They think protecting drivers cars from scratches is more important than protecting pedestrians from getting hit, so they make the sidewalk part of the "clear zone"
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In the absence of a flair system on lemmy yet, let’s try to make it easier to scan through posts by type in here by using tags:
Dear reader, permit me to introduce you to the concept of Irony.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
Your post wasn't Irony, it was sarcasm.
Nope.
https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/irony-sarcasm-difference
So you've managed to look up the definition and STILL don't understand. That's pretty amazing on your part.
I was not having a go at the OP, and was providing a "wrong" answer, irony, not sarcasm, related, but not the same.
Sarcasm would be me having a go at your attempts at teaching me how to use English, which I won't, since I'm not upset with you, just bemused at your assertions.
See now you're getting it. Your post just now...
Irony.
how do you differentiate the two? (i thought it was neither, but i'm honestly curious about your reasoning
Because sarcasm in this case pointedly gets it wrong. It does so on purpose to convey absurdity (generally as a reply to something which the poster thinks is as equally absurd as their own statement)
The rail is definitely not put there to protect the trees, and then the absurdity of it is expounded upon by adding the zoo statement.
irony is difficult to convey online (stupidity being omnipresent, it's on you to make it clearer
ps
i'm not familiar with zoos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_zoos_in_Australia