The meta is strong with this 28 year old song.
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2024
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i never thought of this in that way before. it is meta squared
The whole song is ironic, if you imagine the singer is supposing a story tale quality to her life. It's unexpected (and therefore ironic) if I expect my life to turn out perfectly, but then other normal and expected things occur that prevent my fantasy from materializing.
This. Everything in the song is ironic if you think about it the right way.
I first heard this joke on a very butch lesbian's stand up special in comedy central like 15 years ago. I think about it every time I hear the song.
I prefer the 10,000 Spoons edit.
I knew exactly what the song would be before I tapped the link... But I definitely wasn't expecting the video with it, that was incredible. Managed to improve on what was already a masterpiece.
Was not expecting that. Had a good many laughs. Thanks!
As others have pointed out - there are plenty of things in the song that actually are ironic. So what's ironic is people keep complaining about the lack of irony in a song called "Ironic" when it's actually got irony in it.
I forget who it's from, but this attitude reminds me of the quote: "Most of the ingredients in this soup aren't even turds, so what are people complaining about?"
No 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife
Man waited his whole damn life to take that flight, and as the plane crashed down, he though, "Well isn't this nice"
Those are both irony.