• @not_woody_shaw
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    486 months ago

    The meta is strong with this 28 year old song.

    • @Joep
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      66 months ago

      i never thought of this in that way before. it is meta squared

  • @[email protected]
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    186 months ago

    The whole song is ironic, if you imagine the singer is supposing a story tale quality to her life. It’s unexpected (and therefore ironic) if I expect my life to turn out perfectly, but then other normal and expected things occur that prevent my fantasy from materializing.

  • @NounsAndWords
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    146 months ago

    I first heard this joke on a very butch lesbian’s stand up special in comedy central like 15 years ago. I think about it every time I hear the song.

    • @davidgro
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      26 months ago

      I knew exactly what the song would be before I tapped the link… But I definitely wasn’t expecting the video with it, that was incredible. Managed to improve on what was already a masterpiece.

  • daddyjones
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    106 months ago

    As others have pointed out - there are plenty of things in the song that actually are ironic. So what’s ironic is people keep complaining about the lack of irony in a song called “Ironic” when it’s actually got irony in it.

    • @beebarfbadgerOP
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      26 months ago

      I forget who it’s from, but this attitude reminds me of the quote: “Most of the ingredients in this soup aren’t even turds, so what are people complaining about?”

  • @foggy
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    76 months ago

    No 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife

    Man waited his whole damn life to take that flight, and as the plane crashed down, he though, “Well isn’t this nice”

    Those are both irony.