commanderfred:

and I’m just sitting here

Oh, we’re doing GOT gifs now? Excerrentttt

This is the big one. Seriously. How many conversations have you overheard through your CIA-approved parabolic microphones that sounded like this? 

“Oh, I didn’t mean that, I was being Ironic.”

or:

“Dude look at that fat kid eating a cake! That is so Ironic! Lulz.”

Not getting it? Here’s some visual help. This is not Ironic.

That’s just some guy dressed like a douschebag. This is Ironic:

Still not getting it? Here’s what irony really means:

i·ro·ny

1. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite ofits literal meaning.

Irony is a fine art, sort of like sarcasm. Irony is not any of these thngs:

• a coincidence: A doctor driving by at the exact right time in order to save someone who just had a life-threatening accident is not Ironic. Had a coroner saved her, that’d be sort of Ironic. Kinda. 
• bad luck: If your mother fell off a cliff while choking on her vomit which was caused by late stage stomach cancer, it’s not irony, it’s just really, really bad luck. Maybe if she fell off a cliff right after curing her late-stage stomach cancer.
• Something oddly appropriate: A fat guy eating a double quarter pounder is not Ironic. That is appropriate. If he was eating a double-quarter pounder at a vegan council meeting filled with skinny white chicks in bikinis, that would be irony. Sweet, sweet irony.

Moral of the story, don’t use “My tie is ironic.” next time you’re at that cool new indie club in Seattle. In fact, don’t say anything at all. It’ll save us all from the ear-bleeds.