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I truly feel that this lil gem of onomatopoeia should have a punctuation device assigned to it.  Perhaps: “^^^!”

Like this:

“Mary has just walked in on Kevin (her supposed boyfriend) and Sally (the school ho) making out… ^^^!” (read as “Dun dun DUN!”)

The English language is inadequate.

Alanis Morrissette often gets bagged for the song “Ironic”, because a lot of situations she describes in it are not actually ironic.  But see, I don’t really think it’s her fault… I mean what do you call it when you have 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife? Or meeting the man of my dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife?

These things aren’t ‘ironic’, but there’s also something more to them than just being ‘unfortunate circumstances’.

I think stuff like that should be called ‘Ironical’. Eg: “OMG it’s so ironical that she got a death row pardon 2 mins too late!”

Discussion on “Irony” except from Wikipedia:

Henry Watson Fowler, in The King’s English, says “any definition of irony…must include this, that the surface meaning and the underlying meaning of what is said are not the same.”

The word ‘ironic’ is sometimes used as a synonym for incongruous or coincidental in situations where there is no “double audience,” and no contradiction between the ostensible and true meaning of the words. An example of such usage:

“Ironically, Sir Arthur Sullivan is remembered for the comic operas he found embarrassing, rather than the serious works he hoped would be his legacy.”

I’m an Ethical Hedonist.

Hearing the word ‘hedonism’, most people think of someone maximising sensory pleasure at all costs… but I like the wider definition that hedonism encompasses:

“By pleasure we mean the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul.” - Epicurus (341-270 BC)

I also like the definition I found here:

“The belief that the pursuit of pleasure is good providing that it honors another’s pursuit of the same.”

I also get a great deal of pleasure from contributing to the happiness of others.  More and more so as I get older.  My pursuit of hedonism isn’t just about me.. because I’m happiest when everyone’s happy.  ‘Get to the top and bring someone with you’ is something that my old Principal Phil Raffills used to say, and I think it’s a great way to live.  It’s kind of like having your cake and eating it too.

If you’re interested in reading more about it, this article is a good crash course in ethical hedonism.