January 24, 2010
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I Just Schooled Someone
I was on Facebook, and my friend posted this status update: “Don’t go see Legion. It’s not worth your money.”
Her boyfriend Josh commented underneath that, “Lmao, I just posted that. Irony.”
Underneath his comment, I wrote, “Not to be a stickler or anything, but, Josh, that’s not irony; that’s a coincidence.”
Josh then proceeds to make an ass of himself: “It’s irony. I know what irony is.”
And then comes the schooling, courtesy of yours truly: “When you accidentally do something at the same time as someone else, as you did, that’s a coincidence. Irony is like if someone takes a medicine that is meant to cure them, but instead it kills them. That’s irony. Or if you try all day not to yawn, but the process of doing so is so tiring, you can’t help but yawn. That’s irony. Now you know what irony is.”
Comments (3)
Indeed, the word is so misuesd, as are so many.
@Edgebreak -
I know. And I’m not one to correct typos and similar mistakes, but it reallly bugs me when people misuse “irony.” They use it purely because they think it makes them look sophisticated and well read, but in fact it just makes them look like they got their education on Internet forums.
I’m kinda bummed you agree with me, though–that is, I’m kinda bummed you know what you’re talking about–’cause I was hoping for comments from people who try to argue with me; I really do love schooling a-holes.
lol effing hilarious…