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Anyone ever tell you that you talk too much?


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#76 Persuasion

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Posted 22 February 2011 - 05:15 PM

Actually.. No.

According to Merriam-Webster,
Irony: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning.
That is exactly what I did. Your example is also correct, and would have been completely IF I had repped and not said anything.

However, sarcasm is quite different. Again, from Merriam-Webster,
Sarcasm: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain.
As you can see, sarcasm does not describe my post at all.

People tend to confuse irony with sarcasm much of the time. Sarcasm is usually biting, but irony is softer.


I would say sarcasm is a lower form of irony. (As read in the definition)
And also, Irony can also be quite offensive too; but more sophistical and indirect. Like an insult you'd only understand after one leaves the room :p

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    #77 Scot

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    Posted 22 February 2011 - 05:19 PM

    Let's move on.


    No. No one has told me I talk too much.

    #78 Ladida

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    Posted 22 February 2011 - 05:21 PM

    Like an insult you'd only understand after one leaves the room :p


    Loved that explanation. And I love the effect of it :D There's something very satisfying about it.

    Let's move on.


    No. No one has told me I talk too much.


    Scot, you talk too much. I'm the first I'm the first I'm the first!

    #79 jcrdude

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    Posted 22 February 2011 - 05:23 PM

    Actually.. No.

    According to Merriam-Webster,
    Irony: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning.
    That is exactly what I did. Your example is also correct, and would have been completely IF I had repped and not said anything.

    However, sarcasm is quite different. Again, from Merriam-Webster,
    Sarcasm: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain.
    As you can see, sarcasm does not describe my post at all.

    People tend to confuse irony with sarcasm much of the time. Sarcasm is usually biting, but irony is softer.


    "I am an 86-year-old woman"

    This is not irony simply because I am a 24 year old male. There is a subtlety to irony that is simply not captured in your example.

    And while your "+1" was not designed to cause a great deal of pain, it seemed to be designed to cause derision....

    Unless your +1 literally meant "+1 post count"?

    #80 luvsmyncis

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    Posted 22 February 2011 - 05:30 PM

    Yall talk too much. Stfu.

    #81 marcheva

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    Posted 22 February 2011 - 06:11 PM

    i am so confused on the meaning of this lol,
    Hating on those who talk a lot? ill agree to that any day

    #82 redlion

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    Posted 23 February 2011 - 02:30 AM

    Let's move on.


    No. No one has told me I talk too much.

    Did I ever tell you I love you?

    Because I'm telling you now. You grasp the harmonics of forum posting. Few reach those lofty peaks.

    Yall talk too much. Stfu.

    QFE

    i am so confused on the meaning of this lol,
    Hating on those who talk a lot? ill agree to that any day

    This thread is an excuse to chat. That's what all of my threads are, really. There are like, 100,000 side conversations happening at the same time as the main conversation about talking a lot.

    #83 Scot

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    Posted 23 February 2011 - 05:10 PM

    Did I ever tell you I love you?

    Because I'm telling you now. You grasp the harmonics of forum posting. Few reach those lofty peaks.


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    #84 equitatus

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    Posted 24 February 2011 - 10:39 AM

    They don't say it
    But i think i do....


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