your friend and you are watching a sitcom
0:20and a sassy sidekick walks into a room,
0:22carrying a four-tiered wedding cake.
0:25He trips,
0:25falls,
0:26and face-plants into the cake.
0:28Your friend doubles over with laughter and says,
0:31"It's so ridiculous! So ironic!"
0:34Well, quick, what do you do?
0:36Do you laugh along with the laugh track
0:38and let this grievous misinterpretation of irony go?
0:41Or, do you throw caution to the wind
0:43and explain the true meaning of irony?
0:45If you're me, you choose the latter.
0:48Unfortunately, irony has been completely misunderstood.
0:52We tend to throw out that term
0:54whenever we see something funny or coincidental.
0:57And while many examples of true irony can be funny,
1:00that is not the driving factor of being ironic.
1:04A situation is only ironic if what happens
1:07is the exact opposite of what was expected.
1:10If you expect A, but get B,
1:13then you have irony.
1:15Let's take the slap-stick cake situation as an example.
1:17When someone walks in precariously balancing something
1:20that shouldn't be carried alone,
1:22trips, falls, and makes a mess,
1:25it is funny, but it's not ironic.
1:27In fact, you probably expect someone
1:29who is single-handedly carrying a huge cake to trip.
1:32When he does, reality aligns with expectations,
1:35and so that is not irony.
1:38But what if the sassy sidekick walked in wearing a gold medal
1:41that he'd won at the cake walking event
1:43at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996?
1:46What if that sidekick was a professional cake carrier?
1:49Then, maybe there would have been a reasonable expectation
1:52that he would have been more skilled
1:54when carrying a ridiculously large cake.
1:57Then, when that reasonable expectation was not met by the tripping sidekick,
2:02irony would have been exemplified.
2:05Another example.
2:06A senior citizen texting and blogging.
2:09The common and reasonable expectation
2:10of more mature men and women
2:13is that they don't like or know technology,
2:16that they have a hard time turning on a computer,
2:19or that they have the old brick cell phones from the 1980s.
2:22One should not expect them to be connected,
2:25high-tech,
2:26or savvy enough to text
2:27or to be blogging,
2:29which must seem like some sort of newfangled thing
2:31that "back in my day," they never had.
2:35So when Granny pulls out her smart phone
2:37to post pictures of her dentures
2:39or her grandkids,
2:40irony ensues.
2:42Reasonable expectations of the situation are not met.
2:46That is irony.
2:48So while the cake dropper might not be ironic,
2:51there are all kinds of situations in life that are.
2:55Go out, and find those true examples of irony.
your friend and you are watching a sitcom0:20and a sassy sidekick walks into a room,0:22carrying a four-tiered wedding cake.0:25He trips,0:25falls,0:26and face-plants into the cake.0:28Your friend doubles over with laughter and says,0:31"It's so ridiculous! So ironic!"0:34Well, quick, what do you do?0:36Do you laugh along with the laugh track0:38and let this grievous misinterpretation of irony go?0:41Or, do you throw caution to the wind0:43and explain the true meaning of irony?0:45If you're me, you choose the latter.0:48Unfortunately, irony has been completely misunderstood.0:52We tend to throw out that term0:54whenever we see something funny or coincidental.0:57And while many examples of true irony can be funny,1:00that is not the driving factor of being ironic.1:04A situation is only ironic if what happens1:07is the exact opposite of what was expected.1:10If you expect A, but get B,1:13then you have irony.1:15Let's take the slap-stick cake situation as an example.1:17When someone walks in precariously balancing something1:20that shouldn't be carried alone,1:22trips, falls, and makes a mess,1:25it is funny, but it's not ironic.1:27In fact, you probably expect someone1:29who is single-handedly carrying a huge cake to trip.1:32When he does, reality aligns with expectations,1:35and so that is not irony.1:38But what if the sassy sidekick walked in wearing a gold medal1:41that he'd won at the cake walking event1:43at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996?1:46What if that sidekick was a professional cake carrier?1:49Then, maybe there would have been a reasonable expectation1:52that he would have been more skilled1:54when carrying a ridiculously large cake.1:57Then, when that reasonable expectation was not met by the tripping sidekick,2:02irony would have been exemplified.2:05Another example.2:06A senior citizen texting and blogging.2:09The common and reasonable expectation2:10of more mature men and women2:13is that they don't like or know technology,2:16that they have a hard time turning on a computer,2:19or that they have the old brick cell phones from the 1980s.2:22One should not expect them to be connected,2:25high-tech,2:26or savvy enough to text2:27or to be blogging,2:29which must seem like some sort of newfangled thing2:31that "back in my day," they never had.2:35So when Granny pulls out her smart phone2:37to post pictures of her dentures2:39or her grandkids,2:40irony ensues.2:42Reasonable expectations of the situation are not met.2:46That is irony.2:48So while the cake dropper might not be ironic,2:51there are all kinds of situations in life that are.2:55Go out, and find those true examples of irony.
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