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By "irony", I'm pretty sure they mean "sarcasm". It seems increasingly common for people to confuse the two.
by literalusername 12y ago
By "irony", I'm pretty sure they mean "sarcasm". It seems increasingly common for people to confuse the two.
- leephillips 12y agoBut sarcasm is a form of irony: its lowest and crudest, the first one we learn when we're brats in elementary school. I'm pretty sure they have it confused with snark and cynicism, because they use these terms while parading their confusion pretty baldly. They're also talking about something like a dread of sincerity as part of one's lifestyle, I think. Real things in some circles, I don't doubt, but not the same as irony. And nothing to do with my life or the people I talk to. (I don't watch much TV, but I thought Seinfeld was brilliant. Oddly, I think part of its technique had to do with a distinct lack of irony, in making things unusually literal.)
- dvanduzer 12y agoSo common, in fact, that this joke was masterfully made nearly 15 years ago: http://pastebin.com/8hLsNWrY http://pastebin.com/8hLsNWrY edit: I mean the joke about Alanis Morrisette.