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minus-squareTwistyLex@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·15 hours ago“The use of words expressing something other than their literal intention. Now that is irony!” - Bender Bending Rodriguez
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 hours agoI love that bit because the things Bender keeps calling out as not being ironic, are only not ironic from his perspective. To the audience, every single example is one of dramatic irony.
minus-squarespankinspinach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 hours agoThis was gonna be my exact comment, I’m thrilled someone beat me too it
“The use of words expressing something other than their literal intention. Now that is irony!” - Bender Bending Rodriguez
I love that bit because the things Bender keeps calling out as not being ironic, are only not ironic from his perspective. To the audience, every single example is one of dramatic irony.
This was gonna be my exact comment, I’m thrilled someone beat me too it