08-31-2024, 06:17 PM
This post was last modified 08-31-2024, 06:18 PM by Maxmars.
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Irony....
Now there's a topic that transcends all mundane consideration....
It's seems that by some definitions, it refers to the differentiation between what was intended, and what is. But irony is almost always perceived as paradoxical.
For example, many people rushed (either in good faith, or by compulsion) to get "vaccinated" to protect their health. Ironically, it served no factual purpose to that end.
But is that really irony? I wonder. Some cynics characterized it as a victimization, others as random circumstance. In either case calling it ironic is a matter of the framework of of the perception.
I find irony usually to be mostly semantic, linguistic... usually a proposition arising from how we 'formulate' words to model reality, and subsequently finding those models to be ultimately inadequately crafted.
My example of irony is the idea that we say we care for all life, yet continually find justifications to kill... a paradox full of provisos and excuses... We steadfastly (generally) proclaim how 'priceless' life is... and still we always stand "ready to kill' and cherish, protect, and nurture the excuses for doing it.
Now there's a topic that transcends all mundane consideration....
It's seems that by some definitions, it refers to the differentiation between what was intended, and what is. But irony is almost always perceived as paradoxical.
For example, many people rushed (either in good faith, or by compulsion) to get "vaccinated" to protect their health. Ironically, it served no factual purpose to that end.
But is that really irony? I wonder. Some cynics characterized it as a victimization, others as random circumstance. In either case calling it ironic is a matter of the framework of of the perception.
I find irony usually to be mostly semantic, linguistic... usually a proposition arising from how we 'formulate' words to model reality, and subsequently finding those models to be ultimately inadequately crafted.
My example of irony is the idea that we say we care for all life, yet continually find justifications to kill... a paradox full of provisos and excuses... We steadfastly (generally) proclaim how 'priceless' life is... and still we always stand "ready to kill' and cherish, protect, and nurture the excuses for doing it.
