to seek a wife.” In fact, it soon becomes clear that Austen means the opposite: women (or their mothers) are always in search of, and desperately on the lookout for, a rich single man to make a husband. The irony deepens as the story promotes his romance and ends in a double wedding.

    Comic irony from television sketch-comedy has the distinction over literary comic irony in that it often incorporates elements of absurdity. For instance, an ironic situation might involve getting hit by a rib-delivery truck after trying to poison someone with bad rib-sauce to steal his or her gems. Reference: Season 4 Cycle 1—SCTV Network / 90 Show 2, Polynesiantown.

    Comic irony has long been a staple of cartoons, in which the action is free to be unrealistic. An example is a notable Far Side cartoon in which a hapless cat is trapped against an inside house window, having to watch the once-in-a-lifetime consequences of a collision outside between a truck labeled "Al's Rodents," and another labeled "Ernie's Small Flightless Birds."

    I also fail to see how that's comic irony :(

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    DranoDrano __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2007
    im not defendin alanis moirsette.
    i could give a shit about her.
    i just notice people being needlessly and obnoxiously anal about that word.

    she wants a knife but she has an absurd amount of spoons instead.
    its lame, but a tad bit ironic. her situation is incongruent with her needs to an extreme degree.
    its not very good, but i see what she was getting at.

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    KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2007
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    IHasABucketIHasABucket Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Drano wrote: »
    im not defendin alanis moirsette.
    i could give a shit about her.
    i just notice people being needlessly and obnoxiously anal about that word.

    she wants a knife but she has an absurd amount of spoons instead.
    its lame, but a tad bit ironic. her situation is incongruent with her needs to an extreme degree.
    its not very good, but i see what she was getting at.

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    That is irony.

    Having 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife is tragic, not ironic.

    And don't take it personally. I just fucking hate Alanis.

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    I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell UpI'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Kusuguttai wrote: »
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    hahaha ooh you.

    so saved

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    KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2007
    you are some sort of king

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    KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited May 2007
    having 10,000 spoons when you need a knife isn't ironic or tragic

    it's a really fucking weird coincidence

    where the hell would you get 10,000 spoons

    and hell, even then you aren't screwed, you can cut stuff with a spoon it's just a pain in the ass


    it's a strange inconvenience

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    IHasABucketIHasABucket Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Knob wrote: »
    having 10,000 spoons when you need a knife isn't ironic or tragic

    it's a really fucking weird coincidence

    where the hell would you get 10,000 spoons

    and hell, even then you aren't screwed, you can cut stuff with a spoon it's just a pain in the ass


    it's a strange inconvenience

    One could argue that it's tragic; however you'd like to look at it though, it isn't ironic, which is my main point.

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    JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Bendery.jpg

    And from a while back:

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    DranoDrano __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2007
    im probably being generous but i still think its ironic since you would consider spoons to be the opposite of knives. and if she desperately needed one thing and was given a shit ton of the opposite of that thing just by coincedence its kind of ironic. no?
    its just a stupid fucking example.

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