Irony

[Torque]

I find it ironic that the solution to a math problem is more math! That's like saying the solution to fire is more fire. I know for a fact that that is not the solution to fire.
What do you find ironic?

[Aldurin]

Fire actually works as a solution to fire, because enough fire will burn away enough oxygen to starve said fire.

But on your topic. Irony can come in these forms.

A wrestling coach who teaches a health class (people in wrestling are often starving themselves to lose weight in time for a match).

A fat person who teaches physical fitness.

Your face When government legislators score worse on American history and government tests than average students (can't find the study right now, sorry).

[krogothwolf]

Shiney running a web forum

[Aldurin]

That this thread is still tagless.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

A Bank Security Guard committing a Bank Robbery at their Job.

[Bells]

Diet Soda.

C'mon people... you guys can do better than this...

uh!! Light Soda!!

[Flarecobra]

A math final where there are two complete sets of problems, but only one set of answers.

[PyrosNine]

A scene where a character says "What a nice doggy!" while petting a cat.

Or a cold and bitter cup of hot chocolate.

Or when Roy Bannon talks about how glad he is that he didn't invest in Automobiles.

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

Or when you pretend to not know what a troll is talking about, and bait them into proving that they're trolling by having them explain what they're trying to trollbait you with.

It's also Ironic that Situational Irony is the only Irony some people think about these days.

[Jagos]

A math final where there are two complete sets of problems, but only one set of answers.

You just divided by Zero didn't you?

[ChaoticBrain]

Steel is very ironic. Carbon-y too.

No, but seriously, I find it ironic when you join a forum you haven't lurked yet and immediately discover that everyone, up to and including the moderators of all people, enjoy trolling the new guy.

(This happened today. And no, it wasn't on any of the chans.)

[walkertexasdruid]

The fact that we all are still dedicated to a forum that was originally dedicated to a web comic that ended about ten months ago.

[ChaoticBrain]

The fact that we all are still dedicated to a forum that was originally dedicated to a web comic that ended about ten months ago.

Well, some of us came for 8-Bit Theater and stayed for How I Killed Your Master.

[Loyal]

Irony is taking a quick nap in the afternoon so you won't be exhausted for your evening class, only to sleep well through the class' time slot.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Milk is an explosive.

[Flarecobra]

You just divided by Zero didn't you?


No, the math teacher didn't realize there was twice the number of questions then there were answers.

[Pip Boy]

Well, some of us came for 8-Bit Theater and stayed for How I Killed Your Master.

If it would ever update... :(

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Cutting yourself with a safety razor. Getting in a car accident on your sixteenth birthday when the person driving is afraid to let you drive for fear of you (me) wrecking the car.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

A Bank Security Guard committing a Bank Robbery at their Job.

That's not ironic at all. A security guard is more likely to know what kind of security is present and how one could circumvent said security to pull off a bank heist. A bank security guard is MORE likely to pull off a robbery than anyone else, which is the exact opposite of irony.

I find it ironic that most people who talk about irony don't understand what irony actually is.

[Hanuman]

Economy Stimulus

[Sithdarth]

People that ask a question and then patently refuse to accept the answer and instead start describing what they think should be the answer.

[Melfice]

A scene where a character says "What a nice doggy!" while petting a cat.

Not ironic. They are being stupid.

Or a cold and bitter cup of hot chocolate.

Not ironic. Merely annoying, and a reason to get your money back.

Or when Roy Bannon talks about how glad he is that he didn't invest in Automobiles.

Never heard of him.
Probably only ironic if he designed a better automobile well before they became reliable and affordable, but deemed it a worthless invention in favour of the horse and cart.

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

Not exactly irony.
If the man gave up the ability to love or be with a woman in exchange for the money, it'd be ironic.

Or when you pretend to not know what a troll is talking about, and bait them into proving that they're trolling by having them explain what they're trying to trollbait you with.

Nope. Then you're just trolling the troll.
Nothing ironic about that, unless you're a moderator who's dead-set against trolling, period.


Also:
Ed Byrne talks about the song "Ironic" by Alanis Morisette (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1TVSTkAXg)

[Fenris]

A Dutchman having a better grasp of English than native speakers.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Also:
Ed Byrne talks about the song "Ironic" by Alanis Morisette (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1TVSTkAXg)

It´s pretty ironic that a song titled "Ironic" contains no instances of Irony. It´s meta, bro, meta.

[EVILNess]

No, but seriously, I find it ironic when you join a forum you haven't lurked yet and immediately discover that everyone, up to and including the moderators of all people, enjoy trolling the new guy.


See no, that would qualify as situational irony and situational irony is when actions have an effect exactly opposite from what is intended. I guarantee you that your situation does not fall under the scope of opposite of what was intended.

Anyway, I have a story for you guys.

Some of you (Especially those who get on my Minecraft Server) may know that I have a roommate. For the purposes of this story also note he has a spare Desktop.

Well, he had a friend come down for two weeks visiting family, and didn't have a place to sleep so we invited him to come stay the two weeks with us provided he bought his own food. Cool, it worked out great.

Well, the visitor and Sellers (as you fellow Minecraftians know him) spent the entire two weeks playing BALL GAZER jokes on each other. Let's just say it ended up getting very elaborate and Sellers somehow got me involved in planning new ways to catch our guest off guard with his Testes.

Well, the Coup de grâce was when we took the spare computer, which the visitor had been using to browse Facebook and general surfing for the web and Sellers decided to take a very pixelly picture of my dog's balls and put them up on the computer as the background. I loled and went about my day thinking it would be for a good laugh later that night. Well he never got on the computer again and we all forgot about it.

Until about almost 2 years later.

I got the bright idea of starting my own Minecraft server, and asking Sellers if I could use his unused desktop to maybe host it on. He agreed because he had been wanting me to get one up and running for a while. We go and boot up the computer, still sitting on the same desk as it was two years ago and...

... We... weren't sure... what we were looking at.

Sellers and and I both stared quizzically at this alien shape, until I realized what it was and burst out laughing. He looked at me wondering what the big joke was when I told him that we were both Ball Gazers.

[Torque]

People that ask a question and then patently refuse to accept the answer and instead start describing what they think should be the answer.

That's not irony. That's just stupidity.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Screw over millions of people to achieve great wealth and fortune. Only to suffer the same fate at the hands of someone else.

Irony is harder to master then I thought.

[Sithdarth]

That's not irony. That's just stupidity.

There's a difference?

[EVILNess]

There's a difference?

Some famous dead literary scholar is rolling over in his grave right about now.

[Sithdarth]

Just saying most irony finds its genesis in the stupidity of someone.

[Torque]

Screw over millions of people to achieve great wealth and fortune. Only to suffer the same fate at the hands of someone else.

Irony is harder to master then I thought.

That's not irony. That's poetic justice.

[bluestarultor]

Eating Old Dutch Loaded Spud potato chips despite disliking the taste because you like the aftertaste. :/

[Funka Genocide]

Opening a thread titled "Irony" to find practically nothing ironic therein.

[Doc ock rokc]

a diabetic man goes out to buy insulin and is hit by a truck that is carrying insulin

[Funka Genocide]

That is not opposite of what is expected, it is completely unexpected. Irony is pretty much dependent on a completely antonymical outcome to the obvious.

[ChaoticBrain]

A diabetic man, unable to afford insulin, steals a truck full of insulin shots and dies in a traffic accident.

[Doc ock rokc]

That is not opposite of what is expected, it is completely unexpected. Irony is pretty much dependent on a completely antonymical outcome to the obvious.

he gets his outcome. He went out to get insulin and he got it.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

he gets his outcome. He went out to get insulin and he got it.

But he died, which was the opposite of the outcome he wanted.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Opening a thread titled "Irony" to find practically nothing ironic therein.

Ironically, that's not ironic. I totally expected to open a thread titled "Irony" only to find nothing ironic within.

People still really need to read this (http://www.cracked.com/funny-1085-irony/) so they can understand what it is they're talking about.

[Funka Genocide]

Well I guess its a matter of perspective then. I don't think uncanny insight is enough to trump irony.

[Archbio]

Irony? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRmYfVCH2UA)

[rpgdemon]

I hate this thread.

[Doc ock rokc]

school's "blizzard ball" was cancelled by a blizzard - irony
while heading to the tire repair shop to rotate your wheels, your tires get punctured and find out that the shop is closed-irony
an ambulance ran over the person they were about to pick up -Tragic ...because the victim crawled into the middle of the street in the darkness of night.... -ironic

[Torque]

Ironic: I started this thread to laugh my ass off at the various "Ironic" posts only to find that none of them worth laugh my ass off worthy. :(

[Fenris]

school's "blizzard ball" was cancelled by a blizzard - irony
This is not ironic, this is what you would expect. That is an amusing coincidence.

while heading to the tire repair shop to rotate your wheels, your tires get punctured and find out that the shop is closed-ironyThat's not really ironic either, that's just coincidental. What would be ironic is if at the tire repair shop, they puncture your tires.

an ambulance ran over the person they were about to pick up -Tragic
That's ironic.

...because the victim crawled into the middle of the street in the darkness of night.... -ironicThat's irrelevant.

[EVILNess]

Irony is hard.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Not really, it's just the opposite of what is expected. For instance; a fat, unhealthy man dieing of a heart attack in a McDonalds - Not ironic. A 3 times olympic athlete in perfect fitness dieing of a heart attack in a McDonalds - Ironic.

See, easy.

[pochercoaster]

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/9153/ironyr.png

[Geminex]

Did you just make that?

[Arcanum]

I felt the need to contribute something (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY_amJ0YZrM)

[rpgdemon]

You, know, really, it's just like Rai-hee-ain on your wedding day.

[Pip Boy]

Did you just make that?

And more importantly, would it be ironic if he did?

[Krylo]

You, know, really, it's just like Rai-hee-ain on your wedding day.

After marrying a meteorologist, and planning your wedding for the driest day of the year in the middle of the Sahara Desert, just to avoid rain.

[walkertexasdruid]

Going on this Forum to find interesting posts, and finding nothing but boring posts.