Irony
Svalbardania
25-04-2009, 02:35
So I work in a call centre, ringing people up in the middle of dinner asking for money. On Thursday, I on my list was an "R. Astley". Yes, R. Astley. When I called up, I was planning on dropping a reference in, but alas, I was confronted not with a Mr. R Astley's residence, but instead was greeted by "Tony's towing service how may I help you?". We get wrong numbers like that all the time, but this was different. I have since labelled it the inverse rickroll. The irony of the situation was sadly lost on my coworkers, but I thought it was funny.
So NSG, what have you experienced recently which you would say was ironic? Do you consider the above ironic? Thoughts...
Skallvia
25-04-2009, 02:38
Thats not Ironic, its just coincidental!
"The use of words expressing something other than their
literal intention. Now that IS irony!"
—Bender
it is funny though, lol, :p
man, i had a roomate thinking he was the most suprior person with in the room. so i moved out leaveing a few things a mess and i get a call from him saying what gave you the superiority to make the floor messy..i dont know if thats irony, but karma is defienetlyu a bitch for that guy.
Svalbardania
25-04-2009, 02:45
man, i had a roomate thinking he was the most suprior person with in the room. so i moved out leaveing a few things a mess and i get a call from him saying what gave you the superiority to make the floor messy..i dont know if thats irony, but karma is defienetlyu a bitch for that guy.
Haha, you're a spiteful little bugger. I like you.
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll36/Dragged_to_heck/Irony.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x44/heart_of_shou/irony.jpg
Svalbardania
25-04-2009, 02:50
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll36/Dragged_to_heck/Irony.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x44/heart_of_shou/irony.jpg
You always seem to have an answer to everything. I loved the first one.
hahaha...well i gave him what he wanted...superiority over the room. :)
Galloism
25-04-2009, 02:54
You always seem to have an answer to everything. I loved the first one.
I like the second one.
meh i like the second one
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
25-04-2009, 02:56
Right wingers are immune to irony (see: "Tomorrow Belongs to Me), but this results in non-right wingers being unable to see the original, intended irony (see: accusations of antisemitism leveled at the writers of "Tomorrow Belongs to Me").
I'm sure there is irony somewhere in that whole business.
Pope Lando II
25-04-2009, 02:58
Thats not Ironic, its just coincidental!
That's only one definiton of irony. There are differenty types (situational, dramatic, etc.) and different uses. The OP's story could easily be made ironic by adding a bit of appropriate context.
Svalbardania
25-04-2009, 03:00
Right wingers are immune to irony (see: "Tomorrow Belongs to Me), but this results in non-right wingers being unable to see the original, intended irony (see: accusations of antisemitism leveled at the writers of "Tomorrow Belongs to Me").
I'm sure there is irony somewhere in that whole business.
Tomorrow belongs to you. Antisemite.
Skallvia
25-04-2009, 03:09
That's only one definiton of irony. There are differenty types (situational, dramatic, etc.) and different uses. The OP's story could easily be made ironic by adding a bit of appropriate context.
Youve obviously never seen Futurama, lol...
Ironically, its from an episode entirely devoted to Irony...
http://www.loverofwords.com/writing/robodevil-irony.html