Does Anybody Remember IRONY? Does Anybody Here Get Irony?

[GammaGlobulin]

Hi Folks,

 

I am very disappointed in some, especially the VOCAL MINORITY.

 

Because, I think this minority has no understanding of IRONY!

 

Does anybody even remember LAUGHTER, much less IRONY???

 

 

 

So, just in case you guys are TOO DENSE to understand:

 

When, I submitted a recent Topic, I asked the rhetorical and ironical question:   "Where is McGill, ANYWAY?"

 

I was just posting a question concerning WHY nobody knows that McGill is almost every bit as good as Harvard.  And YET, nobody seems to know McGill, or even where it might be.

And...WHY?

 

Is this just ELITIST mentality, and prestige mentality????

 

NO... I was not asking WHERE McGill might be, geographically.

 

I just hope, in the future, that the vocal minority will use their pea brains to see between the lines of a question, in order to see the REAL MEANING of my Topics.

 

This is the least I can ask of you, I would think.

 

Let me spell it out for you:

 

a.  The JOKE, the ironical JOKE, was that McGill is such a great school, and I should know, just because I HAVE BEEN THERE.

b.  I was merely pointing out that even if a school is so great as is McGill, yet very few people have heard of McGill, much less know where it is.

 

I was NOT asking you guys to tell me the geographical position of McGill University.

 

This sticks in my craw, simply because you guys do not seem to get my Topics, try as I might to make them crystal clear to you.

 

NOW....

NOW....

 

Do you finally get the JOKE, and the point of my Topic?

 

I just meant that TOO FEW PEOPLE seek out good schools, and opt, mistakenly, for Prestige Schools.

 

McGill has fantastic teachers, and a school culture that might be even better than Harvard.

 

But, most people, both here and elsewhere, could not care less...

And this is not right.

 

Fondest regards,

Gamma, as always....

 

Please NOTE:  I have NEVER had any interest in posting topics about LOLLIPOP GIRLS, and I never will.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by GammaGlobulin

[scottiejohn]

From the OED (Oxford English Dictionary)

irony1  
noun (plural ironies) the expression of meaning through the use of language signifying the opposite, typically for humorous effect. Øa state of affairs that appears perversely contrary to what one expects. Ø(also dramatic or tragic irony) a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. 

ORIGIN
    C16: via Latin from Greek eironeia 'simulated ignorance', from eiron 'dissembler'.

[GammaGlobulin]

1 minute ago, scottiejohn said:

From the OED (Oxford English Dictionary)

irony1  
noun (plural ironies) the expression of meaning through the use of language signifying the opposite, typically for humorous effect. Øa state of affairs that appears perversely contrary to what one expects. Ø(also dramatic or tragic irony) a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. 

ORIGIN
    C16: via Latin from Greek eironeia 'simulated ignorance', from eiron 'dissembler'.

 

I once had a copy of the OED sitting near my desk.

 

No longer.

 

The OED is actually NOT your average dictionary.

 

And, it's not so useful, unless one is interested in the history of changes in the English language.

 

There are better dictionaries for everyday use, depending upon your needs.

 

Still, the OED is magnificent!

 

 

[V8M8]

What are you smoking? I want some. What a wild rant about irony and...I lost track about two paragraphs into your novel.

Sleep well my friend.

[stoner]

 

[GammaGlobulin]

21 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

From the OED (Oxford English Dictionary)

irony1  
noun (plural ironies) the expression of meaning through the use of language signifying the opposite, typically for humorous effect. Øa state of affairs that appears perversely contrary to what one expects. Ø(also dramatic or tragic irony) a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. 

ORIGIN
    C16: via Latin from Greek eironeia 'simulated ignorance', from eiron 'dissembler'.

 

What you FAILED to mention, my friend, is that there are different forms of irony.

 

Even some young students at CMU, at the grad level, can list them easily.

 

Here, you can find an incomplete list of the different forms of irony....

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

8 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

 

Such IRONY!

 

I was just, yesterday morning, listening to a podcast about Chapman.

 

YESTERDAY....

 

 

 

 

[still kicking]

Yes he needs help.

[stoner]

he did it all for you....

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

9 minutes ago, still kicking said:

Yes he needs help.

 

Still licking I see....

 

Getting in your licks at me.

 

Go for it, Sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Before anyone becomes much too PO'd with me....

 

First listen to this...

 

We are all human beings, after all....

 

Even the Egyptians.

 

This is the greatest rendition of this great tune.

 

Walk like an Egyptian....Is my best advice to you.....

 

Such Irony!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by GammaGlobulin

[QuantumQuandry]

52 minutes ago, V8M8 said:

What are you smoking? I want some.

 

If this is what happens when you smoke too much, I am going back to excessive drinking.

[GammaGlobulin]

7 minutes ago, QuantumQuandry said:

If this is what happens when you smoke too much, I am going back to excessive drinking.

 

Do what you like.....!

 

 

Just remember...

 

Blind Faith will always lead us astray....

 

Stick with the Scientific Method.

 

The Rhythm Method never worked well....

 

Science is the only thing that can lift us out of the bog of our plebeian existence.

 

F=ma!

 

 

 

 

 

[Fat is a type of crazy]

Is that irony though. I think not. I think you didn’t like that one of your favourites, one of your apparent allies,  closed that topic.

[GammaGlobulin]

3 minutes ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

Is that irony though. I think not. I think you didn’t like that one of your favourites, one of your apparent allies,  closed that topic.

 

Au contraire, my love.

 

You will never know what I am thinking.

 

And, this is the problem, me thinks.

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

3 hours ago, stoner said:

he did it all for you....

 

 

 

Nice one!

I have never listened to this before.

And, now...

I wish I never had.

 

I guess they do not call you the stoner for nothin'.....

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

6 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

lead us astray....

 

English is strange.

 

Why cannot we spell it....  to LEED astray, rather than LEAD astray?

 

I thought that lead is something one might find in crystal STEMWARE.

 

It's no wonder that foreigners find the English language so tough.

 

What say you?

 

Note:  Compared to the guys from the UK....  I would say that we, in the colonies, can only pretend to use the English language as it should be used.

 

Americans don't speak REAL English, in my opinion.

 

It is only those from Ireland who speak English well.

 

I can substantiate my claim if you might give me more time.

 

 

[stoner]

4 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Nice one!

I have never listened to this before.

And, now...

I wish I never had.

 

I guess they do not call you the stoner for nothin'.....

 

 

 

why ? maynard is among the best around. no irony in that. don't you feel sorry for his mom ? 

 

he did it all for her.....

[GammaGlobulin]

8 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

why ? maynard is among the best around. no irony in that. don't you feel sorry for his mom ? 

 

he did it all for her.....

 

JS Bach was far better...

 

And, JS did it all for GOD!

 

 

[stoner]

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

JS Bach was far better...

 

And, JS did it all for GOD!

 

 

what about sebastian bach ? grew up in my home town. ironically enough he joined the opera after this.

 

 

[1FinickyOne]

I used to get irony when I was younger...

 

I still enjoy smiles and laughter... but that is mostly with Thai people. 

[peter zwart]

9 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I just hope, in the future, that the vocal minority will use their pea brains to see between the lines of a question, in order to see the REAL MEANING of my Topics.

quiet difficult to find these days

[Lacessit]

IIRC the OP was complaining on another thread how difficult it was to cut his toenails, while eschewing any form of companionship.

I did appreciate the irony.

[scottiejohn]

5 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

You will never know what I am thinking.

Do you know what you are thinking?

In fact do you actually think as most BOTS don't!

[GammaGlobulin]

28 minutes ago, stoner said:

what about sebastian bach ? grew up in my home town. ironically enough he joined the opera after this.

 

 

 

 

Skid Row....

Says it all.

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

7 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

IIRC the OP was complaining on another thread how difficult it was to cut his toenails, while eschewing any form of companionship.

I did appreciate the irony.

 

No worries, now....

I found someone.

 

[GammaGlobulin]

6 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Do you know what you are thinking?

In fact do you actually think as most BOTS don't!

 

According to Noam...

We do NOT know what we are thinking.

 

Internal Language, and all that....

 

 

[stoner]

15 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

 

Skid Row....

Says it all.

 

 

 

no recognition for the absolute angel of a voice ? shame you don't see the irony in the name. 

[GammaGlobulin]

5 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

no recognition for the absolute angel of a voice ? shame you don't see the irony in the name. 

 

And, such is the irony...

That I do not see it.

 

[stoner]

8 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

And, such is the irony...

That I do not see it.