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- Whatasillyhat, on 05/17/2009, -5/+714It's not irony....it's appropriate. Come on...
- inactive, on 05/17/2009, -11/+668I know that guy. He lost his arm in a road accident.
- nlchandler, on 05/17/2009, -23/+600Irony is people not knowing what irony means :(
- sus3k, on 05/17/2009, -23/+465soo... his arm wasn't eaten by a shark?
that makes this title very, very lame. - Janinco, on 05/17/2009, -2/+315He must have a great sense of humor!
- teh_techie, on 05/17/2009, -2/+314Nope... not even that is irony...
- GregFD3S, on 05/17/2009, -0/+272My friend got a tattoo that said "No Regrets" when he was drunk.
The next day he regretted it.
That's irony. - redrabbit, on 05/17/2009, -0/+212I don't think most people understand what irony really means.
- benburned, on 05/17/2009, -1/+203how ironic.
- dirtytaters, on 05/17/2009, -2/+202Irony deals with opposites; it has nothing to do with coincidence. If two baseball palyers from the same hometown, on different teams, receive the same uniform number, it is not ironic. It is a coincidence. If Barry Bonds attains lifetime statistics identical to his father’s it will not be ironic. It will be a coincidence. Irony is “a state of affairs that is the reverse of what was to be expected; a result opposite to and in mockery of the appropriate result. For instance:
If a diabetic, on his way to buy insulin, is killed by a runaway truck, he is the victim of an accident. If the truck was delivering sugar, he is the victim of an oddly poetic coincidence. But if the truck was delivering insulin, ah! Then he is the victim of an irony.
If a Kurd, after surviving bloody battle with Saddam Hussein’s army and a long, difficult escape through the mountains, is crushed and killed by a parachute drop of humanitarian aid, that, my friend, is irony writ large.
Darryl Stingley, the pro football player, was paralyzed after a brutal hit by Jack Tatum. Now Darryl Stingley’s son plays football, and if the son should become paralyzed while playing, it will not be ironic. It will be coincidental. If Darryl Stingley’s son paralyzes someone else, that will be closer to ironic. If he paralyzes Jack Tatum’s son that will be precisely ironic.
RIP George Carlin - eramos, on 05/17/2009, -5/+197It wouldn't even be ironic then.
- Orsenfelt, on 05/17/2009, -6/+179Maybe I am wrong, but the only way I can see this being ironic is if he had the tattoo before he lost the arm, then lost the arm to a shark bite?
If there is any intention in the situation, irony is negated.. right? - DeadNed, on 05/17/2009, -5/+169its ironic because a wood chipper ate his arm.
- str3ama, on 05/17/2009, -5/+165ironic would be if his arm was bit off by a shark that had a tattoo of this guy.
- 10lbhammer, on 05/17/2009, -1/+149...and that's why you always leave a note!
- borez, on 05/17/2009, -2/+146The submitters definition of irony has me stumped. But I guess it's armless enough.
- davidbeile, on 05/17/2009, -1/+140No actually that is.
- TheTaoOfBill, on 05/17/2009, -5/+131Why is it that every time someone uses the word "Ironic" there is a whole debate over whether it was used correctly. I'm starting to think no one really knows what it means.
- treytravis, on 05/17/2009, -3/+127***** badass
- RoroCo, on 05/17/2009, -1/+115Which half of the arm are you trying to understand? The one attached to his body or the one that is assumed to be missing due to a shark attack?
- ryansimbalist, on 05/17/2009, -1/+110It would be ironic if his arm was made of iron.
- inactive, on 05/17/2009, -0/+97my mommy irons my pants for me.
- 4321234, on 05/17/2009, -5/+102Oh man, talk about incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result!!
- superterrorizer, on 05/17/2009, -1/+97Remember when the bus driver told you to keep your arms inside the windows....
- Thogster, on 05/17/2009, -5/+89It's like raaaaaain on your wedding day!
- thefangedrabbit, on 05/17/2009, -2/+86No, then it would be ferric.
- electrikyle, on 05/17/2009, -2/+85I think we're gonna need a bigger shirt.
- JuanFushashi, on 05/17/2009, -0/+82A great white sense of humor?
- chuckerton, on 05/17/2009, -1/+82If he were to die in a subsequent shark attack because the shark mistook his tattoo for a small fish, now that would be irony.
- tsf5000, on 05/17/2009, -32/+108It would only be ironic if a shark bit his arm off.
- StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -4/+77No, irony is like rain. On your wedding day.
- kasjogren, on 05/17/2009, -6/+79Actually it validates the title if nothing else. I mean, you would EXPECT it to be bitten off but...
- gospe1337, on 05/17/2009, -1/+73Is it still ironic that people don't know what ironic means?
- inactive, on 05/17/2009, -0/+72The shark has a tattoo of his arm
- Duellist17, on 05/17/2009, -7/+72::Jaws theme in background::
- wtfitsRICK, on 05/17/2009, -2/+62I don't think irony really means anything.
- oo7b0nds, on 05/17/2009, -1/+59FINALLY. an appropriate use of the word irony.
- metalgel, on 05/17/2009, -1/+58You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
- rreadysetno, on 05/17/2009, -1/+58I'm pretty sure you don't need proof when it's a joke.
- alakazoo, on 05/17/2009, -4/+59you sir must re-visit the definition of ironic
- Filipp0, on 05/18/2009, -1/+53I know him too, I hearded the tattoo cost him an arm and a leg.
- superkane, on 05/17/2009, -2/+51It would be irony if he got the tattoo of a shark in order to scare other sharks away, but instead a shark bit off his arm because of the tattoo.
- Nintendesert, on 05/17/2009, -5/+53All I know is that it's like rain on your wedding day.
- bicyclethief, on 05/17/2009, -1/+40The lost arm has a tattoo of this guy.
- Banda7, on 05/17/2009, -4/+39Obvious troll is obvious
- StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -1/+35Do you normally wear multiple hats?
- richirwin, on 05/17/2009, -0/+33You think that, until he's beating you to death with that stump for talking to his girlfriend and the last thing you see in your life is that ***** tattoo.
- Darkkshadow449, on 05/17/2009, -6/+37I'm not going to lie. That's ***** badass.
- diggydougie, on 05/17/2009, -0/+29Tattoos with sound. That would be cool. For about 2 minutes.
- darkmagus, on 05/17/2009, -0/+28.....after the tattoo was done.
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