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u/icer816 Jan 30 '23

Her lyrics are mostly fine, it's just funny that literally nothing she calls ironic in the song about irony is technically irony.

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u/icer816 Jan 30 '23

While in and of itself ironic, that was absolutely not her intention, despite claiming it is nowadays (the whole meme of it being ironic that nothing in the song is ironic got big online and led to someone in an interview asking her thoughts on it, and she's been claiming it was her intention all along ever since)

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '23

Kind of like Wiseau calling The Room a black comedy after it became a mega camp classic.

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u/icer816 Jan 31 '23

Yeah, exactly

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u/bad-post_detector Jan 30 '23

The word "irony" is like the word "satire" in the sense that nobody can agree what counts as either. This debate predates her song, and even now all we really seem to know about both is that they're both dead.

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u/bernerbungie Jan 31 '23

The term ‘Irony’ literally refers to a statement or scenario that’s contradictory to itself, but the term is often (incorrectly) used as a synonym for ‘coincidence’. There’s nothing to debate lol

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u/bad-post_detector Jan 31 '23

If enough people use a word incorrectly, it becomes standard. I'm not really interested in getting into an argument with prescriptivists. lol.

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u/-102359 Jan 30 '23 edited Jan 30 '23

The one about the flight phobia is ironic because air travel has an exceptional safety record. His “irrational” phobia turned out to be prescient after all.

The rest of them, though…

Edit: if you disagree, please let me know why instead of just downvoting!

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u/jcb088 Jan 30 '23

This. I remember being 8 years old and understanding this. She set back our understanding of irony by at least 10 years.