Comments on: Irony Defined http://pointlessbanter.net/2004/09/08/irony-defined/ Once You Read It You Can't Unread It Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:02:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Aaron Dietz » Roadnotes: L.A. 2 http://pointlessbanter.net/2004/09/08/irony-defined/#comment-21641 Aaron Dietz » Roadnotes: L.A. 2 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:16:26 +0000 http://pointlessbanter.net/2004/09/08/irony-defined/#comment-21641 [...] dehydrated, sure, but I feel way worse than usual and by the time I show up to do the Pointless Banter Show, I want to just curl up in a ball in the [...] [...] dehydrated, sure, but I feel way worse than usual and by the time I show up to do the Pointless Banter Show, I want to just curl up in a ball in the [...]

]]> By: Kevin http://pointlessbanter.net/2004/09/08/irony-defined/#comment-6162 Kevin Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:44:16 +0000 http://pointlessbanter.net/2004/09/08/irony-defined/#comment-6162 Irony: Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs Isn't that what happened? Irony: Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs

Isn’t that what happened?

]]> By: Evil Roy http://pointlessbanter.net/2004/09/08/irony-defined/#comment-6161 Evil Roy Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:39:03 +0000 http://pointlessbanter.net/2004/09/08/irony-defined/#comment-6161 Actually, that's not irony at all. Irony is when the actual result is the exact opposite of the intended or expected result. What you're describing here is coincidence, and don't feel too bad because so many people mistake the latter for the former that the definition should probably be changed anyway. Actually, that’s not irony at all. Irony is when the actual result is the exact opposite of the intended or expected result. What you’re describing here is coincidence, and don’t feel too bad because so many people mistake the latter for the former that the definition should probably be changed anyway.

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