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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,199 posts)
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 03:41 PM Nov 2017

The thing about *irony* is....

....for it to work, it has to be the opposite of what you were expecting.

So if you wanted to use the label "Deplorable" to describe someone but in an ironic sense, you'd probably use it to describe someone like this:



On the other hand, this isn't actually irony but rather merely an instance of truth in advertising:


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The thing about *irony* is.... (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2017 OP
"pathetic" was the word that came to my mind.... unblock Nov 2017 #1
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