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This is a photo of irony. (lemmynsfw.com)

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Take note, if you are still struggling to figure out what irony is.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

That song (which is insipid and bland) gets a bad rap for that. I'd argue that the song is indeed using irony effectively. irony is subjective: it tells you what the speaker believes to be a contradiction. the song says: these things are ironic; the implied presupposition is something like "everything turns out well like in a romance movie."

STATEMENT: rain on your wedding day is ironic
PRESUPPOSITION: it should not rain on your wedding day bc that is a magical time
CONCLUSION: life is not ideal

I mean, it's not a very deep conclusion, but it is logically defensible. anyway, if you're in high school and you need an English paper topic, there you go.