I read this and thought, "that's not the meaning of irony!" But maybe I'm wrong. Have we discussed irony? I honestly can't remember.
Early: So is it still her room when it's empty? Does the room, the thing, have purpose? Or do we -- what's the word? Simon: I really can't help you. Early: The plan is to take your sister. Get the reward, which is substantial. 'Imbue.' That's the word.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bon bon - Jan 24, 2005 12:10:38 pm PST #224 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 24, 2005 12:12:11 pm PST #225 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My loathing for she-who-shall-not-be-named knows no bounds, but ptui! Let us speak of her no more.
Particularly sage advice since, while the urge to defend one of our own is admirable, I'd just as soon avoid a scenario that results in Satan's Bride backtracking someone to here and becoming the board's next Schmoker.
§ ita § - Jan 24, 2005 12:16:20 pm PST #226 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Bon, as long as Alannis is still wrong, I'm okay. He did make my head hurt, and he dissed Merriam Webster. Or does m-w.com have different content from the printed version? Is Merriam Webster a decent dictionary?
Dana - Jan 24, 2005 12:16:37 pm PST #227 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Wait, that's not irony. Is it?
sumi - Jan 24, 2005 12:16:57 pm PST #228 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Those are some cute pups Nonian.
Daisy Jane - Jan 24, 2005 12:18:45 pm PST #229 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Is Allyson around? I have questions and would like to for her to answer if possible.
§ ita § - Jan 24, 2005 12:19:11 pm PST #230 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wait, that's not irony. Is it?
"Ironically", Merriam Webster agrees with him. It lists both what I considered irony, and his "use of words to express something other than their literal meaning."
Jessica - Jan 24, 2005 12:19:26 pm PST #231 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Based on his last paragraph:
Trying to pretend to yourself and others that a blurb from a random jackass which claims to be an authority on the web (yes, m-w.com are random jackasses) is nothing but a way to delude one's self and to confuse or annoy others.
I conclude that this guy is just some random jackass on the web and I can safely ignore him and his bad grammar.
Dana - Jan 24, 2005 12:20:48 pm PST #232 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
It lists both what I considered irony, and his "use of words to express something other than their literal meaning."
Yeah, I checked too. And me too. So we're good, since I don't consider m-w.com to be random jackasses.
And watch, he's going to follow his referrer logs back here and we can all have a nice argument about it.
bon bon - Jan 24, 2005 12:21:08 pm PST #233 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Wait, that's not irony. Is it?
Exactly! I thought most of the examples he cited as definitively not ironic to be excellent examples of what I understood to be irony-- to wit, a type of particularly perverse result. His definition appears to be "sarcasm."
It is ironic that his entirely sarcastic post mistakes sarcasm for irony, maybe.