@JonsJava@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • edit-21 year agojoining the fediverse to bitch about reddit is the same as going on a date, and spending the whole night talking about your exmessage-square397fedilinkarrow-up15.74Kfile-text
arrow-up15.74Kmessage-squarejoining the fediverse to bitch about reddit is the same as going on a date, and spending the whole night talking about your ex@JonsJava@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • edit-21 year agomessage-square397fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@JonsJava@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPlinkfedilink3•edit-21 year 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-square@MJKee9link16•1 year 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.
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.