The OFFICIAL Irony thread

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri May 27, 2016 9:18 pm

It's not irony. I don't know what it is, but it's not irony.

Post by **brian** » Fri May 27, 2016 10:02 pm

Johnnie wrote:It was the first time he's ever used it? That's...incredible. I'm thinking because of that detail it makes it.

I think it's a big burrito of irony but that's part of it.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 2:44 pm

brian wrote:
Johnnie wrote:It was the first time he's ever used it? That's...incredible. I'm thinking because of that detail it makes it.
I think it's a big burrito of irony but that's part of it.

Missed this one, but "guy who created thing using said thing" is pretty far from ironic. That's like saying "Elon Musk seen driving a Tesla." It might be ironic if he did it wrong, crushed the woman's ribs and she choked to death. Or if he choked to death.

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 2:55 pm

The Sybian wrote:
brian wrote:
Johnnie wrote:It was the first time he's ever used it? That's...incredible. I'm thinking because of that detail it makes it.
I think it's a big burrito of irony but that's part of it.
Missed this one, but "guy who created thing using said thing" is pretty far from ironic. That's like saying "Elon Musk seen driving a Tesla." It might be ironic if he did it wrong, crushed the woman's ribs and she choked to death. Or if he choked to death.

Agreed. but it IS ironic that he'd never used it before. I'm pretty sure Elon Musk drives a Tesla every day.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 3:09 pm

Yeah, no.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 3:14 pm

Is it ironic if the person who invented the pacemaker never installed one?

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 3:20 pm

No, because he was an electrical engineer.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 7:41 am

Music publisher fighting to keep Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" out of the public domain.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 8:06 am

When I met J-Lo last week, I had him agree that something was ironic, but now I can't remember what it was. RI bud is pretty good I guess.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 9:57 am

Well there was a caveat required for it to be ironic that ended up most certainly not grounded in reality and so it was ultimately deemed not ironic.

But, yes...it's phenomenal.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 3:28 pm

h/t pentz

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:07 pm

brian just retweeted this

Post by **brian** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:25 pm

Just a great Florida story.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 4:47 pm

Not really irony, when you consider that his own rage instigated both the incident for which he was imprisoned, and the incident in which he died.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 1:22 pm

sancarlos wrote:Not really irony, when you consider that his own rage instigated both the incident for which he was imprisoned, and the incident in which he died.

It's ironic because the prison system reforms criminals so they never repeat their crimes.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 1:34 pm

OR DO THEY???!!

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Aug 18, 2016 10:15 am

…or confirmation bias?

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Aug 18, 2016 10:32 am

for clarity:

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:52 pm

Similarly,

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Aug 22, 2016 11:40 am

sancarlos wrote:Similarly,

Irony, or does this prove the anti-gay marriage people correct, that legalizing same sex marriages lead to the destruction of this marriage? Now that same sex is becoming normalized, she "chose the gay lifestyle."

Post by **Sabo** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:27 am

Solar panels being installed at the Kentucky Coal Museum

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:18 am

"It's a little ironic or coincidental that you are putting solar green energy on a coal museum," said Roger Noe, a former state representative who sponsored the legislation that created the coal museum. "Coal comes from nature, the sun rays come from nature so it all works out to be a positive thing."

I've read this 5 times and still can't make sense of it.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:19 am

Sabo wrote:Solar panels being installed at the Kentucky Coal Museum

Awesome.

"It's a little ironic or coincidental that you are putting solar green energy on a coal museum," said Roger Noe, a former state representative who sponsored the legislation that created the coal museum. "Coal comes from nature, the sun rays come from nature so it all works out to be a positive thing."

That's a good tag line for the coal lobby - "Coal comes from nature."

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:19 am

Its funny though because that's a guy that's obviously been irony-shamed before.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:24 am

It's the same logic that'll be used if aliens ever visit earth.

"Well God created everything, so they are children of God too."

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:38 am

Johnnie wrote:It's the same logic that'll be used if aliens ever visit earth.

"Well God created everything, so they are children of God too."

Well, that one's not even used for aliens from Planet Juarez

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 10:51 am

Tomi Lahren, who has made her brief (so far) career by berating liberal snowflakes who think the world owes them something, is suing her employer for wrongful termination.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 11:48 am

Did her misguided point of view on being owed something encompass that scenario? Like...did she rail against those who sued people? Just wondering.

I think the more ironic thing is that of all the reasons to terminate an employment of a person with garbage opinions spouting those garbage opinions, she gets canned for having a reasonable one.

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 11:50 am

Johnnie wrote:Did her misguided point of view on being owed something encompass that scenario? Like...did she rail against those who sued people? Just wondering.

I think the more ironic thing is that of all the reasons to terminate an employment of a person with garbage opinions spouting those garbage opinions, she gets canned for having a reasonable one.

I don't know if she specifically went after people who sue their employer (or anyone, really), but if she hadn't, it's just because she hadn't gotten to it yet. It's a favorite target of conservatives (e.g. see "tort reform").

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:11 am

Ok, Hasan Piker lays it out. I get it now:

https://youtu.be/WZmIrVIPiVI

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Jun 07, 2017 11:39 am

“The monument may also attract pre-existing Satanists to our community as a place for theistic Satanic ritual activities that victimize our children,” he said.

It could lead to a “form of grooming similar to that used by pedophiles,” Father Lynch said, which “Satanists use … to erode a child’s trust in caring authority figures including their parents, teachers and police officers.”

“This grooming is intended to not only make children afraid to report the abuse they suffer at the hands of Satanists, but also, to feel personally responsible for the evil they have suffered as youthful victims,” Father Lynch added. “Most disturbing is the fact that theistic Satanic ritual activities are known to include deviant sexual acts with and among children.”

http://thecatholicspirit.com/news/local ... le-plaine/

!!!!!!!!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 9:05 am

Phil Collins Hospitalized After Fall, Shows Postponed

Phil Collins postponed two shows (6/8-9) at London’s Royal Albert Hall after he slipped and hit his head as a result of a back operation. Collins was taken to the hospital where he received stitches for what a statement calls a “severe gash” on his head. He will remain in the hospital under observation for 24 hours. The shows on Collins’ Not Dead Yet tour are some of the first he’s played in 10 years and the two nights at Royal Albert Hall have been rescheduled for 11/26-27.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 4:58 pm

No one lent him a hand?

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 5:43 pm

Shirley wrote:No one lent him a hand?

No one cared any more. Cared any more. No mo. No mo.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 6:01 pm

Hope the theater isn't sue sue Suddioed

duff · Post by **duff** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 6:32 pm

It's true. He really can't dance.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 6:46 pm

brian wrote:Hope the theater isn't sue sue Suddioed

Oof, this is awful. I loved it.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 7:55 pm

word is he felt it coming. Sounds unlikely but it was apparently against all the odds.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 8:31 pm

This thread, since this morning. It's all been a pack of lies.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:29 am

Submitted for your consideration...

Hobby Lobby - Bastion of Morality - Fined $3 million

Hobby Lobby’s president and in-house lawyer spoke with an expert on cultural property law who warned them that antiquities from ancient Iraq may have been looted from archaeological sites. In a memo, the expert told them that any items of Iraqi origin that were not properly declared could be seized by customs officials.

Hobby Lobby proceeded with the sale. Starting in late 2010, a United Arab Emirates-based dealer sent 10 packages to three different Hobby Lobby addresses in Oklahoma City, with shipping labels reading “ceramic tiles” or “clay tiles (sample),” according to the complaint. No formal entries were made for the shipments. Prosecutors said the use of multiple addresses was “consistent with methods used by cultural property smugglers to avoid scrutiny by Customs.”