# The definition of irony.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definition-of-irony/815832>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 10, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definition-of-irony/815832 "2018-06-10T18:20:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definition-of-irony/815832/21 "2018-06-11T13:00:30Z")

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Climbers tend to affix safety ropes on mountains. Very few stairs have this same feature.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definition-of-irony/815832/22 "2018-06-11T13:17:33Z")

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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> Climbers tend to affix safety ropes on mountains. Very few stairs have this same feature.

They do, but they’re called “railings”.

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**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definition-of-irony/815832/23 "2018-06-11T14:14:42Z")

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> [@elfkin477](#):
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> We just had a death near here last week that struck me as ironic:
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> A drunk woman drove onto a little league field and a man in his late 60s died protecting a couple of kids from her out-of-control car. **The victim** confessed in 2013 to having killed a four-year-old in an unsolved hit and run back in 1968…

This doesn’t seem ironic to me because it makes sense. If you had lived most of your life wracked by guilt of killing a 4 year old, maybe you are more likely than average to sacrifice yourself to save some kids.

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**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definition-of-irony/815832/24 "2018-06-11T20:45:03Z")

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Truck carrying mustard hits hot dog stand. 8 killed.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definition-of-irony/815832/25 "2018-06-11T21:06:37Z")

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> [@Asuka](#):
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> Truck carrying mustard hits hot dog stand. 8 killed.

Tragic and delicious.

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