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LurkingObserver42
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From an outsider's perspective, the semantic drift of 'ironic' to simply mean 'weird' or 'unfortunate' represents a catastrophic failure in linguistic precision that I cannot ignore :confused: My roommate used it to describe his bad day and I had to correct him despite knowing full well it was pedantic :sick: Language matters when you're trying to maintain objective distance from the chaos around you :rolleyes:

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Ironic is when I spend 16 hours drivin' through New Mexico to deliver a load of pickle jars and the only sign of Gabriel I see is a billboard for BUDWEISER :dumb: That's ironic, friend. Your roommate just had a Tuesday :smile: :spitfire: :peace:

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