voted 80% but it's probably higher tbh
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 01:30 (two years ago) link
There are the intermediate posts too—where you make a claim that isn’t quite what you mean, but not quite not what you mean. Like, a suspension of qualifiers, a calculated risk to push the conversation forward. There is maybe a mischievous humor in such posts.
― treeship., Wednesday, 9 June 2021 01:49 (two years ago) link
irony is way too often portrayed as being the opposite of or mutually exclusive with seriousness and sincerity, which has had devastating consequences for our collective understanding of the phenomenon. it is or should be far more interesting than that
― Left, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 02:09 (two years ago) link
there are so many layers
― Left, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 02:11 (two years ago) link
70, like I like my
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 02:15 (two years ago) link
There's only surface
― Lage Lage Lage Shooting (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 08:47 (two years ago) link
50% completely serious50% stupid jokes
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 09:32 (two years ago) link
Similar but more slanted towards stupid jokes.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 10:23 (two years ago) link
I reject the premise and i think left is otm
Intent isnt a switch and nothing has any one meaning
― Eschew things thirty two times before swallowing them (darraghmac), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 10:58 (two years ago) link
the way nerds have spent decades making fun of alanis for her perfectly fine use of the word because they can't see past their own stunted definition is extemely ironic don't you think
― Left, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
inferring irony due to one's limited and mistaken perceptions can certainly be seen as ironic, but given sufficient thought a trickle of irony can be squeezed from virtually any utterance.
― What's It All About, Althea? (Aimless), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
how ironic
― Left, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
ironic how
― What's It All About, Althea? (Aimless), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
It's like shiiiiiiit
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
yesterday I made an obscure but v juvenile joke in response to a pomenitul post that he took at face value and I felt bad
― im dum (rob), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
Was it about Tricky? If so, don’t explain it, let the mystery speak for itself.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
*remains silent*
― im dum (rob), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
But perhaps my own po-faced reply was just for a laugh. Who can tell?
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
po-menitul
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
heh now that I did assume was intentional
― im dum (rob), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
That actually works in Romanian.
xp
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
I don't understand the question
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
assuming irony has an on/off switch, what % of your posts is it turned on for?
assuming every post contains some % irony, what is your average?
― Left, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
I'm going to answer this later, but I think everyone answering in this thread should provide an examples of themselves being earnest or ironic so we can tell the difference going forward.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
all my posts in this thread have been earnest and ironic
― Left, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
Now I can tell the difference!
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
All ILXors are liars.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
I'm Nude Spock
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link
Looks as though the one school we need around here is School of Irony— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) March 2, 2013
― Left, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:43 (two years ago) link
https://i.redd.it/hrs8bog9sby11.pngit me
― Jerome Percival Jesus (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
love irony
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
5% black fly, 95% Chardonnay
― kinder, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
everyone answering in this thread should provide an examples of themselves being earnest or ironic so we can tell the difference going forward.
Being ironic:
what many people fail to understand is that when critical thinking skills erode, they do not disappear. rather, the eroded particles of critical thinking are blown or washed away to other locations, where they collect in loose agglomerations, such as critical thinking skill dunes or the deltas of critical thinking skills deposited at the effluence of rivers.― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Monday, May 3, 2021
― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Monday, May 3, 2021
Also ironic:
Yes. Children should especially learn how to pick our crops. Since they are already low to the ground they are ideal for picking lettuce, strawberries, cucumbers and similar edibles. Their job site would be open air, they'll get lots of exercise, and they'll learn every day what it feels like to be devalued, exploited and abused. Invaluable lessons to carry them through their miserable lives.― What's It All About, Althea? (Aimless), Monday, June 7, 2021
― What's It All About, Althea? (Aimless), Monday, June 7, 2021
Not ironic:
If you liked to eat fish every Friday, would you feel the need to claim you were converting to Catholicism when you weren't? It might raise some embarrassing questions about why you never seem to attend mass, or confession, or take communion, or even learn the catechism. Why not just say you want to eat fish?― What's It All About, Althea? (Aimless), Saturday, June 5, 2021
― What's It All About, Althea? (Aimless), Saturday, June 5, 2021
― What's It All About, Althea? (Aimless), Thursday, 10 June 2021 01:30 (two years ago) link
The last one is a humorous analogy. I don’t know the contexf but there is likely hyperbole at work, whatever you’re complaining about is not exactly like converting to catholicism to eat fish. Seems ironic and droll.
― treeship., Thursday, 10 June 2021 02:20 (two years ago) link
Subtle irony—not sarcasm—but not a face value post either.
― treeship., Thursday, 10 June 2021 02:21 (two years ago) link
My posts should be taken whichever way casts them in a more favorable light.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 11 June 2021 01:19 (two years ago) link
They need all the help they can get, really.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 11 June 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 15 July 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Only one "mostly honest" then.
― Mark G, Thursday, 15 July 2021 08:09 (two years ago) link