Ironic Issues
Situational irony is when the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what is intended. Since situational irony can be confusing in both understanding and use, below are six instances you might be familiar with explained.
- Posting everything online but complaining about the government watching.
When everything is posted online there is no purpose defending privacy. By posting pictures and your every thought on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter you are signing away not only your followers’ and families’ interest but also your privacy.
- Supersizing every meal and being confused or complaining about gaining weight.
Food is good.
Food is amazing.
Food also causes weight gain when eaten in large amounts. Supersizing food means that more food is given in a portion.
More food eaten equals more weight gain.
- Cheating on an honor code test.
Enough said.
- Parents texting their children about being too attached to electronics.
When you have to receive a text saying that you use electronics too much there are two things wrong.
First, you need to stop with all the electronics. This was an intervention. Take it under consideration.
Second, your parents need the same intervention. Send the message back.
- Not doing homework and being upset about failing.
Homework goes into your final grades. Homework varies depending on the teacher, but it still counts.
If you do not do the homework, you will probably not get a A in the class; you might not even get a B.
- Teachers complaining about having to grade too many papers to overworked, tired kids.
There is a delicate balance between teachers and students. Teachers assign homework, tests, papers and projects. Students complete the homework, tests, papers and projects.
When this relationship is skewed by teachers discussing how late they have to stay up after school, both parties get upset. Teachers get upset that they have to stay up grading the work, and students get upset remembering how they stayed up actually doing the work.
Be careful with situational irony. It’s a slippery slope, folks.
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