The OFFICIAL Irony thread

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 1:21 pm

It remains ironic that nothing is irony.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 1:22 pm

Jerloma wrote:
P.D.X. wrote:
Jerloma wrote:This is the same rule that applies to Siegfried or Roy (they all look the same to me) getting attacked by a tiger. If someone is going to get killed by an elephant, you'd completely expect it to be someone who spends a lot of time around elephants. It's as ironic as an electrician dying from getting electrocuted.
Which is more ironic…

A. A completely inexperienced person getting shocked (or trampled) to death

B. An expert getting shocked (or trampled) to death

I'd go with B every time. "A" is much more expected.
Why do either of them have to be ironic at all?

Because if you're claiming something isn't ironic because of either of those factors, than you have to admit that the inverse of that factor would make it ironic. Which it clearly doesn't. Mantecore clause is null.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 1:29 pm

That's just...no.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 1:34 pm

Jerloma wrote:That's just...no.

Gonna show your work on that one?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 1:41 pm

Believe me, I only (butcheringly) invoked the clause there for Jerloma's sake, and it would make everyone's life a hell of a lot easier if we all just agreed that it's totally ironic. But isn't it possible that the majority of deaths at the hands of captive animals involve a trained professional? (i.e. NO YOU SHOW YOUR WORK, BUSTER!)

Making it...humorously ironic, sure. Statistically ironic, no.

I need a shower.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 1:45 pm

Ryan wrote:Believe me, I only (butcheringly) invoked the clause there for Jerloma's sake, and it would make everyone's life a hell of a lot easier if we all just agreed that it's totally ironic. But isn't it possible that the majority of deaths at the hands of captive animals involve a trained professional? (i.e. NO YOU SHOW YOUR WORK, BUSTER!)

Making it...humorously ironic, sure. Statistically ironic, no.

I need a shower.

Why do I even open this thread?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 1:47 pm

Because it's the UNOFFICIAL frustrate Jerloma thread.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 1:49 pm

P.D.X. wrote:
Jerloma wrote:That's just...no.
Gonna show your work on that one?

I don't think that B is the inverse of A. An inexperienced person that knows nothing about elephants but decides to walk in an elephant cage and gets killed is not the opposite of what you'd expect. An experienced person that spends most of his time in an elephant cage and gets killed by an elephant is not the opposite of what you'd expect. Sure...you can apply all of the subjective probability that you'd like to either of these scenarios but that doesn't make either of them ironic.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 1:49 pm

The Sybian wrote:Why do I even open this thread?

It's like 10,000 disgusted groans when all you need is a laugh.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 2:06 pm

It wouldn't be so painful if y'all conceded that I'm the ultimate judge, jury, and executioner here, and you simply accepted my eternal wisdom as a favor.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 2:12 pm

Jerloma wrote:... eternal wisdom as a favor.

OK, there's one.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 2:28 pm

Ryan wrote:
The Sybian wrote:Why do I even open this thread?
It's like 10,000 disgusted groans when all you need is a laugh.

Exactly.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 2:31 pm

Oh, I get it..the irony was putting something in the thread that's not at all ironic. That would be the Morrissette Claus.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 3:15 pm

Ryan wrote:
Jerloma wrote:... eternal wisdom as a favor.
OK, there's one.

Glad I scrolled down.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 3:36 pm

Jerloma wrote:It wouldn't be so painful if y'all conceded that I'm the ultimate judge, jury, and executioner here, and you simply accepted my eternal wisdom as a favor.

You sound like Roger Goodell.

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 9:35 pm

I just heard that Rihanna is singing the opening number for the NFL game in Baltimore tomorrow.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 9:42 pm

sancarlos wrote:I just heard that Rihanna is singing the opening number for the NFL game in Baltimore tomorrow.

That should take everyones mind off of woman-beating

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:20 pm

This Photoshop has been out for a minute. Perfect time to post it.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:39 am

Johnnie wrote:
Jerloma wrote:It wouldn't be so painful if y'all conceded that I'm the ultimate judge, jury, and executioner here, and you simply accepted my eternal wisdom as a favor.
You sound like Roger Goodell.

Yes, thank you for letting us know that you got the joke. Sean, give Sarge a gold star, will you?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:37 am

You're so bossy.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:12 am

sancarlos wrote:I just heard that Rihanna is singing the opening number for the NFL game in Baltimore tomorrow.

That's great. Hey, it also includes Jay-Z, who is now a participant in the second most famous altercation with a black woman in an elevator. Perfect.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:48 am

This isn't irony, but I do like the fact that Steve Buscemi, whose most celebrated role is arguably a guy who doesn't tip, is regarded as one of the best celebrity tippers around.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 1:43 pm

Guy with a Spanish surname says Chipotle has the "best" burrito.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:05 am

Yeah, we can just go ahead and close this thread right now.

In the end, he concluded, “the Church is the only communitarian and institutional body that is effectively acting to eradicate pedophilia.”

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:13 pm

Jerloma wrote:Yeah, we can just go ahead and close this thread right now.

In the end, he concluded, “the Church is the only communitarian and institutional body that is effectively acting to eradicate pedophilia.”

While that may not be a correct statement, imagine the big percentage drop in total pedo incidents, just if all Church officials stopped doing it.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:33 pm

Jerloma wrote:Yeah, we can just go ahead and close this thread right now.

In the end, he concluded, “the Church is the only communitarian and institutional body that is effectively acting to eradicate pedophilia.”

Could anything ever top this?

I can't even think of a made up situation that could come close.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:39 pm

I think you guys are reading the word "acting" wrong.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:54 am

mister d wrote:I think you guys are reading the word "acting" wrong.

HA!

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:33 pm

Not totally Irony as it's more shitty luck, but did anyone happen to catch what happened to the guy who created the game Operation?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 3:04 pm

L-Jam3 wrote:Not totally Irony as it's more shitty luck, but did anyone happen to catch what happened to the guy who created the game Operation?

He should hold a contest where a couple of kids perform the surgery and the first one to successfully perform the surgery wins.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:41 am

People in a flight simulator killed in a plane crash

Post by **brian** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:56 am

rass wrote:People in a flight simulator killed in a plane crash

I'll allow it. (I heard this story on the news this morning. Cray Cray.)

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:30 am

Al Michaels thinks everything is ironic.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:34 am

Jerloma wrote:Al Michaels thinks everything is ironic.

It has gotten to the point where "ironic" is used as more than just a substitute for "coincidence."

During Toronto's election coverage, a reporter said that it was "ironic" that even though Rob Ford dropped out of the Mayoral race and his brother who replaced him lost the election, his nephew was elected as School Trustee for one of the wards in Toronto.

GRRR...

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:35 am

Pruitt wrote:
Jerloma wrote:Al Michaels thinks everything is ironic.
It has gotten to the point where "ironic" is used as more than just a substitute for "coincidence."

During Toronto's election coverage, a reporter said that it was "ironic" that even though Rob Ford dropped out of the Mayoral race and his brother who replaced him lost the election, his nephew was elected as School Trustee for one of the wards in Toronto.

GRRR...

So a guy from a family of politicians won an election is irony? Got it.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:10 pm

Ironic can even literally.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:55 pm

A nugget in this article :

Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, said Utah does not now have the "cocktail" of drugs needed to carry out executions by lethal injection and needs to be prepared to do so with a firing squad.

"The European company that makes this [drug cocktail] is refusing to sell to the United States because they’re opposed to the death penalty,"

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 2:45 am

Yes. That's great.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 4:13 pm

Reporting on Science (Part 2) – extended with Elise Andrew of IFLS and Bill Nye

44 minutes starts the goods. And this is noted:

Bill Nye wrote:“This is the great irony. When you go to the Answers in Genesis ministry in Kentucky, they have iPhones, they’ve got Facebook, they’ve got Twitter — they’ve cranked that up to 11 — they’ve got LED lighting. And they don’t believe in science!”

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 8:18 pm

Needed some help tonight explaining to the kids why I included a song about a child buying shoes for his dying mother before she meets Jesus on a huge (in terms of the number of songs!) collection of Christmas music I burned 9 or 10 years ago.