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Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.73,0:00:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Picture this:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.07,0:00:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your friend and you are watching a sitcom
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.39,0:00:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a sassy sidekick walks into a room,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.76,0:00:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carrying a four-tiered wedding cake.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.01,0:00:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He trips,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.95,0:00:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,falls,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.54,0:00:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and face-plants into the cake.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.67,0:00:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your friend doubles over with laughter and says,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.18,0:00:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's so ridiculous! So ironic!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.53,0:00:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, quick, what do you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.46,0:00:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you laugh along with the laugh track
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.33,0:00:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let this grievous misinterpretation of irony go?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.57,0:00:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, do you throw caution to the wind
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.10,0:00:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and explain the true meaning of irony?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.49,0:00:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're me, you choose the latter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.66,0:00:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, irony has been completely misunderstood.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.59,0:00:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tend to throw out that term
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.38,0:00:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whenever we see something funny or coincidental.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.76,0:01:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while many examples of true irony can be funny,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.85,0:01:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not the driving factor of being ironic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.08,0:01:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A situation is only ironic if what happens
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.30,0:01:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the exact opposite of what was expected.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.66,0:01:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you expect A, but get B,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.25,0:01:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you have irony.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.02,0:01:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's take the slap-stick cake situation as an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.86,0:01:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When someone walks in precariously balancing something
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.94,0:01:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that shouldn't be carried alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.58,0:01:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trips, falls, and makes a mess,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.10,0:01:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is funny, but it's not ironic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.64,0:01:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, you probably expect someone
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.51,0:01:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is single-handedly carrying a huge cake to trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.74,0:01:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he does, reality aligns with expectations,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.86,0:01:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so that is {\i1}not{\i0} irony.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.63,0:01:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if the sassy sidekick walked in wearing a gold medal
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.79,0:01:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he'd won at the cake walking event
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.96,0:01:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.58,0:01:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if that sidekick was a professional cake carrier?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.92,0:01:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, maybe there would have been a reasonable expectation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.93,0:01:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he would have been more skilled
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.86,0:01:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when carrying a ridiculously large cake.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.95,0:02:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, when that reasonable expectation was not met by the tripping sidekick,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.68,0:02:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,irony would have been exemplified.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.04,0:02:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another example.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.29,0:02:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A senior citizen texting and blogging.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.09,0:02:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The common and reasonable expectation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.59,0:02:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of more {\i1}mature{\i0} men and women
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.25,0:02:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that they don't like or know technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.83,0:02:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have a hard time turning on a computer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.10,0:02:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that they have the old brick cell phones from the 1980s.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.88,0:02:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One should not expect them to be connected,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.03,0:02:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,high-tech,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.16,0:02:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or savvy enough to text
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.90,0:02:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to be blogging,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.23,0:02:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which must seem like some sort of newfangled thing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.83,0:02:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that "back in my day," they never had.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.36,0:02:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when Granny pulls out her smart phone
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.21,0:02:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to post pictures of her dentures
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.15,0:02:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or her grandkids,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.53,0:02:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,irony ensues.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.76,0:02:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reasonable expectations of the situation are not met.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.47,0:02:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is irony.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.35,0:02:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So while the cake dropper might not be ironic,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.32,0:02:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are all kinds of situations in life that are.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.30,0:02:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go out, and find those true examples of irony.