JonsJava@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 years agojoining the fediverse to bitch about reddit is the same as going on a date, and spending the whole night talking about your exmessage-squaremessage-square396fedilinkarrow-up15.83Kfile-text
arrow-up15.83Kmessage-squarejoining the fediverse to bitch about reddit is the same as going on a date, and spending the whole night talking about your exJonsJava@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 years agomessage-square396fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJonsJava@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 years agoPointing out that people are saying something too much isn’t irony. “The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.” - irony
minus-squareMJKee9linkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 years agoIt’s not the"pointing out" that makes it ironic… It’s the popularity of the post running counter with your underlying argument in the past that makes it’s ironic.
I see the irony here 😂
Pointing out that people are saying something too much isn’t irony.
“The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.” - irony
It’s not the"pointing out" that makes it ironic… It’s the popularity of the post running counter with your underlying argument in the past that makes it’s ironic.