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this is not the place to push your agenda jake

simply post a pic of something you find clever like .............

Back to the good stuff.

Another one for Jake

safariguy5 wrote:

Except for the fact that he has been caught in the process -

Also, you can tell he's in an art room, and it's clearly not a testing situation (look at the guy in the back). And I don't know how many times I cheated in art by looking up something on my phone.


I cheat in art by destroying someone else's clay sculpture so mine looks better.

Army of GOD wrote:Also, you can tell he's in an art room, and it's clearly not a testing situation (look at the guy in the back). And I don't know how many times I cheated in art by looking up something on my phone.


I cheat in art by destroying someone else's clay sculpture so mine looks better.

The clay model I spent so long* designing exploded in the kiln in my high school art class. Then they actually made me paint the scraps of clay which were recovered.

*approximately 20 minutes

ManBungalow wrote:

He's definitely not the guy who drove that in there.

safariguy5 wrote:

That just made my day.

pimpdave wrote:

That isn't irony

an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony

BigBallinStalin wrote:

an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony

By that definition, any sort of unexpected result is ironic. That doesn't make a lot of sense.

Woodruff wrote:

BigBallinStalin wrote:

an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.

?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony

By that definition, any sort of unexpected result is ironic. That doesn't make a lot of sense.

I think it does. But anyway, this disagreement is all semantics. I first learned irony to be "an unexpected result" (word-for-word). For some people this might be irony, for others it might not be.

Army of GOD wrote:

Woodruff wrote:

BigBallinStalin wrote:

an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.

?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony

By that definition, any sort of unexpected result is ironic. That doesn't make a lot of sense.

I think it does. But anyway, this disagreement is all semantics. I first learned irony to be "an unexpected result" (word-for-word). For some people this might be irony, for others it might not be.

True irony is the use of words in a context which is the opposite of it's literal meaning.

Woodruff wrote:

Army of GOD wrote:

Woodruff wrote:

BigBallinStalin wrote:

an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.

?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony

By that definition, any sort of unexpected result is ironic. That doesn't make a lot of sense.

I think it does. But anyway, this disagreement is all semantics. I first learned irony to be "an unexpected result" (word-for-word). For some people this might be irony, for others it might not be.

True irony is the use of words in a context which is the opposite of it's literal meaning.

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Can you give me a really good example? I have always had trouble with understanding what "irony" means.

It's literal meaning?

The meaning of a word is made by the person using the word. Definitions are just a general agreement of what a word should mean. God forbid someone has a definition of irony that contradicts yours.

BigBallinStalin wrote:

Woodruff wrote:

Army of GOD wrote:

Woodruff wrote:By that definition, any sort of unexpected result is ironic. That doesn't make a lot of sense.

I think it does. But anyway, this disagreement is all semantics. I first learned irony to be "an unexpected result" (word-for-word). For some people this might be irony, for others it might not be.

True irony is the use of words in a context which is the opposite of it's literal meaning.

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Can you give me a really good example? I have always had trouble with understanding what "irony" means.

Well it sure as hell isn't "rain on your wedding day". A very simple usage would be to suggest that something were "as pleasant as a root canal", for instance. A more interesting one is thinking back to when the Reagan assassination attempt took place where he was hospitalized (I don't remember the attacker...Hinkman? Jodie Foster's stalkerish dude, I think.). All of Hinkman's shots missed the President, yet he was struck quite seriously by a bullet that ricocheted off of the armor of his vehicle. This is ironic because the armor of the vehicle is designed to protect the President yet, in this particular case, it directly took part in making his very serious injury.

Army of GOD wrote:It's literal meaning?
The meaning of a word is made by the person using the word. Definitions are just a general agreement of what a word should mean. God forbid someone has a definition of irony that contradicts yours.

Just, the policy the most small and great timing it you could always sound.

Woodruff wrote:

BigBallinStalin wrote:

Woodruff wrote:

Army of GOD wrote:

Woodruff wrote:By that definition, any sort of unexpected result is ironic. That doesn't make a lot of sense.

I think it does. But anyway, this disagreement is all semantics. I first learned irony to be "an unexpected result" (word-for-word). For some people this might be irony, for others it might not be.

True irony is the use of words in a context which is the opposite of it's literal meaning.

\

Can you give me a really good example? I have always had trouble with understanding what "irony" means.

Well it sure as hell isn't "rain on your wedding day". A very simple usage would be to suggest that something were "as pleasant as a root canal", for instance. A more interesting one is thinking back to when the Reagan assassination attempt took place where he was hospitalized (I don't remember the attacker...Hinkman? Jodie Foster's stalkerish dude, I think.). All of Hinkman's shots missed the President, yet he was struck quite seriously by a bullet that ricocheted off of the armor of his vehicle. This is ironic because the armor of the vehicle is designed to protect the President yet, in this particular case, it directly took part in making his very serious injury.

So from this, isn't it ironic that a KKK member was going to light a cross on fire but instead light himself on fire?

The whole point being that the cross is suppose to be set on fire (like the armor protecting the president from a bullet), yet the KKK member sets himself on fire (much like the bullet ricocheting and hitting the president).