Irony

[Herpy1000]

"A waterpark has burned to the ground a tow truck has broken down, I used to cry when I laugh but then I was raped by a clown."

[demangrl86]

I kept looking at his eyebrows :O

[whitesox2552]

Ray Allen(An NBA Player) his nickname is Sugar Ray and his son got diabetes...

[RealPCGamers]

That wasn't verbal irony, that was pure sarcasm. 

[Auralae40]

"The use of words expressing something other than their literal intention! Now that IS irony!" - Bender from Futurama, educating me more than anyone else.

[viperxful]

Yoy are drunk.

[CactusRyRy]

I got this same lesson from my teacher the other day but you gave it to me in 3 mins while she took 50 mins

[InnateWhisper]

Irony: Anyone who is pro-life AND supports the death penalty (most republicans). :)

[rrroach21]

@InnateWhisper Not the same thing. And definitely not irony.

[InnateWhisper]

@rrroach21 Of course it is. This is the internet. You'll never be right and never will I. If you don't believe it's ironic then open your eyes and you'll see it.

[FlintSparkedStudios]

@InnateWhisper

Incorrect. Irony: something that has too much iron in it.

[whatsthisish]

Wedding day: planned, dreamed about, hoped for, other dangling participles.

Rain: symbolic of change, but also of depression, bowed heads, and other dangling particles.

irony: opposite outcome of expectation? A symbolic fit, no? if not an actual one.

"Perversity of fate or circumstance" or does "it just suck"?

[whatsthisish]

@whatsthisish and BTW: I am one of those "ppl that will debate almost anything." :)

[Charrister]

Ive always heard it said that Americans don't get irony, well Im English I don't get it either, its a little confusing!! :s

[AFalconPunch]

How about getting hurt due to wearing a helmet on a bike ride. I wore the helmet to be safe, but it just blocked my vision and made my head heavy.

[tuschman168]

How can the form of humor that I enjoy the most also be the one I understand the least. Isn't that iro... no, wait, with my luck it probably isn't.

[SturrStruck]

The word "irony" sounds funny now.

[SnafuFairy]

@SturrStruck that's ironic

[KittenKoder]

Pop culture is both an oxymoron and irony.

[ProfessionalGam3rz]

There was not there were, and you made a video about perfect English.

[revolooshin2]

Star trek Dr.



[abswillis]

Like a fire hydrant catching on fire.

[RPrincessM]

Hmm... Is this irony?

There are no boardwalk fries on the Boardwalk.

[uploader109]

@RPrincessM Did you expect that to happen? If not, then it's ironic.

Or is it? >:D Jk, then it's ironic.

[samisamazinglygood]

I'm British, I've had an education in irony.

[mcpickles123]

Sizzle burn! (:

[bekahrbjo]

THank you!

[SlipperyPedo]

that fire engines on fire, or that police cars being chased, or that ambulance just ran somebody over.

[MrVaibhav2905]

thanx for uploading..

[curlybob64]

Fuck this language. 

[haggis53]

Now that I know what irony is, isn't it ironic Miss Potato-head lost her eye in Toy Story 3? ,':)

[KanyeTroll]

you forgot the 4th type: hipster irony

[PessimisticKid]

My goldfish drowned, you guys. :(

[lukekellycopy]

@PessimisticKid That is possible.

[koyunbaba73]

Alanis Morisette wrote a song about irony? Was that the one that goes "Ebony and irony"?

[Gervig91]

Explaining irony is ironic

[OstracizedEmu]

@Gervig91 Did you not watch the video?

[Gervig91]

@OstracizedEmu That's ironic

[OstracizedEmu]

@Gervig91 ... I don't know what to say to you.

[Gervig91]

@OstracizedEmu Ironic

[drwhoeffect]

I brought a 4GB SD card from a brand called ItWorks. The card was broken before I could use it, clearly it didn't work. Is that ironic?

[aspie4live]

I love rain ...



[SerpentinePleasure]

There's a stand up comedy thing on this theme. Very amusing :) Ed Byrne slates Alanis Morissette

[spiritgal102]

"Deafening silence" XD

[Platinum400]

@spiritgal102 That’s a juxtoposition

[LocoRico89]

Swimmer drowns in his bath tub! IRONY!

Rabbi gets sick from a kosher meal! IRONY!

Deaf man is a great listener! IRONY!

[KathySolita]

3rd IS sarcasm.

[counterman4]

nice its logan!!!!!! i'm in school!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[maxaslagolis]

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliop­hobia perfect example of irony...its the fear of long words

[Ionlyfearphobophobia]

@maxaslagolis Thats not ironic, the only thing ironic about it is you calling it irony when it isn't. My username, that's something ironic.

And you spelled hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio­phobia wrong, hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio­phobia has 6 P's, not 5 you ignoramus.

[Ionlyfearphobophobia]

@Ionlyfearphobophobia i only fear phobophobia.

Phobophobia, a morbid fear of developing a phobia.

[Ionlyfearphobophobia]

@maxaslagolis It would have been ironic if you but it in a sentence, like "I never say long words because i have hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio­­phobia". But the word by its self is not irony.

[josh18230]

I gotta see this song now lol

[Treefingrs]

HOLY SHIT IT'S ZAC EFRON

[I3lindGuardian]

I was gonna say maybe its Ironic because she wrote a song about Irony that has nothing to do with Irony, but then you explained that in the end...I hate you for that.

[lilyandalyssatv]

I found this off of one of my teacher's web pages. I wasn't expecting this. *sigh* Irony is always in my life.

[INVADERxDIB]

bu burnham has a song about irony that is actually ironic

[vivifiable12]

i lost my head phones when i looked up how to be responsible :-p

[samij520]

Like choking to death on a lifesaver :P

[FiddleBoy95]

@samij520 technically not irony because you don't expect the candy Lifesaver to save u if you were chocking. Instead a case of irony would be that when you were using a lifesaver in the middle of the ocean, it snagged on a rock and tangled aroudn ur neck and ended up drowning you :) something like that

[samij520]

@FiddleBoy95 *head explodes*

[TommonSensePro]

@FiddleBoy95 dude, he means you were choking on the Lifesaver candy.

[FiddleBoy95]

@TommonSensePro I know.......but, its not irony for the reason that you are chocking on lifesaver CANDY. If this candy is supposed to save ur life and u choke on it, then its ironic, but you don't expect a lifesaver candy to save ur life, so chocking on just wouldn't be ironic, even if it sounds ironic. :D

[whatsthisish]

@FiddleBoy95 agreed. not ironic in truest sense, but is ironic in sense that something called "lifesaver" killed someone. Simple irony of title: calling a big man Tiny.

[zFuZeDxX]

like the lead singer in meatloaf yeah he's a vegitarain =ironic;)

[thelinkinparkfan504]

@zFuZeDxX

Meatloaf isn't a band. It's a one man band!

[rockon6191]

Irony and tragedy are not the same things. People just confuse them, probably because of Shakespeare. Which is ironic, if you think about it.

[Nosferatu1022]

What's ironic is that you are trying to define irony while being ironic.

[Hecatonchrise]

The use of words expressing something other than their literal intention - now that IS irony!

[odgecocktail007]

Justin bieber dying of a high fever. Now thts ironic and rlly good

[holyelectricalsocket]

Rain on your wedding day isn't ironic... unless you're made out of sugar.

[phelpstylerb]

Still not ironic. It just sucks for the sugar.

[b00ked31]

Dying in a Living Room, now that`s ironic...

[odgecocktail007]

My enlish teacher showed me this(language arts to be exact) an it helped more than he did an I aced the test thanks

[mstrswrdsmn19]

how about a hypnotyst dying in her sleep

[thailandmarcus]

Finally, a yank that gets Irony.

[chocchipcookiegirl]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS. So many frickin idiots on the internet getting coincidences and irony confused *facepalm*

[StellaCat789]

Irony: Getting run over by the ambulance sent to pick you up whilst crossing the street trying to get to the hospital for your car crash wound.

[fredneedle123]

Thanks for spoiling the end of Titanic for me (how ironic, or is it?). I still haven't seen it yet, now I guess I won't bother :-( Is that called a double something or other? I STILL haven't seen it YET. I still haven't seen it, or I haven't seen it yet would surely suffice. There must be a special name for one of those cock ups. Love your videos.(order) I love your videos. (statement)

[jyliceralde15]

can you please post your whole line here so i can recite it tomorrow,.thanks

[JetJockey87]

@gladwda

I enjoyed that Thanks!

And the reference to my hometown of Perth WA. ^_^

[JetJockey87]

I spotted 18 uses of Irony in this clip...

[audveltadmuna]

ohh the irony

[theawesomestawesomer]

WHY DOESN'T THIS COMMENT HAVE ANY LIKES????

[wolfcaster]

@theawesomestawesomer because you touch yourself at night

[leesuperj]

All stolen from Irish comedian Ed , done this on stage nearly 6 years ago

[TKVRPRJCT]

Excellent. :)

[miniafrodude]

is it just me or does he look like daniel tosh

[vivifiable12]

@miniafrodude he does. im watching tosh.0 right now

[drag0nfis7]

dude you're hillarious!

...and you desearve way more views o.0

[FlipCoder]

@drag0nfis7 This is rip off of a stand-up routine by Ed Byrne

[djsvideodiarys]

Today, I saw that my ironing board cover was wrinkled.

I laughed at the irony.

Then I laughed again because irony has the word iron in it.

[OneEyedJacker]

@djsvideodiarys I began to LMAO at your brilliance...until the last line, in which you revealed your morony.

[djsvideodiarys]

@OneEyedJacker true lol

[sneakertri]

You were on youtube this whole time?Underneath cat videos and nut shots lies brilliance .

[darrenholcomb42]

The ultimate example of situational irony can be found in the German word 'Zugzwang'-pronounced 'tsu:ktsvan'. It means 'compulsion to move' and is used in game theory, usually chess. It refers to a situation where a player, despite being on the verge of victory, is boxed in and forced to make a move that no matter what it is will cost him that victory allowing his currently disadvantaged opponent to win the game on his next move.

[AnimeonTuba]

The song Irony by Claris may not have anything to do with irony, so that's ironic. : \

[BigGordonLips]

It is painfully obvious the song is expressing frustration with not only the misuse of irony, but the stupidity of an overly optimistic outlook. I'm not even a fan of Morissette.

[beefking69er]

This guy bores me

[moneymaker8815]

My teacher made us listen to that song to learn irony xD

[therealeffingdeal451]

You wanna know something ironic?

My friend's dad side was Nazi.....mom's side.....Jews. :(

[infamouspickle1]

This guy doesn't get it. The "irony" is that the song isn't ironic. That's why the song is called "Ironic". It's called Ironic yet nothing in the song is ironic.

[lpsoldier2938]

Irony: Vegan getting eaten by a lion. Or someone texting while driving a Focus.

[Tixler]

I hate it when murder mystery tv shows show you who the killer is in the first scene then it takes the cast the rest of the movie to figure it out.

[DanDelAwesome]

@Tixler "oh so it was that guy... I guess we can leave the theatre now. That's certainly saved us two hours of back and forth."

[Tixler]

@DanDelAwesome lol yup

[JpalsPro]

what is the difference between irony and absurdness?

[kerflop]

still dont get it

[bxr122821]

Dear god, where has this channel been all my youtube life. Can't stop watching!

[Lethiathan]

Irony is like goldy and bronzey but.... its made of iron?

[Luje7]

i love you

[mikerox117]

A comedian born on April 1st.

[MrDutchguy5000]

Biggest irony ever is that if you put ''Thumbs up'' somewhere in your commment, you will actually get thumbs up! Just watch!

[pebblesdundee]

Ed Byrne much?

[jaybofa]

Thumbs up if you hate it when people ask for thumbs up.

[KiwiPharmer]

@jaybofa

THATS IRONIC

*drum beat*

[PhantomPhart]

"Doooooooble entendre"? I've never heard it pronounced that way.

Meh. He's hot. He can pronounce things however he wants.

[Juustokauppias]

Explaining what 'irony' means is ironic

[Bogadodo12]

I watched this in the hopes of better understanding irony, but now I'm just more confused than ever.

Isn't that ironic?

[KiwiPharmer]

@Bogadodo12

nope, it would be ironic if you watch the video and thought u understood it, and attempted to use an ironic statement in hopes of thinking it was ironic.

and then it just sounded dumb.

[Bogadodo12]

@KiwiPharmer

I can't tell who's trolling anymore.

[GuitarFreak807]

12 People don't know what Irony is and/or like that song.

[uneedtherapy42]

30 million copies sold! now that's ironic... don't cha think?

[DylanBobMr]

its kinda ironic that you look and act like someone with aspergers syndrome whilst explaining subtle aspects of social interractions between people.

[KiwiPharmer]

@DylanBobMr

its ironic that your description describes the kind of statement you just wrote.

[jetpac7890]

I like rain on your wedding day... if you're a weatherman

[crispy1995]

I LOL'd at the "You Oughta Know" reference.

[xxlimpyleg]

irony is a very tricky thing

[HAMHAMS110]

irony is when you bring an umbrella to school every day

and it rains on the day you forget it at home

[ebutemetube]

Irony is the feeling girls get, when they see a wrinkled shirt.

[xxlimpyleg]

@ebutemetube that's racist

[ebutemetube]

@xxlimpyleg The word you're erroneously looking for is 'sexist', not 'racist'.

[Yamikaiba123]

@ebutemetube What?

[ebutemetube]

@Yamikaiba123 pseudosexism.

[d4m4s74]

The only irony in ironic I can think of is mister play it safe

[iamtheonlyhobo]

I don't want to sound dumb (obviously a stupid statement since you can't hear me...i'll shut up now) but is it ok if someone elaborates what techincally consitutes as sarcastic and how it differs from verbally ironic.

Also sardonic...I vaguely remember it is a more aggresive/mean version of sarcasm,but dont fully remember.

Thanks in advance whoever replies/ reads this and knows just as little as I

[joeglassfield1]

isn't the definition of irony given by an American in itself ironic?

(if the answer is no, that's why i said 'isn't'! haha)

[joeglassfield1]

@AMarsdenDev

That's implied in the joke... a weatherman (meteorologist - i'm from england, all the formers are the latter) would be best suited to picking a day with no rain, and he fails...

it's a joke crafted beautifully by the comedian Ed Byrne

[Kolidem]

hey dumbass, it's ironic because you expect the things in the song to be ironic and it wasn't

[omarvgaga]

uuhhmm like a Fire Station Burning down?

[Idiomatick]

@omarvgaga Only if the fire station were scheduled for demolition. Otherwise it is just coincidental.

[ifyousays0]

@MrLegendman3 it would be if you got it wrong

[oisinholz]

Ed Byrne

[MrLegendman3]

Is it ironic that im using this for my homework?

[FrozenIceCweam]

@MrLegendman3 no.

[LordOfTheGnus]

I often agree with you, but "Really, you think?" is most certainly sarcasm, because your implicit message is inverted. It's also a rhetorical question, but those aren't exclusive.

[pspmerr]

so truth about pop song, listen to Ke$ha We R Who We R

[kakerlakenkopf]

poor alanis.. i like your videos though, they prepare me much better for my linguistics and literature exams than my reader does. thanx anyway

[SMFortissimo]

Irony is one term that I can't wrap my head around. Which is annoying because I can usually understand things pretty quickly, but not matter how many times it's explained to me I can never seem to get a hole on the concept.

[xplodsion]

My house burnt down due to stress relieving candles, irony?

[danielcfc1]

@xplodsion way to rip off family guy lol

[motorolarival3]

Dude . Calm the fuck down. It is a song.

[infiltratorharmon]

Irony is this is almost identical to Irish comedian Ed Burn's bit:

[WhenOrangesAttack]

My friend says i don't understand irony. which was ironic because we were on the bus at the time.

[ceirrabestfriend]

@WhenOrangesAttack i dont get it 

[Yamikaiba123]

@WhenOrangesAttack What?

[stewieisthelord]

@WhenOrangesAttack What does that mean?

[soldierfrontnoob]

@WhenOrangesAttack what ???? i dont get it ha ?

[meeene4]

You cannot say this song is not ironic with literal interpretations. Some situational irony can walk hand and hand with coincidences if you look more closely outside the realm of working definitions. can't most coincidental occurrences be considered against expectations? To attack certain examples is cherry picking and this is logically fallacious.

[David1995af]

I went to a fish fry yesterday and ate a salad.

[condiersea]

isn't it ironic that a song called ironic isn't ironic at all?

[winterka100]

Would it be ironic if my previous comment was correct?

[winterka100]

I always that irony was when something looks like it's made out of iron. eg. " I'm not sure what kind of metal it's made of, but it looks kinda irony to me".

[fleshxrot]

we just thought its what YOU oughta know, I see what you did there.

[QueAwkwardNoises]

Listening to Lynrd Skynrd on an aeroplane.

[stormcloud847]

what are the actual examples of irony in the song?

[Delospinyos]

life is wonderful :D

[GTVunit]

your forehead is funny

[Megasandwich]

I don't know how many times this has been said. But these guys called 'college humor' made a parody song of the song 'Ironic' mentioned in this vid. They made it so that the thing sin it are ACTUALLY ironic. It's called 'Actually Ironic'. Just search it and watch it lol. It's funny.

[creechman]

Outstanding! ha ha ha

[DeathBringer9000]

the use of words expressing meaning other than their literal intention.

[Megasandwich]

@DeathBringer9000 lol futurama...

[emmila2015]

this video is ironic lol

[sdoherty1031]

I still don't know what irony is or why it's even important to discuss. But that's just me.