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."
Angel: If I'm not back in a couple of hours— Gunn: You're dead, we're screwed, end of the world.
'Underneath'
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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.
§ ita § - Jan 24, 2005 12:19:11 pm PST #230 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
tommyrot - Jan 24, 2005 12:25:53 pm PST #234 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It is ironic that his entirely sarcastic post mistakes sarcasm for irony, maybe.
Are you being sarcastic?
bon bon - Jan 24, 2005 12:27:55 pm PST #235 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Are you being sarcastic?
No, I'm not being sarcastic. Why ever would you think I'm being sarcastic?
Also he thinks linguistic change takes hundreds of years.
tommyrot - Jan 24, 2005 12:31:46 pm PST #236 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
bon bon's being all ironic....
Dana - Jan 24, 2005 12:34:09 pm PST #237 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Also he thinks linguistic change takes hundreds of years.
OMGWTF? I'm going to google his ass and then blog about him.
tommyrot - Jan 24, 2005 12:38:54 pm PST #238 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So tomorrow's my court date. I've never been to court before. I'm already all nervous. Should I dress up? Should I always say "your honon" - like, even if I'm just answering a question, should I say, "Yes, your honor"?
I imagine I should suppress my urge to say to the judge, "Woah, I thought all you dudes wore those funky wigs!", huh?
Allyson - Jan 24, 2005 12:39:03 pm PST #239 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Is Allyson around? I have questions and would like to for her to answer if possible.
I am here.