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Originally posted by DinoDoc
The joke wasn't funny if it took that much effort to explain it.
The joke wasn't funny if it took that much effort to explain it.
I didn't find the joke funny because it was a bit trite.
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You didn't find the joke funny because you don't understand irony.
I didn't find the joke funny because it was a bit trite.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry. -
It would have been ironic if Iran was a peacemonger. Recent events how it's not so likely...Comment
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Wouldn't that be sarcasm?...Originally posted by Patroklos
i·ro·ny [ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-]
–noun, plural -nies.
1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.Comment
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don't try to be so IranicSo get your Naomi Klein books and move it or I'll seriously bash your faces in! - Supercitizen to stupid students
Be kind to the nerdiest guy in school. He will be your boss when you've grown up!Comment
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Something that is ironic and sarcastic is sardonic.Originally posted by Verto
Wouldn't that be sarcasm?...Comment
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I didn't find the joke funny because it was trite and it wasn't even ironic.Originally posted by Dauphin
You didn't find the joke funny because you don't understand irony.
I didn't find the joke funny because it was a bit trite.Comment
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Hmm, DirtyMartini could be a new Oerdin in the making.Comment
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I always wondered what the meaning of sardonic was, could you site an example of something sardonic.Something that is ironic and sarcastic is sardonic.Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators, the creator seeks - those who write new values on new tablets. Companions the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest. - Thus spoke Zarathustra, Fredrick NietzscheComment
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but he is the funniest pres ever
politics will never be the same again without him
third term
Socrates: "Good is That at which all things aim, If one knows what the good is, one will always do what is good." Brian: "Romanes eunt domus"
GW 2013: "and juistin bieber is gay with me and we have 10 kids we live in u.s.a in the white house with obama"Comment
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MrFun, who is not funny or fun, is ironic
MrFun calling Asher too gay, is sarcasm
Asher getting mad at MrFun for calling him too gay is trite
Mr. Bush calling someone a threat to world peace is a miracle, as I didn't think monkeys could talk.Comment
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A guy, who himself started a war in another country, calling a nation a "threat to world peace" is ironic. It's the situation that's ironic. Bush doesn't have to be ironic on purpose for it to count as irony.
That said, and having just looked up the word, I agree the joke was trite.
"Every time I have to make a tough decision, I ask myself, 'What would Tom Cruise do?' Then I jump up and down on the couch." - Neil StraussComment
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Now, does this count as being sarcastic or sardonic?Originally posted by OneFootInTheGrave
third term
Or neither?
"Every time I have to make a tough decision, I ask myself, 'What would Tom Cruise do?' Then I jump up and down on the couch." - Neil StraussComment
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Dang, who's on second?Hi, I'm RAH and I'm a Benaholic.-rahComment
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My, this sparked quite a controversy...a regular Iron-Contra.
(runs away pursued by halfheartedly thrown tomatoes)Comment
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Oh cool. Another bash the President thread."I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003Comment
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