Papy on 23/12/2007 at 03:08
Quote Posted by Angel Dust
I don't think this is cosmic irony at all. It's just sounds an inconveniece and lacks that twisted touch like Beethoven losing his hearing.
That's because you don't think your wedding day should be blessed by the Gods. But some people do.
jtr7 on 23/12/2007 at 06:35
Better, I think, then believing it's good luck to have an elephant take a crap in your living room.
ZylonBane on 23/12/2007 at 14:42
Quote Posted by jtr7
irony n. , pl.
-nies The use of words to express (or which unintentionally express) something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
That's what American English calls "sarcasm". Dramatic irony is the one that's hard to define.
Tocky on 23/12/2007 at 15:03
Nobody got my Ozzymandus reference in an irony thread?
Now that's irony. Not particularly dramatic. I didn't slap anyone and storm away with my hand on my hip or nothin.
ZylonBane on 23/12/2007 at 17:28
Quote Posted by Tocky
Nobody got my Ozzymandus reference in an irony thread?
It would help if you spelled his name somewhat correctly. Also if you didn't assume everyone here is a poetry nerd.
Gingerbread Man on 23/12/2007 at 19:55
I would imagine that the general level of erudition -- especially in CommChat, if you want to get ironic -- is sufficient for people to at least know it from Civ IV. Or Watchmen.
Neckbearded troglodytes, we all. All nerds of some stripe.
jtr7 on 23/12/2007 at 21:00
The name reminded me of a side character in Ruby 2: The Further Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe.
Tocky on 24/12/2007 at 05:28
With an S? Two? I wondered about the spelling and suppose I should have googled it. So long ago I read it but the phrase "Look upon my works ye mighty and despair" on the base of a statue long broken amidst ruins is such a haunting irony that I thought I could trust my faulty memory. Ah well. So many worse things to be than a nerd.
jtr7 on 24/12/2007 at 05:56
Remove a "z" and then substitute a "deus" for a "dus".
Shakey-Lo on 24/12/2007 at 08:31
...and then substitute a "dias" for "deus"....
