I caught that too. The irony was kind of lost on me there. I almost didn’t even get it.
thomasblair says:
And, although the axes are labelled correctly on the whole spoon/knife conundrum, the choice of scale leaves something to be desired. A cursory examination makes you think, “oh, well i just have a spoon when what I needed wh a knife” and what’s really happening is that you have TEN THOUSAND spoons when all you need is a knife, the latter situation being much more ironic. This infographic fails to capture the magnitude of the irony here.
Jimmie says:
I’ve always thought the only irony in the song is that Alanis Morissette has no idea what irony is.
Neal says:
Yes, I’ve been saying this for years…16 of them. The only thing ironic about that song is that nothing in it is ironic.
donH says:
“It figures” is about as good a definition of irony as I’ve heard.
JP says:
Me, too. None of the things she sings about are ironic. Irony is when a firestation burns down. Rain on a wedding day and the others are not ironic at all.
Greg says:
Wired magazine had a statgeist chart showing that a few years ago – 0% ironies, 100% unfortunate circumstances.
Kay says:
Maybe the song was done on purpose by Alanis?(write a song about about unfortunate circumstances – call it ironic but the irony is that the song isn’t ironic – get it? ) People are still talking about it now and it’s been over 10years. Haha
Brooke says:
was singing this song in my head as i scanned this picture
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…a death row pardon *two* minutes too late…
Four minutes is not ironic.
I kind of love you.
I caught that too. The irony was kind of lost on me there. I almost didn’t even get it.
And, although the axes are labelled correctly on the whole spoon/knife conundrum, the choice of scale leaves something to be desired. A cursory examination makes you think, “oh, well i just have a spoon when what I needed wh a knife” and what’s really happening is that you have TEN THOUSAND spoons when all you need is a knife, the latter situation being much more ironic. This infographic fails to capture the magnitude of the irony here.
I’ve always thought the only irony in the song is that Alanis Morissette has no idea what irony is.
Yes, I’ve been saying this for years…16 of them. The only thing ironic about that song is that nothing in it is ironic.
“It figures” is about as good a definition of irony as I’ve heard.
Me, too. None of the things she sings about are ironic. Irony is when a firestation burns down. Rain on a wedding day and the others are not ironic at all.
Wired magazine had a statgeist chart showing that a few years ago – 0% ironies, 100% unfortunate circumstances.
Maybe the song was done on purpose by Alanis?(write a song about about unfortunate circumstances – call it ironic but the irony is that the song isn’t ironic – get it? ) People are still talking about it now and it’s been over 10years. Haha
was singing this song in my head as i scanned this picture