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- monkyboyrr, on 09/21/2008, -0/+290they were smart enough to publish the book with a fireproof cover!
- tombomb, on 09/22/2008, -1/+231Sadly,The other book in there, How To Stop Combustion Engineering, was lost in the fire.
- Ramenhood, on 09/22/2008, -2/+219I believe you have my stapler..
- juneof44, on 09/22/2008, -20/+222Irony would be a fire extinguisher causing a fire. This is just a book about combustion mixed in with a bunch of other books after a fire.
- BigManOnCampus, on 09/22/2008, -0/+166I'd say the engineering was a success.
- nellyspageli, on 09/22/2008, -6/+133it's not even irony, it's a coincidence.
- HHP2K, on 09/22/2008, -2/+70Once again, the minute the word "Irony" is mentioned improperly on Digg, a ***** ensues.
- batonrye, on 09/22/2008, -3/+45Haha... just got the conclusion on the fire investigation - they deemed "spontaneous combustion" as the culprit.
- sexybobo, on 09/22/2008, -6/+46For all we know all the books were on combustion engineering. If that was the case then yes i would expect one a book on combustion engineering to be one of few books unburned.
This is a coincidence not irony. - hpfreak26, on 09/22/2008, -18/+46Irony - contrast between expectation and reality.
You wouldn't expect a book on combustion engineering to be one of few books unburned, would you? - DoctorFaust, on 09/22/2008, -1/+28"The use of words expressing something other than their literal intention."
Now that... is... irony. - rpi22, on 09/22/2008, -5/+31It is ironic, but not in the way that you intended... its only ironic because you used the word ironic wrong.
The picture is not ironic, its just an unfortunate coincidence. - Spuy767, on 09/22/2008, -1/+25I own this book.
- cyrix, on 09/22/2008, -2/+25After being on digg for so long and after encountering the word irony used and subsequently "corrected" by other people....I"m not even sure what the hell would constitute irony anymore...
- charlietuna, on 09/22/2008, -0/+21Something that seems like Iron?
- ZeeZee2k, on 09/22/2008, -0/+20 Chapter 1 - Combustion happens spontaneously.
- Vich, on 09/22/2008, -3/+23It's the closest thing I've seen to correctly labelled irony on Digg.
- InfernoX, on 09/22/2008, -0/+17The only logical explanation is that whoever started the fire left their book behind as they left xD
- Prototek, on 09/22/2008, -1/+17The book was ingeniously printed on asbestos paper.
- OneLess, on 09/22/2008, -0/+13I wouldn't expect a book on clam farming to be unburned either.
- lofi4life, on 09/22/2008, -1/+13So its ironic in an Alanis Morissette kind of way.
- dhughes, on 09/22/2008, -0/+12 If you lighten the image a bit and zoom in you'll see the book underneath is called "How to start a fire with books".
- Yookji, on 09/22/2008, -1/+12All right people, you just need to stop holding in those farts.
- imacumpewter, on 09/22/2008, -3/+12i'm drunk and this still wasn't funny
- cawfee, on 09/22/2008, -2/+10*huge success
- defectDS, on 09/22/2008, -0/+8I hate all of you.
- Navicerts, on 09/22/2008, -0/+8Thats the subtle difference though, where the mistake tends to be made (not that it really matters).
I would not expect a flaming Oreo cookie to fall from the sky into the mouth of a hungry beaver. That however does not make it ironic.
I would not expect the #1 cause of death for beavers to be tress falling on them (thought they would have figured that out by now seeing as how they are the "lumberjacks of nature"?!), yet it is. That is irony. - charters14, on 09/22/2008, -1/+9Damage assessment: Minimal. the books survived the fire.
- WaveyRavey, on 09/22/2008, -3/+11Ironic
1. containing or exemplifying irony: an ironic novel; an ironic remark.
2. ironical.
3. coincidental; unexpected: It was ironic that I was seated next to my ex-husband at the dinner.
It was ironic. - Nboy514, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7I never knew such a simple concept would be so confusing to so many
- Varanos, on 09/22/2008, -8/+15The book.
It accidentally the whole office. - vulpescry, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6This book was built for this sort of thing. That's true engineering right there.
- Spuy767, on 09/22/2008, -1/+6In light of this new evidence, I should likely keep it away from combustibles.
- MtheoryX, on 09/22/2008, -0/+5That would be "spontaneous human combustion."
- sexybobo, on 09/22/2008, -1/+6It might be unexpected that something could survive a fire but that is not what they are calling ironic.
They are saying a book about fire surviving a fire is ironic. Which it isn't it is a coincidence. - kiantech, on 09/22/2008, -0/+5during that recent california 5.4 earthquake only one book on my bookshelf tipped, it was a book on designing building to be earthquake ready haha.
- Llanowar, on 09/22/2008, -2/+7I think it's impossible for Digg to fully agree on something being ironic or not.
There will always be a group saying it is and a group saying it isn't.
It's almost as meaningless as the science/religion discussion. - inactive, on 09/22/2008, -0/+4I think you're missing a verb, buddy.
- elitegrunt, on 09/22/2008, -0/+4it did WHAT to the office?!?!?!
- alex7575, on 09/22/2008, -0/+4A do what now? To who?
- Totz83, on 09/22/2008, -0/+4Only you can prevent forest fires.
- repmekevets, on 09/22/2008, -0/+4i admire your enthusiasm, but the degree symbol is not part of the title.
- bdfariello, on 09/22/2008, -1/+5It's ironic that he misused the word irony because we were expecting something actually ironic and instead got something that was a mere coincidence.
- Sepeteus, on 09/22/2008, -1/+5What is "gic"?
- sferland, on 09/22/2008, -1/+5It was only a coincidence actually. Irony would be if the book were a book on the prevention of fires, and somehow the book was the cause of the initial fire. THAT would be ironic.
- tidu, on 09/22/2008, -3/+7No, it'd be ironic if a spell checker program was named Spel Checker
- bagboyrebel, on 09/22/2008, -1/+4Even the definition you quoted contradicts what you said. "undermined by its context". It's all about context.
- getrdone656, on 09/22/2008, -5/+8Well I think that since the book is about combustion and its the only one that didn't catch fire is ironic
Or at least I think that's what the author meant - Zippo, on 09/22/2008, -0/+3Cue Alanis Morissette.
- scttyb121, on 09/22/2008, -2/+5Actually no, that still isn't irony.
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