Irony vs Sarcasm. In a fight to the death who wins and why?
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It's always the sarcastic person who gets crushed by the falling safe. Struck by lightning. Irony is a cold mistress and results in millions of deaths every year*
(*based on my own personal wild speculation, wholly unscientific calculations, and repeated viewings of Looney Tunes episodes).
Sarcasm, on the other hand is a coward. It pains me to say this because sarcasm is a very, very good friend of mine. On the plus side for sarcasm, it's sneaky and underhanded enough that it'll wait until your back is turned to attack. But sarcasm's all bark with no bite. Sarcasm never shot a hunter in the crotch, or made a chef fat. It just doesn't have that kind of lasting and permanent power.
Irony can do those things. Hands-down, in a death match, Irony wins.
(Remember, know your opponent)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUq2d2OFRkk
let me add a little extra pepper too.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91773673&ft=1&f=1003
I can even add a little classic political irony to the mix
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2937633&page=1
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Your first example was so powerfully ironic it made me break out the Calvin Twins. Nice choice!
When I close my eyes, I see sarcasm as a man dressed in Louis XVI garb.
Complete with white powdery wig and beauty mark on the cheek.
Sarcasm is also used as a secret society. A way to weed out the 'not so bright' from conversation. The perfect indirect insult that can be used in almost any scenario that is guaranteed to hit below the belt.
For all the uses of sarcasm, it still remains a cross dressing poof in comparison to irony.
Irony, which came to its height around the 12th century BC, started well before the sarcastic age. It is believed to have been seen in early man as far back as cave drawings.
Throughout the many empires that rose and fell, much of what remains is the irony of it all.
Thank you, Caligula!
Even early US history shows that irony is a continual force that only gets bigger as new problems arise.
Since its conception in early man, irony has held fast and remains ahead of sarcasm by a long shot.
Without irony in history, there would be no comedy.
Without comedy, I would not be here... or so my mother says.
Only through history can we truly see irony in all its sarcastic glory!
*please note - video shows history mixed with alcohol and foul language which does not automatically create irony, but is truly funny!
(caution: not for the faint, prudish or weak)
101 history class, first year freshman
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The battle begins with irony coming in with a weak jab, to which sarcasm would grin wryly and say "Wow, that was ssoooo strong, I am afraid I can't possibly deal with such might, Wow! I think this is such a fatal wound!" Sarcasm would reel back his fist, and die in a very ironic heart attack.
Irony would yell and shout and grin. "I'm invincible!" just moments before getting struck and killed by a runaway bus.
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Sarcasm is what a person does when they disagree with something but are not assertive enough to say it the right way. Instead they say something that is more effective in creating anger and frustration than promoting their opinion. Sarcasm is rarely appreciated by anyone.
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A lot of good answers here but I nominate yours @gno for the Answer of the Day! September 25th, 2009
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It depends on how you look at it. I think a fat chef is ironic because he's supposed to be serving the food, not consuming it. Plus if you play it out, it would be pretty ironic if food is what kills a chef, not being a typically high-risk occupation and all.
I see your point though, @phillipy
Likewise it explains my distrust of hunters, earflap hats, and a respect for anvils.
Again, note that the sarcastic Bugs always thwarted Daffy, Elmer, Yosemite Sam, and others....but they rarely died from it.
But that poor Coyote. Irony got him every time. Same thing everytime Daffy wielded a shotgun. You just KNEW he was going to blow his face off and his beak would go spinning around his head.
Surely there's nothing ironic about a chef being fat. Maybe a chef in a health food restaurant owned by a nutrion guru. :)
Douglas Adams having a heart attack while doing cardio work in the gym.... now that's ironic. As I'm sure he appreciated.
Great job @gno I trust Looney Tunes implicitly. Having grown up watching those cartoons I trust them like my own parents, which they often were. As an adult this has explained a bunch and offered solutions as to my love for fast birds and witty but effeminate rabbits. Ahh weekends at Dads...