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Alanis Morisette- "Ironic", or should it be called "Misfortune"?
If you have heard the song, have you noticed that most of the occurences she mentions aren't 'ironic', but rather 'misfortunate'?
ironic- an event or result that is the opposite of what is expected. misfortune- ill luck, chance, fate. death row pardon, ten minutes too late=misfortune rain on your wedding day=misfortune free ride when your already late=misfortune traffic jam when your alaready late=misfortune 10,000 spoons when all you need a knife=misfortune meeting the man of your dreams, then meething his beautiful wife=misfortune no smoking sign on cigarette break=ironic good advice that you just didn't take=ironic I guess you can see my reasons for why the song should be entitled "Misfortune" instead of "Ironic". The occurences aren't the opposite of what is expected, but rather just ill fate. |
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"Isn't it misfortunate
Don't you think?" Doesn't have the same ring. |
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Welcome to 1995, you fucking asshole
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Those all sound ironic to me.
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lol tioe
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It's symbolism, you see it's misfortunate if you take it at face value. But if you go to the symbolism of each event then it is ironic.
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I'm sure some comedian has had this in his repertoire.
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Her new song isn't any better than this one.
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His material was almost as shite as the song itself. Bizarrely he looked like Alanis Morrissette. |
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death row pardon, ten minutes too late = Bit of a bugger, but what do you care? You're dead.
rain on your wedding day = Whoop de fucking do, it's raining, I wouldn't care free ride when your already late = would make you less late than walking. traffic jam when your already late = You should've left earlier, chances are there's usually traffic jams at that time. 10,000 spoons when all you need a knife = Fucking stupid, why the hell would you have 10,000 spoons? meeting the man of your dreams, then meeting his beautiful wife = 1) He's a dick for leading you on, or 2) You're judging him from looks alone and you're a shallow person No smoking sign on cigarette break = Stupid. What would be the point of producing a cigarette? good advice that you just didn't take = Stupid. If you knew it was good advice, and you didn't take it then you're an idiot. Just pointing that out |
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I remember this topic... like four years ago, when Moonax brought it up.
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Too bad Moonax didn't fully understand it either.
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Unfortunate.
And Ed Byrne is STILL using that routine, several years later. He really is a dickhead. |
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Yeah, I'm sure a bunch of people are milking that shit.
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LOL I remember Ed Byrne doing that shit
Comedy gold there |
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Actually this was first brought up to my atention from my 8th grade English teacher who was trying to illustrate examples of irony. In the case she used, my teacher used the song to show how some of the verses aren't necessarily ironic, but rather misfortune.
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And English teachers are never wrong, especially in circumstances that are subjective.
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^^Well, it was an interesting topic in class, especially because she used an example everyone was familiar with.
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I don't think I've ever actually heard the song.
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Sunteti chiar prost?
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Ed Byrne was/is that long-haired (I saw him recently, he cut it) Irish (maybe not, I'm bad with accents) comedian?
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#33 |
Sunteti chiar prost?
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Given your sentence construction in that last post it is highly ironic for you to criticise my linguistic skills.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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What linguistic skills?
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Sunteti chiar prost?
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The skills that enable me to recognise something as being ironic. Skills relating to the use of language that you obviously lack.
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