True Story of Irony (January 31, 2009)
A lit cigarette burned a home to the ground while its occupants were attending a meeting to help them quit smoking.
Officials determined the fire was started by a cigarette that had been left burning by the 80-year-old mother of the man who owns the mobile home in San Luis Obispo, California.
The butt was left on a porch table while the two left for a health department meeting to help the woman quit smoking.
The fire caused $200,000 worth of damage.
A lit cigarette burned a home to the ground while its occupants were attending a meeting to help them quit smoking.
Officials determined the fire was started by a cigarette that had been left burning by the 80-year-old mother of the man who owns the mobile home in San Luis Obispo, California.
The butt was left on a porch table while the two left for a health department meeting to help the woman quit smoking.
The fire caused $200,000 worth of damage.
by Nightmare January 31, 2009
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Unironic: I am not gay
Ironic: I aM gAy *while clearly not gay*
Post ironic: man bro, you’re looking hot *taken sarcastically or said sarcastically, but is actually gay*
Meta ironic: *kisses homie and insists it isn’t gay. No one knows if he’s gay or not*
Hyper ironic: *becomes gay, but does so ironically*
Ironic: I aM gAy *while clearly not gay*
Post ironic: man bro, you’re looking hot *taken sarcastically or said sarcastically, but is actually gay*
Meta ironic: *kisses homie and insists it isn’t gay. No one knows if he’s gay or not*
Hyper ironic: *becomes gay, but does so ironically*
Person 1: “bro that’s poggers”
Person 2: “did you just seriously say that?”
Person 1: “nah dude I’m just using layers of irony. I used it so ironically that I use it seriously, but it’s still ironic”
Person 2: “did you just seriously say that?”
Person 1: “nah dude I’m just using layers of irony. I used it so ironically that I use it seriously, but it’s still ironic”
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> > These stupid people are just crybabies who complain when they don't get they're way!
> Your an idiot because you can't spell!
Oh, the grammatic irony....
> > These stupid people are just crybabies who complain when they don't get they're way!
> Your an idiot because you can't spell!
Oh, the grammatic irony....
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Guy 2: Yeah he was totally awesome and against capitalism and shit which is so cool an im like him.
Guy 1: ....and you dont see the conflict, the irony, in wearing a t-shirt produced by a huge corperation dead set on money making that has the face of one of the most famous communist revolutionaries to date on it?
Guy 2: Dude what?
Guy 2: Yeah he was totally awesome and against capitalism and shit which is so cool an im like him.
Guy 1: ....and you dont see the conflict, the irony, in wearing a t-shirt produced by a huge corperation dead set on money making that has the face of one of the most famous communist revolutionaries to date on it?
Guy 2: Dude what?
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