Sarcasm v Irony

[EuropeanFootballMale]

It looks like all sarcasm is irony but not all irony is sarcasm.

Not true. I can be sarcastic and mean exactly what I say.

Fred doesn't understand a simple concept that Sam is trying to explain to him.
Sam says "I'm amazed you don't have a nobel prize yet." (Sarcastic and ironic)
Sam says "Don't worry. I wouldn't expect you to ever understand this anyway." (Sarcastic but not ironic)

30 posts here I come!

[falafel]

Not true. I can be sarcastic and mean exactly what I say.

Fred doesn't understand a simple concept that Sam is trying to explain to him.
Sam says "I'm amazed you don't have a nobel prize yet." (Sarcastic and ironic)
Sam says "Don't worry. I wouldn't expect you to ever understand this anyway." (Sarcastic but not ironic)

30 posts here I come!

True, but only barely. Sarcasm doesn't HAVE to be ironic, but it almost always is. Otherwise its just a mean remark.

[EuropeanFootballMale]

Just because the OED muddies the terms doesn't disprove Eurotrash's point.

Eurotrash? I'm fat, don't like people being close to me and think that it should be legal to hunt people who buy smart cars. I'm 'merican as the day is long.

[Babs]

Eurotrash? I'm fat, don't like people being close to me and think that it should be legal to hunt people who buy smart cars. I'm 'merican as the day is long.

I'd like to be the first to congratulate you on reaching that milestone known as your thirtieth post.

[falafel]

Eurotrash? I'm fat, don't like people being close to me and think that it should be legal to hunt people who buy smart cars. I'm 'merican as the day is long.

I'd like to be the first to congratulate you on reaching that milestone known as your thirtieth post.

Be careful. It all goes down hill after 30.

[wuapinmon]

I'd like to be the first to congratulate you on reaching that milestone known as your thirtieth post.

Ignore her. She's just being hateful because she slipped out of the Top 5.

[Babs]

Ignore her. She's just being hateful because she slipped out of the Top 5.

yes, I did. Slipped on a *&_^ing banana peel.

[beelzebabette]

Ignore her. She's just being hateful because she slipped out of the Top 5.

Ahem.

http://www.cougaruteforum.com/memberlist.php?order=DESC&sort=posts&pp=30

[Babs]

Ahem.
http://www.cougaruteforum.com/member...rt=posts&pp=30

Aw, leave him alone. He's at a liberal arts school. They have no use for math.

[wuapinmon]

Ahem.
http://www.cougaruteforum.com/member...rt=posts&pp=30

Aw, leave him alone. He's at a liberal arts school. They have no use for math.

All yall gals are ganging up on me.

[SeattleUte]

Finally a place to complainh about this. Sarcasm != irony. It drives me crazy that nearly everyone on earth uses sarcasm as a synonym for irony. Also I hate that my post count is so low.

This is mainly a problem in Utah, like misuse of ignernt. I don't ever encounter it in my circles.

[Non Sequitur]

This is mainly a problem in Utah, like misuse of ignernt. I don't ever encounter it in my circles.

That's right. We're just a bunch of idjuts here in Utah (Two points: both ironic and sarcastic).

[SeattleUte]

That's right. We're just a bunch of idjuts here in Utah (Two points: both ironic and sarcastic).

I didn't mean you. I've never considered you from Utah.

[Babs]

I like dramatic irony, myself, but then I could hardly expect you to know that.

No English Lit majors on the board?

[wuapinmon]

No English Lit majors on the board?

Yeah, cause English Lit is the only major with dramatic irony.