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, 1 reply)

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)