[ExI] undercover at Walmart

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Sat Feb 14 09:40:53 UTC 2009


On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:30 AM, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
> ### It would have been funny, except that there are enough morons
> ready to treat it as serious advice, which stops it from being a joke.
>


See Damien's reference above:

Irony:
All senses of irony revolve around the perceived notion of an
incongruity between what is said and what is meant; or between an
understanding of reality, or an expectation of a reality, and what
actually happens.

Or even:
Hyperbole:
is a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated. It may be
used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is
rarely meant to be taken literally.


BillK



More information about the extropy-chat mailing list