according to wikipedia, the exact definition is debatable
And there are several different types of irony.

HTH xx

But getting upset by 2.0 isn't ironic.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 12:42, 2 replies)

you see, you started your response with "according to wikipedia"
that's where you went wrong.
( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 12:45, closed)

That was his first mistake?

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Wed 19 Dec 2012, 12:46, closed)

no, i'm not sure of his first mistake.
i became aware of him when he complained on /talk about being bullied, that was a mistake.
( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 12:49, closed)

probably being born?

( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 12:49, closed)

Mistake number 1, I pressed my Accord key fob once, the indicator lights flashed indicating my growing level of 2.5litres of pure rage.
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 12:52, closed)

it's a reference to the overbearing windbag on OT
Who checks all facts to Wikipedia.

I realise of course that you may not have been aware of this.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 12:54, closed)

i don't get it.

( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 12:59, closed)

I know.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 13:08, closed)

you know what?

( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 13:26, closed)

He don't know NUFFINK.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 13:34, closed)

I know you know.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 13:31, closed)

Not even when one is upset by 2.0, despite that one has set out deliberately to upset the employer of 2.0?

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 13:07, closed)

I dunno.
Ask Wikipedia.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 13:14, closed)

You are found wanting, Plumdozer. I was given the impression you were the expert on all things Morrisette.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 13:20, closed)

He genuinely believes that he is.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 13:23, closed)

in all seriousness, Vaggers
I've been outlining a proposal for a piece of work for the MA I'm starting next year so please refer all queries regarding literary matters to Montychops.

I ain't got no time, you dig?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 13:43, closed)

what's the ma?
some sort of fast food place?
( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 14:06, closed)

No, it's YOUR ma.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 14:16, closed)

i'm glad she's finally found work.

( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 19 Dec 2012, 14:21, closed)

Kind of is, really. Let us consider a standard asshole gambit: "Fuck off back to mumsnet". This invites the recipient to leave the current locale, and head instead toward a suitably humiliating destination. This can be broadly summarised as, "I have no respect for you, and do not wish to hear your opinions. Go somewhere less worthy, and cease bothering me with your prattle.".

Wikipedia references notwithstanding, the rule of thumb with irony is that it's the unexpected/unimplied outcome, not the obvious one. I don't think I have many references in common with you, but from what I gather, this may work - it's Summer Bay being flattened by a glacier, not Summer Bay being burned to a crisp by a solar flare. The latter is a common (mis)interpretation, which is why irony is being increasingly conflated with hypocrisy.

So, yes, back to the point. Bloke A is told by bloke B that bloke B no longer wishes to hear from bloke A. Bloke A therefore puts bloke B on 'ignore 2.0', which blocks bloke B from seeing bloke A, or being seen by bloke A. It is for bloke B as if bloke A had indeed "fucked off back to mumsnet", as bloke A has, at this point, apparently ceased to exist.

From the outside looking in, bloke B asking bloke A to vanish, bloke A accordingly (lolaccord, etc) vanishing, and bloke B then wailing harder than a Japanese fishing fleet because he can no longer hear from, or talk to bloke A, is ironic. It is not the expected outcome - bloke B should be happy, not wailey.

What is it you valleygirl wannabes sign off with? Ah, yes - hth bbz xoxo (gl w/ ma (lol))
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Thu 20 Dec 2012, 2:27, closed)

Shut up, there's a love x

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Dec 2012, 8:27, closed)

if you could manage to follow your own advice, you'd be considerably less obnoxious xx
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Thu 20 Dec 2012, 11:05, closed)