Procyona
Зарегистрирован: 09.09.2012 Сообщения: 1876 Откуда: Finland
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Добавлено: 20.12.2014, 11:42 Заголовок сообщения: Of irony and humor |
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Dear all,
when I use humor, I tend to turn it to irony. The humor without irony and the humor of irony are based on totally different things:
Humor comes from seeing a surprising side in a common thing, and irony from turning a common thing upside down, and make
the common itself seem as a surprise.
Humor for me means a tool to loose tension. I think that irony, in most cases, laughs at the receiver, also, so it's not the most effective
a tool to relax someone who is already tense. So, I think irony and the humor without irony work well, but in different situations.
Or what do you think?   _________________ "As you think, so shall you become." - Bruce Lee
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Faroth
Зарегистрирован: 09.12.2014 Сообщения: 461 Откуда: Finland
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Добавлено: 10.04.2015, 19:46 Заголовок сообщения: |
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Hi Milla,
humor is indeed a great way to loose tension and irony is good tool too, if the receiver understands the irony.
Both have their uses but with person I don't know very well I'll most likely go with humor, or at least I'll try to restrain the irony within me.   _________________ "Having 2 ears and one tongue means we should listen twice as much as we speak."
"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison"
-The road to success is always under construction" -Lily Tomlin   |
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