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[–]occasionally 155 points156 points ago

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What a shitty way to find out you're adopted.

[–]CommentStatistics 86 points87 points ago

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I've gone through a large subsection of the comments that have been posted on this thread so far, and summarized/grouped the comments into the following table, for your convenience.
Comment #
"That's not Irony!" 13
"Is it possible to get a dog that isn't adopted?" 9
Quote from an Alanis Morissette song. 9
"Actually, this is definitely irony. " 8
Dog Puns 5
Meme regurgitation 4
"Who cares if this matches the exact definition of irony?" 4
"Revenge." 4
Other 4

Updated: 9/01/2011 11:34:00 AM EST (GMT -5:00)

[–]Acidictadpole 5 points6 points ago

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Hey Man. Haven't seen you since the last steam sale..

Thanks for the work.

[–]popemeatwad 2 points3 points ago

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How is this not situational irony? Buys a DVD to help train his dog, said DVD resulted in the opposite of the intended effect. (instead of solving the dogs behavioral problems, it became a behavioral problem).

[–]rugtoad 1 point2 points ago

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Shit, I would have pegged the irony comments closer to 50%...

[–]freakish777 1 point2 points ago

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Can we do statistics on the upvotes for those comments also?

[–]theProtagonizer 1 point2 points ago

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I think it's ironic that so many knew this wasn't ironic. I guess I underestimated Reddits knowledge of common misconceptions!

[–]Urban_Savage 1 point2 points ago

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Someone should make a plugin which puts your post at the top of everything thread.

[–]TheRealBigLou 13 points14 points ago

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TIL: There is no such thing as irony on Reddit. It cannot exist.

[–]SeeEmTrollin -5 points-4 points ago

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Isn't this, in of itself, ironic?

[–]Angercrank 10 points11 points ago

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No.

[–]SeeEmTrollin 0 points1 point ago

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I can't believe it's not butter!

[–]petedawes 19 points20 points ago

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wow it's like ten thousand spoons on your wedding day.

[–]johnny80 14 points15 points ago

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It's like rain when all you want is a knife.

[–]Petra-Arkanian 12 points13 points ago

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It's like a free ride on your cigarette break.

[–]SeeEmTrollin 10 points11 points ago

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We didn't start the fire!

[–]spyderN8 7 points8 points ago

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It's a death row pardon that you just didn't take.

[–]fourletterword 5 points6 points ago

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It's a black fly that you've already paid.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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It's like winning the lottery in your Chardonnay.

[–]TheRaven7 1 point2 points ago

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he won the lottery, and thought "well isn't this nice"

[–]real-dreamer -1 points0 points ago

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Never gonna give you up

[–]real-dreamer 0 points1 point ago

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Never gonna let you down...

[–]raduannassar 0 points1 point ago

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Ctrl + F - Spoon

[–]MeltedTwix 116 points117 points ago

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That's not irony. That's exactly what you'd expect from a dog who needs to be trained.

[–]obake 116 points117 points ago

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That's not exactly right. There is some dissonance between what the object was intended for and what became of it. Not the clearest example, but definitely can be considered irony.

[–]AllTattedUpJay 67 points68 points ago

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...except the cat did it

[–]cheryl_the_mayor 51 points52 points ago

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Now that would be ironic.

[–]chemistry_teacher -2 points-1 points ago

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Even more so if Alanis did it.

[–]TroyPatterson 14 points15 points ago

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What a twist!

[–]redgreenandblue 2 points3 points ago

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written by?

[–]notLOL 31 points32 points ago

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Shakespeare Because he was good with irony you see.

[–][deleted] ago

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[–]SeeEmTrollin 9 points10 points ago

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TIL using anything Shyamalan gets you downvotes almost certainly.

[–]shillbert 6 points7 points ago

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Well, it's getting old, and he responded the obvious way to a setup. It still gets upvotes when it's used unexpectedly.

[–]that_thing_you_do 1 point2 points ago

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We need to go a level deeper...

[–]NonAmerican 14 points15 points ago

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NOT THE IRONY DEBATE AGAIN

digg circa 2007

[–]SeeEmTrollin 8 points9 points ago

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How ironic for you to mention that.

[–]Shannaniganns 6 points7 points ago

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and at a bus stop of all places!

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago*

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DID YOU DO THIS!?!!?

/0︵0\

[–]black_house 9 points10 points ago

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DENVER!

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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haha guiltiest dog in the world.

[–]okayyeah 2 points3 points ago

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Right. This is irony, right?

[–]beatles910 12 points13 points ago

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Yes, yes it is.

Writing an entire song about irony and having all the examples be not irony, is very ironic.

[–]MissedTheWholePoint 1 point2 points ago

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I've always wondered: do you think Alanis was smart enough to know that, in which case whoa, way to play the meta game, or did she simply not understand the meaning of irony and therefore basically just punk'd herself?

She's never struck me as a dummy and surely considering all the people who must have worked on that song before it was recorded, someone must have pointed this out. And yet... still it exists. Alanis, you hurt my brain.

[–]ehint 1 point2 points ago

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I can tell you from sitting through an entire class about irony in an honors English course in college... that most people don't understand irony.

[–]brocephus -1 points0 points ago

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Alanis sucks is what you need to know.

[–]cryptie 2 points3 points ago

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Yes, the song is ironic.

It's funny because I read a paper on irony, and it made an example of the song (by paper, I mean sombodies opinion on a blog) and in the end it stated that the song was NOT ironic, but since it wasn't, but the song WAS about irony, it made the song ironic!

[–]okayyeah 0 points1 point ago

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That actually makes a lot of sense. My comment was sorta a joke anyway but that's some pretty good insight.

[–]therealflinchy -1 points0 points ago

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indeed, it is in fact ironic that you have a dog training cd, that doesn't work on the dog (or whatever) so the dog due to lack of training breaks it's own training cd.

[–]MeltedTwix 4 points5 points ago

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Negative. It'd be ironic if a dog training CD meant to prevent a dog from chewing on things made the dog chew on things more, but a dog simply chewing on a dog training CD? Not ironic. Dogs chew on things all the time, especially dogs that need training.

[–]therealflinchy -1 points0 points ago

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but.. the dog did the opposite of what it was meant to, to the thing that was meant to teach it how. hence irony. look up the definition :/

[–]Vladdangel 1 point2 points ago

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No, it would be ironic if you hired a dog to teach your dog not to chew cd's and the training dog ate all your cd's. Still works if it was a person to train your dog and he age them instead.

[–]therealflinchy -2 points-1 points ago

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it also would be ironic if you hired a dog to teach your dog not to bite other dogs, and it bit the other dog

scrap that, it would be HILARIOUS.

nah, it's still ironic because he clearly didn't get to use the training cd on it. if you had used the training cd and the dog still chewed it, it would be bad luck and not particularly ironic at all.

[–]TylerPaul 0 points1 point ago

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That last bit is how I officially got through to a friend of mine. Most of the time you are dealing with coincidence. And sometimes simply unfortunate.

Unfortunately it's really hard for me to come up with ironic scenarios except for maybe happily beating down on your kid to try to teach them a lesson about avoiding violence.

[–]therealflinchy -1 points0 points ago

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haha, i dunno, that's like more hypocrisy than irony. (saying one thing but doing another)

(i know, i'm being painful ;) )

ED: yes it would be more ironic if the dog learnt to bite MORE rather than less, from this dvd, but, it still contains enough irony to be called 'ironic' purely because the dog is behaving badly directly towards a dvd about behaving less badly.

[–]TylerPaul 0 points1 point ago*

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How about making your kids smoke a full pack in one sitting if you catch them with a cigarette? That is an ironic thought process... not to say it wouldn't work.

I think the dog was behaving badly towards a dvd, any dvd. It was not specifically a dvd for behaving less badly. The dog didn't know. The dog didn't care. It was a fluke.

Whatever the case, this does bring up a different definition of irony though.

Dramatic irony is an effect produced by a narrative in which the audience knows more about present or future circumstances than a character in the story.

We definitely know more about what just happened than the dog.

[–]MeltedTwix 1 point2 points ago

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I taught this stuff. English and Secondary Ed. "Meant" has nothing to do with anything. If I leaned over to tie my show and instead picked up a quarter, that wouldn't be ironic. Nor would a dog who chews things chewing up a CD be ironic.

Know what would be ironic? A toy labeled "unbreakable toy" that was chewed to pieces by that dog. But not this. This is exactly what you'd expect.

[–]therealflinchy -2 points-1 points ago

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no, that would be luck, but if you leant over to tie your shoe, and it was already tied and you untied it?

it's ironic because the CD was meant to teach it NOT to chew things up.

that wouldn't be ironic specifically, it would be ironic in general if it broke. that's a very poor example of irony still.

but it's NOT what you expect, you expect the CD to train the dog not to chew, and the cd NOT to be chewed, but in fact, the cd was unable to train the dog (presumably didn't get the chance to), hence. irony.

[–]MeltedTwix 0 points1 point ago

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Why would you expect an unopened training CD to not be chewed by a dog that needs training?

[–]therealflinchy -1 points0 points ago

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unopened? i saw in case, but not unopened.

ED: definitely opened, no sexy wrapping.

[–]TylerPaul 0 points1 point ago*

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It's not the opposite. The DVD did not make the dog chew anything up. The dog did what the dog was known to do. The dog could have chewed up any dvd. By coincidence it was a dog training dvd. It's not ironic though.

Irony is confusing and made only more confusing when you realize how much stuff appears to be ironic and really isn't.

A flat tire on a cart full of tires is also not ironic. Tires will go flat. What the cart was carrying doesn't matter if your looking for irony.

Now, personally, I think the definition of irony should be expanded to mean these type of situations. Or a new word to replace irony for these coincidences that play into a common theme between the subjects.

[–]therealflinchy 2 points3 points ago

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the dvd didn't work, is what. the dvd was meant to train the dog not to chew

the dog chewed

the cd didn't work

the dog did the opposite of what the training was meant to achieve

still irony.

this is a very basic language concept people.

[–]TylerPaul 0 points1 point ago

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So, a child misbehaves. Ironic. Someone sucks at their job. Ironic. You ordered the salad but they forgot to give you silverware. Ironic. Failure is apparently ironic.

You didn't even bring up the fact the dog chewed up a training dvd. You don't even think that's important. You're telling me it's the failure that's important.

Give me a break.

[–]therealflinchy 0 points1 point ago

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no, none of that is ironic.

i did bring up that fact. it chewed the thing that was meant to prevent it from chewing things. it did the opposite of what was meant to fix the oppositeness

that. is. irony.

[–]tetrishg -1 points0 points ago

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It's just failure. Not irony.

Irony would be if the dog did not have a chewing problem, but developed one after going through an anti-chewing program.

[–]Vladdangel 0 points1 point ago

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Upvote for perfect example of irony. I was going to post one but you nailed it.

[–]therealflinchy 0 points1 point ago

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irony comes in many different levels and ways, that's just an extreme.

[–]Mindlag42 0 points1 point ago

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It's like ten thousand spoons, when all you need is a knife!

[–]The_J_Is_For_Genius -2 points-1 points ago

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sorry but I'm gonna have to take MeltedTwix's side on this one, its definitely not irony

[–]superryley -1 points0 points ago

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If the CD were titled "How to Reward your Obedient Dog" and it was ripped to shit, then it would have been ironic. Get it? Do you get it? Do you get irony now?

[–]MissedTheWholePoint -2 points-1 points ago

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What if they were training it to eat compact discs and packaging? Then it's not only not ironic, but a stellar success!

[–]dakotajones -2 points-1 points ago

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It depends on when this incident happened on the training/chewing timeline. It's ironic if the dog had completed the training but chewed up the DVD anyway - because you wouldn't expect a trained dog to do that. However, it's not ironic if the OP bought a DVD to train his dog and the dog chewed it up before completing the course - what he chewed up is a funny coincidence but there's no reason to expect an untrained dog wouldn't do it.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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Actually, the irony is in the fact he cannot train his dog as the training CD that was going to be used was destroyed by the untrained dog.

Your "idea" of a timeline would make "Hoist by his own petard" unironic.

[–]assholebiker 6 points7 points ago

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George Carlin said it best:

Irony deals with opposites; it has nothing to do with coincidence. If two baseball palyers from the same hometown, on different teams, receive the same uniform number, it is not ironic. It is a coincidence. If Barry Bonds attains lifetime statistics identical to his father’s it will not be ironic. It will be a coincidence. Irony is "a state of affairs that is the reverse of what was to be expected; a result opposite to and in mockery of the appropriate result." For instance:

  • If a diabetic, on his way to buy insulin, is killed by a runaway truck, he is the victim of an accident. If the truck was delivering sugar, he is the victim of an oddly poetic coincidence. But if the truck was delivering insulin, ah! Then he is the victim of an irony.

  • If a Kurd, after surviving bloody battle with Saddam Hussein’s army and a long, difficult escape through the mountains, is crushed and killed by a parachute drop of humanitarian aid, that, my friend, is irony writ large.

  • Darryl Stingley, the pro football player, was paralyzed after a brutal hit by Jack Tatum. Now Darryl Stingley’s son plays football, and if the son should become paralyzed while playing, it will not be ironic. It will be coincidental. If Darryl Stingley’s son paralyzes someone else, that will be closer to ironic. If he paralyzes Jack Tatum’s son that will be precisely ironic.

[–]Gorlonsins 0 points1 point ago

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I used search typed in George and knew you would be here.

[–]assholebiker 0 points1 point ago

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I typed in George and disappointedly didn't find him posted. This was an oversight that needed to be addressed.

[–]akatherder 29 points30 points ago

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This irony-police shit is getting stupid on reddit. It's guaranteed every time that someone uses the word, someone will comment on it being the wrong usage.

Irony is based on expectations: "incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs". So when you buy a DVD to train your dog, you would expect the dog to behave better. You would not expect the dog to eat the very device you were going to use to train him.

[–]Krutonman 6 points7 points ago

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Well, isn't that ironic.

[–]d3adbor3d2 2 points3 points ago

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don't you think?

[–]FosterChild69 1 point2 points ago

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... or is it?

[–]HolyMackerelBatman 1 point2 points ago

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The irony-police are necessary enforcers for the grammar-nazi party. If we don't stamp out every linguistic error in light-hearted internet comedy threads then we might as well nuke the fuckin planet now.

[–]canard_glasgow 2 points3 points ago

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light-hearted internet comedy threads

It's the more serious threads that annoy me. Intelligent conversations on important issues dragged down to the same clichéd argument because someone misused "you're". It's like attending an art exhibition and everyone is discussing paint.

[–]Phyltre 0 points1 point ago

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I'd love to attend an art exhibition where everyone was discussing paint, but that might be cause I know nothing about paints used in art.

[–]skarcasm -1 points0 points ago

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That's not a very specific definition of irony. With that, anything could be considered ironic because nothing ever happens exactly like it was expected.

Most often, irony is when the opposite of what was expected happens. Because chewing on the DVD is not the opposite of putting it in the player and watching the video, this is not irony.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony

And while I agree that it's stupid to argue about the semantics of a word, people should know better than to choose a poor title for their submission. If I submitted this picture and used a word that I didn't fully understand for the title, it's not hard to believe that I would be wrong about its meaning.

[–]akatherder 6 points7 points ago

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Because chewing on the DVD is not the opposite of putting it in the player and watching the video, this is not irony.

If it was some generic unlabeled DVD, then our expectation would be limited to "someone's going to put it in the player and watch the video". However in this case, we are given specific information about the content of the DVD. It's a dog training video. So we can make some assumptions and have further expectations beyond "Oh someone is going to watch something on a DVD".

[–]obake 1 point2 points ago

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Most often, irony is when the opposite of what was expected happens.

Irony is not a black and white concept. This definition gets thrown around a lot, but oversimplifies how irony can work. It's really only useful when explaining to somebody the difference between irony and coincidence.

A chewed dog training CD isn't the best example of situational irony, but it does have all the necessary elements of irony.

[–]jayknow05 0 points1 point ago

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It was the perfect title for the image, the OP incited an irony riot.

As for this it is situational irony because the OP presumably bought the training DVD to help stop his/her dog from chewing things. The DVD became just another thing to chew.

an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.

Irony is much more loosely defined than what the irony police would like to admit.

[–]scubafanatic 6 points7 points ago

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That's a pretty solid representation of situational irony.

[–]frankie_prankster 2 points3 points ago

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yeah, i really do think

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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I don't care if none of that is ironic - I like this song.

[–]SeeEmTrollin 0 points1 point ago

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Don't you think?

[–]cj122 0 points1 point ago

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./notbad

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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That's not irony. That's exactly what you'd expect from a dog who needs to be trained.

This was my initial thought, too. But if they had the video for a while, used it, and the dog still chewed it up, then I say 'irony' is fair game.

Or worse still, what if the dog had never chewed a video before, and got worse after the training? Thick with irony, I'd say.

[–]MeltedTwix 0 points1 point ago

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You can still see the plastic wrapper and original cardboard pieces from when you open the CD.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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I feel ya. And agree, overall, going with gut, and the fact that -- even despite all the pleas to "don't argue over use of the word irony!" -- it still bugs me when people misuse it.

But, if we want to get into details, box could have been opened from the top, with plastic and cardboard intact.

Unlikely though, I agree.

[–]SystemOutPrintln 0 points1 point ago

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RAAAIIINN...

[–]Ehle_Aficionado 0 points1 point ago

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you should have saved the money from that dvd, bought a bunch of meat flavored bones and one rubber nylabone.

just watch him/her non stop and when they start chewing on your stuff hold them down immediately, give a firm NO! and put the bone into their mouth.

[–]akatherder 0 points1 point ago

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Hmm, so if I chew up a shoe I get rewarded with a milk bone.

[–]Creabhain 0 points1 point ago

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I think the idea is that the dog learns it is ok to chew the bones but not anything else. Otherwise it might think no chewing at all is allowed.

It's like house training. You want them to learn not to go in the house but going outside is fine.

[–]Zienth 0 points1 point ago

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2krXq8fw90

[–]ShampocalypseWOW -1 points0 points ago

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OR a dog that's already trained too well...

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    [–]crestonfunk 10 points11 points ago

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    Do any of you have a dog that's not adopted?

    [–]VaultBoy13 5 points6 points ago

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    Well, I have an adopted dog and she had a litter of puppies and we let her keep one... Does that count?

    [–]stufff 1 point2 points ago

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    I assume they mean "adopted from the humane socitey/animal control" as opposed to a dog you buy from a breeder or maybe even as opposed to a dog you find outside and take in. I generally only hear the term adopted used when you get an animal from the pound.

    [–]JimmyDThing 2 points3 points ago

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    I do...

    [–]ahawks 2 points3 points ago

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    From the thumbnail, I totally thought this was a papercraft Minecraft creeper that somehow exploded. I play Minecraft too much :/

    [–]WarMace 0 points1 point ago

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    Came into the comments to see how many saw the same thing, seems it was just you, me, and my fiancee.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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    I saw it too!

    [–]apullin 2 points3 points ago

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    http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/izru0/clearly_this_didnt_work/

    http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/iymes/dog_training/

    [–]thespeedycat 2 points3 points ago

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    http://theoatmeal.com/comics/irony

    I'm pretty sure this would be #2, situational irony. You'd expect the dog to behave after using this CD. The fact that the dog misbehaved and destroyed the medium to teach it how to behave is ironic (a reversal of expectations).

    [–]penisbutt69 11 points12 points ago

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    My American Bulldog took a giant shit on Cesar Milan's book. I really wish I had taken a picture of it. It was magical. I couldn't even be mad!

    [–]fuckingnihilists 2 points3 points ago

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    My dog destroyed the Cesar Milan book as well. I sent a picture to his Twitter account, but he probably didn't find it as funny as I did.

    [–]penisbutt69 1 point2 points ago

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    Hahahaha we should start a blog. Dogs disrespecting Cesar

    [–]Zeppelanoid 1 point2 points ago

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    I wouldn't even be mad either. That's impressive!

    It's like eating a wheel of cheese and then pooping in the refrigerator.

    [–]PizzaGood 5 points6 points ago*

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    Mail it back to the company and ask for a replacement copy. I bet they send you one. They'll get a laugh out of it and the replacement DVD costs them almost nothing.

    [–]qp0n 1 point2 points ago

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    Forever no home.

    [–]daddyjackpot 1 point2 points ago

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    Wilfredy

    [–]alcimedes 1 point2 points ago

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    Just keep buying our delicious CD's and your dog will never chew your shoes again!

    [–]chris-martin 1 point2 points ago

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    ACTUALLY, IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A DOG TRAINING VIDEO PROBABLY HAS A DOG WITH UNDESIRABLE HABITS SUCH AS CHEWING ON THINGS, SO THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IRONY IS.

    [–]SirQuacksALot 1 point2 points ago

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    Reminds me of this. Stop Chew!

    [–]Ian1732 1 point2 points ago

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    I interpreted this as the dog refusing to conform to society.

    [–]eatbacon 1 point2 points ago

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    My friend told me I didn't know what irony was, which was quite ironic because I was eating cereal at the time.

    [–]WestboundPachyderm 1 point2 points ago

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    "Here's what I think of your goddamn training CD."

    -The Dog.

    [–]HZAres 1 point2 points ago

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    more like sabotage, irony whould be a retaining collar getting chewed up.

    [–]Dr_Emmet_Brown 6 points7 points ago

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    That's ruff.

    [–]lumpdaddysupreme 1 point2 points ago

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    Now it's not pawsible to train him.

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    [–]string97bean 1 point2 points ago

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    And he lived to tell the tail.

    [–]hobbit6 1 point2 points ago

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    I say OP bit off more than he could chew.

    [–]6Sungods 1 point2 points ago

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    Guess he was just barking up the wrong tree.

    [–]StrawberryFrog 1 point2 points ago

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    Why do they say "your adopted dog"? As opposed to a dog that you gave birth to, maybe?

    [–]kabanaga 6 points7 points ago

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    You callin' OP a bitch?

    [–]StrawberryFrog 0 points1 point ago

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    Well... their dog is definitely a son of a bitch.

    [–]Hoobleton 0 points1 point ago

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    That's not definite, OP's dog could be female.

    [–]shillbert 1 point2 points ago

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    OK, progeny of a bitch. Hmm, that would be a pretty good band name.

    [–]SeeEmTrollin 0 points1 point ago

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    Would that be bitch of a bitch?

    [–]9ren 0 points1 point ago

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    OhCD

    [–]FlyDino 0 points1 point ago

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    More like Revenge!!!

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    [–]noottrak 0 points1 point ago

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    All part of his master plan.

    [–]richman89 0 points1 point ago

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    Admit it, you bit this because you thought it'd be funny

    [–]blesch90 0 points1 point ago

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    LOL THATS A BAD PUPPY!!!

    [–]heidenburg5445 0 points1 point ago

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    The dog knows. You're next, friend.

    [–]theboss027 0 points1 point ago

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    It's like O Henry and Alanis Morissette had a baby and named it this very picture!

    [–]micheshi 0 points1 point ago*

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    Our black lab, as a pup, chewed right through one of those training bottles of spray. I KNOW this pain.

    edit: removed an extra bottle... duh.

    [–]INerDY 0 points1 point ago

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    Irony White people love it.

    [–]Glampire 0 points1 point ago

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    Reminds me of when we brought our dog Max home from the pound. Except instead of CDs, he went for remote controls and videotape covers.

    [–]jigby61 0 points1 point ago

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    Not irony, sabotage

    [–]Parasomniaaa 0 points1 point ago

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    FUCK YOUUUUU, I WILL NOT BE TRAINED!

    [–]dr_choda 0 points1 point ago

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    one for the dogs here.

    It's bad enough you collar and leash the poor thing, but carelessly leaving training DVDs around, taunting the poor fella and posting the result of your twisted behaviour on reddit is sardonic not ironic. I hope he peed in your bed today while you were at work.

    [–]evabraun 0 points1 point ago

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    TIL redditors are anal about irony.

    [–]LollyAdverb 0 points1 point ago

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    You should see what my kid did to the potty training video.

    [–]smrtblkmn1 0 points1 point ago

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    Does no one else think that the thumbnail for this picture looks like a guy riding a speeder bike?

    [–]shyaznboi 0 points1 point ago

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    I don't see any iron in this picture!

    [–]belated_quitter 0 points1 point ago

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    Ironic that you spent 20 minutes coaxing your dog to chew up the cd? Thus reversing all progress you previous made with said disc?

    [–]brocephus 0 points1 point ago

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    I've just taken a sublet that's a veritable San Diego Zoo of adopted pets. That's well and cool, just not sure what to make of the fact that they all - from the crying kitten to the Italian Greyhound - remind me of Simpsons characters, ie, the endangered screaming pondfish and Mr. Burns/Santa's Little Helper, respectively.

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    [–]wizerdofaus 0 points1 point ago

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    that dog wasn't having any of that

    [–]ej257 0 points1 point ago

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    lol

    [–]Run_On_Sentence_Guy 0 points1 point ago

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    You know whats ironic, that the dog chewed this CD up and now it cannot be used I mean come on what kinda dog would do such a thing to a person that adopted them when they were ready to be put down at the pound dogs make me happy.

    [–]ahawks 1 point2 points ago

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    Its like reading my younger cousin's facebook statuses

    [–]clutterbang 0 points1 point ago

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    Actually, maybe if you'd walked it.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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    The only ironic thing about this is the people screaming that it's not irony... oh wait. Tautology... amidoingitright!?

    [–]FoxHoundUnit89 0 points1 point ago

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    older than me

    [–]cameronmullins 0 points1 point ago

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    Quick question to OP is your dog on a feeding/walking schedule or is he/she a grazer?

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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    How is this ironic? There's not even a bus stop in the story...

    [–]WomenzRightsLoL 0 points1 point ago

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    DIAMOND THATS NOT YOURS!!!

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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    Did anyone else think the thumbnail looked like a blown up Creeper?

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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    It beats having a dog that finds ways to remove her collar just to chew it up.

    [–]2012ad 0 points1 point ago

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    If it makes you feel better, the shelter where I work got a bunch of these DVDs to give out to people. We don't, because they're basically useless.

    [–]TheTricksterServal 0 points1 point ago

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    I was once told I didn't know the definition of "ironic", which was ironic because I was on reddit.

    [–]seracera 0 points1 point ago

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    I still don't understand; I thought this would be coincidence. Wouldn't it be irony if the cat did it?

    [–]kl116004 0 points1 point ago

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    Similar thing happened to my mom. Took out dog training book from the library for new, rather crazy dog (was a german shepherd, terrier mix). Dog proceeds to get hold of the book and chew it up. Upon returning it to the library, I would have refused to pay for it. Obviously it doesn't work, right?

    [–]061342 0 points1 point ago

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    Somewhere Cesar weeps

    [–]DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME -1 points0 points ago

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    LEARN WHAT IRONY ACTUALLY MEANS, ALANIS MORISSETTE

    [–]Noggin123450 0 points1 point ago

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    Which was ironic because I was eating breakfast

    [–]leizarius 0 points1 point ago

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    hey I just got a great idea, have him do the same thing with 10,000 AOL cds

    [–]capt_0bvious 5 points6 points ago

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    what are you in 1990?

    [–]ShitCandles 0 points1 point ago

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    The same year the original photo was first uploaded to the internet.

    [–]dhaft88 0 points1 point ago

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    The ironing is delicious.

    [–]olafthebent 0 points1 point ago

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    Textbook irony right there

    [–]timprague 0 points1 point ago

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    Pre-emptive strike.

    [–]Doubleminy 0 points1 point ago

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    My friends have told me I don't understand irony. Which is ironic because we were on a bus at the time.

    [–]deviationblue -5 points-4 points ago

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    That's not irony. That's justice.

    [–]cnov -3 points-2 points ago

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    The powers that be should have pre-empted the possibility of this occurring and done something about it, this has free copy written all over it.

    [–]frosty110 -2 points-1 points ago

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    Now you'll never know.

    [–]jpreston2005 -1 points0 points ago

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    Revenge FTFY

    [–]Snowslydder -1 points0 points ago

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    priceless. My dog chewed his gentle leader.

    [–]cryptie -1 points0 points ago

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    That's not irony, that's coincidence!

    [–]Relkeb 2 points3 points ago

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    It is an excellent example of situational irony.

    [–]foolsfallacy 0 points1 point ago

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    I don't know. Honestly, you would expect an untrained dog to behave this way. It's just a coincidence that the thing it chewed up was a dog training DVD. What's unexpected about this situation that makes this ironic?

    [–]foolsfallacy -1 points0 points ago

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    Coincidence.

    [–]MagnusTheGreat -3 points-2 points ago

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    major fail.

    [–]shienarier -2 points-1 points ago

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    To quote Bender: "The use of words to describe something other then their literal intention. Now. That. Is. Irony!"

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