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    Hey Canadian Escapists, is it all it's cracked up to be?

    If you're looking to get drunk every night, Halifax is the place to be. Most bars per capita in the country. You could get smashed at a different bar every night for a month, and if you decide to drunkenly stumble home there's a far less chance of you getting mugged than Vancouver, Toronto, or...
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    I like the new My Little Pony show. Is it really that weird?

    Twilight, despite its horrid moral messages to girls, is at its heart an (awkwardly handled) love story. Bieber sings about vaguely sexual but mostly romantic interest in girls. Girls at the age where boys become interesting are of course more likely to like him. Everyone else, who either...
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    I like the new My Little Pony show. Is it really that weird?

    You are nowhere near alone. Check out the Ponyboards on 4chan. http://boards.4chan.org/co/res/23658502
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    I like the new My Little Pony show. Is it really that weird?

    That's Flash? *jaw drops* (not that video but the series in general)
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    I like the new My Little Pony show. Is it really that weird?

    Actually, yes. To date, they have referenced: Blazing Saddles Lion King Apocalypse Now Gradius (the NES game) Pokemon Benny Hill Brady Bunch Pinky & the Brain Bugs Bunny and Pepe Le Pew cartoons Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and more that I'm forgetting. Not many of which...
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    I like the new My Little Pony show. Is it really that weird?

    Is it just me or you find the idea of someone thinking My Little Pony as being "contemptible" kinda funny? Actually, I really have to question why people hate My Little Pony because it has "ponies and rainbows and shit" but have no problem playing Robot Unicorn Attack and stuff like that...
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    I like the new My Little Pony show. Is it really that weird?

    Not really. "My Little Pony is dislike because it is My Little Pony" is not an argument. I want to know why liking a franchise generally but not exclusively aimed at young girls is not okay to watch, wile watching Transformers, a franchise generally but not exclusively aimed at boys the same...
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    I like the new My Little Pony show. Is it really that weird?

    So for the past couple of weeks I've been quite enthralled with Friendship is Magic, the new My Little Pony series. I'm really, genuinely enjoying the show but I've been noticing a lot of people calling people (specifically 20 to 30-year-old men) who watch the show "gay" for doing so. Why...
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    Creature Caster Masters: Death Spelunking

    The show has alot of potential to good. Pokemon is easy to make fun of. Unfortunately, because of that, it's also easy to fall into the trap of making obvious jokes that have been done to death. Haven't seen too many so far, but when they appear they tend to drag down the show. Also, you...
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    Show me the irony.

    Your first example is ironic (almost, it would be truly ironic if he was hit by a truck carrying vegetables or salads). Your second example is not ironic, it is a pun. The vegan likes Meatloaf (the singer) and there is nothing objectionable about a vegan liking a rock star, and is thus not ironic.
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    Show me the irony.

    That's literary irony which barash kindly described above. Literary irony is created by the disconnect between the characters and the audience (characters can know something that the audience doesn't and vice versa). I was speaking of real-world irony (I am unsure if there is a proper term)...
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    Show me the irony.

    I'm not sure if that is ironic. Why would atheist parents name their child Christian? Probably because they thought is was a good name. Christian (the name) has little to do with Christianity anymore, so there may not be irony in an atheist is named Christian. Irony is often created...
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    Show me the irony.

    Sorry, yes that is correct. I mixed up the literary terms for ironic and the real-world application of the term. The opposite scenario only applies to real-world situations like (some) of the situations described above (but not alot). Also, I hate it when people misuse the word ironic...
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    Show me the irony.

    This is not irony, unless his parents named him Christian in the hopes that he would be a devout follower of Christianity. THAT would be ironic, otherwise no.
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    Show me the irony.

    Number 1 is ironic, Number 2 is VERY ironic (and hilarious) but none of the rest are ironic, only appropriate or unexpected. This is ironic. If you set out to define irony and instead don't define it, that is irony. See also: Alanis Morrisette's "Ironic", in which none of the examples...