This is a photo of irony.

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• Zoot@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is a photo of irony This is a photo of irony

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• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is this a photo of irony?

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• hOrni@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If You have problem with understanding what irony is, just think of Alanis’ Morissettes “Ironic”. The lyrics list examples of irony, while none of them actually are ironic, which makes the whole song a great example of irony.

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  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is what Weird Al has to say about that song’s iconic line “It’s like rain on your wedding day”:

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  • Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The examples in the song are ironic, she just does not include enough details to clarify it. For example, an old man was afraid to fly so he took the train instead. And an unrelated plane crashed into it, killing him. He died on a plane crash due to avoiding planes. Ironic as fuck.

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    • Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nah she’s just using the 4th American definition

      4. marked by coincidence or by a curious or striking juxtaposition of events regarded by many as a loose usage

      www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/…/ironic

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    • Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t think that is how the song went, the guy who was afraid to fly ended up getting on a plane, which crashed just like he was afraid it would.

      Mr. Play-It-Safe was afraid to fly He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye He waited his whole damn life to take that flight And as the plane crashed down He thought, “Well, isn’t this nice?”

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• Glide@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  …the gag is that this isn’t ironic, right? Like people dropped their /s?

  You expect people who are bad at driving to need to attend a driving school, and it is therefore a place where you are more likely to see accidents. This image meets what one would reasonable expect. It is not ironic.

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  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, the gag is that the poster of the image doesn’t understand what irony is, which is ironic.

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  • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I assumed a person crashed into the school while starting a lesson. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the lesson made them worse. This is more that It’s like rai-e-aaaain!

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• criss_cross@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Needs more jpeg. I could read that it was a driving school that the van crashed by.

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• Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is a post that reminds me I’m not wearing my reading glasses.

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Perhaps that’s the irony?

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