doug@lemmy.today to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoThat's Ironiclemmy.todayexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThat's Ironiclemmy.todaydoug@lemmy.today to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareTwistyLex@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day ago“The use of words expressing something other than their literal intention. Now that is irony!” - Bender Bending Rodriguez
minus-squarespankinspinach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoThis was gonna be my exact comment, I’m thrilled someone beat me too it
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoI love that bit because the things Bender keeps calling out as not being ironic, are only not ironic from his perspective. To the audience, every single example is one of dramatic irony.
“The use of words expressing something other than their literal intention. Now that is irony!” - Bender Bending Rodriguez
This was gonna be my exact comment, I’m thrilled someone beat me too it
I love that bit because the things Bender keeps calling out as not being ironic, are only not ironic from his perspective. To the audience, every single example is one of dramatic irony.