My Chat with SpankGoat about Irony

GregJerrett (12:13:02 AM): spike jonze is making Where the Wild Things Are in New Zealand with the Jim Henson company. That oughta suck.

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spankgoat (12:13:52 AM): sounds kinda cool to me

GregJerrett (12:14:09 AM): yeah

GregJerrett (12:14:37 AM): me too

GregJerrett (12:14:51 AM): i was being ironic

GregJerrett (12:15:04 AM): fuck this file will take some time

spankgoat (12:15:20 AM): i don't think ironic is the right word

spankgoat (12:15:28 AM): it was more some version of sarcasm

GregJerrett (12:15:39 AM): oh i think it IS
and sarcasm is defined as?

GregJerrett (12:16:11 AM): cause ironic is defined as when the literal meaning is the opposite of the stated meaning

GregJerrett (12:16:16 AM): so fuck you

GregJerrett (12:16:33 AM): i work in irony MF

GregJerrett (12:16:53 AM): should I throw some emoticons in here so you know I'm joking?

GregJerrett (12:17:07 AM): :-)

GregJerrett (12:17:31 AM): ;-)

spankgoat (12:17:32 AM): irony is the opposite as to what is expected happens...

GregJerrett (12:17:44 AM): it's on now

GregJerrett (12:18:04 AM): it is fucking on

spankgoat (12:18:49 AM): sarcasm is the USE of irony to mock or convey contempt

GregJerrett (12:19:12 AM): get ready for it ... bitch

GregJerrett (12:19:17 AM): irony is 1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning

spankgoat (12:20:01 AM): did you just make that up?

GregJerrett (12:20:12 AM): 2 a : the use of words to express something other than and especially
the opposite of the literal meaning b : a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form
characterized by irony c : an ironic expression or utterance

spankgoat (12:20:14 AM): because i just looked up both definitions in the dictionary

GregJerrett (12:20:37 AM): 3 a (1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events
and the normal or expected result (2) : an event or result marked by such incongruity b : incongruity
between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is
understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play -- called also dramatic irony, tragic
irony

synonym see WIT

GregJerrett (12:20:48 AM): yeah i just made these up

GregJerrett (12:20:53 AM): I'm that good

spankgoat (12:20:53 AM): you're good

spankgoat (12:21:35 AM): what you said wasn't ironic...it was ironic that YOU said it

GregJerrett (12:21:55 AM): OH, what is this the Joe and Ryan show?

spankgoat (12:21:56 AM): what you said was sarcastic

spankgoat (12:22:38 AM): no, this was the ryan and greg show

GregJerrett (12:22:41 AM): i hate to tell you this, freshman, but IRONY is not the narrow, straight line concept that most "wordsmiths" take it for

GregJerrett (12:23:16 AM): one can say something deliberately to be ironic. especially today in the post modern context of personal drama in which most of us live and operate in as we do our daily schtick

spankgoat (12:23:47 AM): greg, the next time i see you, i will make you cry

GregJerrett (12:23:54 AM): ICRN - I'm crying rightnow

spankgoat (12:24:10 AM): i figured that one out on my own

spankgoat (12:24:14 AM): that's a good one

GregJerrett (12:24:41 AM): you're just pissed cause I shook your prefab intellectual bs to its
foundations

GregJerrett (12:25:01 AM): go back to junior college and tell your teacher to fuck himself

spankgoat (12:25:22 AM): hey...i'm not saying you're totally wrong...just wrong

GregJerrett (12:25:43 AM): and I'm telling you that you've been schooled

GregJerrett (12:25:48 AM): fucking schooled

spankgoat (12:26:23 AM): have i?

spankgoat (12:26:37 AM): that's the best comeback i could come up with

GregJerrett (12:26:53 AM): I used words to express something other than the literal meaning of
those words. Therefore my statement was ironic.

GregJerrett (12:27:04 AM): if we were in prison, we'd soon see who was right

spankgoat (12:27:50 AM): we'd ask the warden

spankgoat (12:27:54 AM): he'd know

spankgoat (12:27:59 AM): wardens read a lot

GregJerrett (12:29:17 AM): you should read a lot

GregJerrett (12:29:30 AM): then you wouldnt be fuckin with me

GregJerrett (12:29:51 AM): I hate to tell you this son, but I'm as close to a literary icon as you're gonna get

GregJerrett (12:29:56 AM): in person

GregJerrett (12:29:57 AM): that is

spankgoat (12:30:03 AM): lol

spankgoat (12:30:19 AM): lolsfhtitimjdrn

spankgoat (12:31:45 AM): the colbert report is funny

GregJerrett (12:32:03 AM): yes ... yes it is

GregJerrett (12:32:31 AM): well buddy, I think i will call it a night (yawn) I've been up or about 2
hours, better go to bed

spankgoat (12:32:44 AM): haha

spankgoat (12:32:48 AM): are you serious?

spankgoat (12:33:14 AM): or are you being "ironic?"

GregJerrett (12:33:15 AM): i went to bed about 330 and wanted to get up around 730 so i could go
do laundry and get a pizza

GregJerrett (12:33:30 AM): i woke up at 10, too late to get godfathers

GregJerrett (12:33:35 AM): so i got valentinos

GregJerrett (12:33:56 AM): I'll stick an ironic foot up ya ass!

spankgoat (12:34:50 AM): does that mean you're going to fist me?

GregJerrett (12:35:09 AM): no

GregJerrett (12:35:11 AM): sick fuck

GregJerrett (12:35:33 AM): does that sound like my thing

spankgoat (12:44:27 AM): OMFG i just saw a TV commercial for earthlink truevoice

GregJerrett (12:44:41 AM): REALLY

GregJerrett (12:44:48 AM): was it bullshit

GregJerrett (12:44:52 AM): what channel?

GregJerrett (12:44:56 AM): comedy central?

spankgoat (12:45:00 AM): comedy central

GregJerrett (12:45:11 AM): i was being ironic

spankgoat (12:45:28 AM): it was all like "leave your phone company behind forever"

GregJerrett (12:45:42 AM): and LIVE IN SILENCE!

GregJerrett (12:45:54 AM): better off sending smoke signals

GregJerrett (12:46:28 AM): fuck this file, it's gonna take forever

GregJerrett (12:46:32 AM): brb

spankgoat (12:46:41 AM): i hear scrolls tied to falcons is gaining popularity

GregJerrett (12:48:45 AM): i could just copy the files and give them to you as a gift.

spankgoat (12:49:18 AM): can we make out afterward?

GregJerrett (12:50:04 AM): this gay stuff is starting to make me uncomfortable

GregJerrett (12:50:19 AM): in my pants

spankgoat (12:50:29 AM): lol

spankgoat (12:50:46 AM): it was actually more of a chuckle...i feel i need to be honest

GregJerrett (12:51:04 AM): cstm - chuckling softly to myself

GregJerrett (12:51:17 AM): I never LOL

GregJerrett (12:51:21 AM): if we're being honest

GregJerrett (12:51:35 AM): i don't think anyone who types LOL is really Ling OL

spankgoat (12:51:40 AM): i very rarely am loling when i say lol

spankgoat (12:52:02 AM): but on occasion i do lol when i type lol

GregJerrett (12:52:37 AM): usually when I'm LOL, i don't type LOL and when I type LOL I'm just
BEING FUCKING IRONIC

GregJerrett (12:53:26 AM): turn over to iowa public tv would you

GregJerrett (12:53:31 AM): you gotta see this shit

spankgoat (12:53:54 AM): i can't

spankgoat (12:54:11 AM): i'm out of range of my TV now because my gf went to sleep

GregJerrett (12:54:29 AM): do you live with your "GF"

GregJerrett (12:54:45 AM): animusic.com

spankgoat (12:54:46 AM): for the most part

GregJerrett (12:55:17 AM): did you guys have sex tonight?

GregJerrett (12:55:21 AM): was it awesome?

spankgoat (12:55:40 AM): i've never had sex

GregJerrett (12:55:43 AM): i havent been laid in so long, i'm like beef jerky down there

GregJerrett (12:56:06 AM): i find that hard to believe, what are you religious?

spankgoat (12:56:18 AM): i'm mormon

GregJerrett (12:56:28 AM): awkward!

GregJerrett (12:56:44 AM): Mormons can have sex, they just can't brag about it

spankgoat (12:56:58 AM): i told a few lies back there...

spankgoat (12:57:10 AM): and i apologize

GregJerrett (12:57:14 AM): oh, i thought you were being ironic and shit

GregJerrett (12:57:22 AM): so your NOT mormon

GregJerrett (12:57:28 AM): just a virgin

spankgoat (12:57:37 AM): brb

GregJerrett (12:57:38 AM): theres nothing wrong with being a virgin

GregJerrett (12:57:48 AM): i was a virgin until about a month ago

spankgoat (12:59:20 AM): what?

GregJerrett (12:59:44 AM): i said, there is nothing wrong with being a virgin

GregJerrett (12:59:51 AM): i was one until about a month ago

GregJerrett (1:00:05 AM): i was waiting for that special some one

GregJerrett (1:00:22 AM): but then i just decided to get a blowjob from a dude at the dirty book store

spankgoat (1:00:25 AM): greg, you and me never had sex...

GregJerrett (1:00:58 AM): what you mean, at all or just with each other?

spankgoat (1:01:15 AM): with eachother

GregJerrett (1:01:39 AM): i knew it was dark in that skank theater but ...

spankgoat (1:01:46 AM): i'm going to have to intervene in this conversation and say it's getting
weird

GregJerrett (1:01:54 AM): you made it weird

GregJerrett (1:02:00 AM): you fuckin perv

spankgoat (1:02:05 AM): you made it weird

GregJerrett (1:02:14 AM): YMIW

spankgoat (1:02:24 AM): you are the one who asked if i had sex tonight

spankgoat (1:02:32 AM): so YMIW

spankgoat (1:02:41 AM): and i rolled with it

spankgoat (1:02:59 AM): and it felt goooood

GregJerrett (1:03:01 AM): yeah that's weird, a guy talking about straight sex with another dude.
That'd get me kicked out of a locker room

spankgoat (1:03:27 AM): ok. IMIW...

GregJerrett (1:03:36 AM): so did you get laid or what

spankgoat (1:03:45 AM): afraid not

GregJerrett (1:03:52 AM): its not too late

spankgoat (1:04:08 AM): oh, it is

GregJerrett (1:04:12 AM): just rub your erection on here while she's asleep until she wakes up. women love that

spankgoat (1:04:33 AM): lol

spankgoat (1:04:39 AM): i actually was laughing

spankgoat (1:04:46 AM): IAWL

spankgoat (1:04:59 AM): wtf is this animusic?

GregJerrett (1:05:09 AM): that's what was on IPTV

GregJerrett (1:05:15 AM): whats IAWL

spankgoat (1:05:38 AM): i actually was laughing

GregJerrett (1:05:57 AM): I dont know all these hip internet abbreviations

GregJerrett (1:06:07 AM): frankly i think most of them are pretty lame

spankgoat (1:06:13 AM): good lord greg, are you all hyped up on goofballs?

GregJerrett (1:06:21 AM): yes

GregJerrett (1:06:24 AM): yes i am

GregJerrett (1:06:35 AM): and god willing i always will be

GregJerrett (1:11:17 AM): i'm canceling this file dude

GregJerrett (1:11:28 AM): i shall have to just make you a copy and bring it in sat

spankgoat (1:11:50 AM): you weren't cut out for distributing pirated TV shows...

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GregJerrett (1:12:33 AM): here is a consolation prize that should come by real quick

GregJerrett (1:14:03 AM): do you know Echo and the Bunnymen?

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spankgoat (1:15:12 AM): i have a couple of their albums...

spankgoat (1:15:15 AM): but not this one

GregJerrett (1:15:32 AM): this is from songs to learn and sing

GregJerrett (1:15:37 AM): that is THE classic album

GregJerrett (1:15:42 AM): seriously

spankgoat (1:15:50 AM): that's a greatest hits album

GregJerrett (1:16:07 AM): yeah, that's right

GregJerrett (1:16:16 AM): and if you have only one, that's the one to get

GregJerrett (1:16:26 AM): what are you like a little know it all

GregJerrett (1:16:32 AM): fuck

spankgoat (1:16:36 AM): no

GregJerrett (1:16:48 AM): do you know bring on the dancing horses?

spankgoat (1:16:53 AM): no

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GregJerrett (1:17:25 AM): the killing moon was in the opening of donnie darko

spankgoat (1:17:31 AM): yeah

GregJerrett (1:17:39 AM): bring on the dancing horses was used in pretty in pink

GregJerrett (1:17:46 AM): it's one of my favorites

spankgoat (1:17:51 AM): then they changed it to a different song in the director's cut

GregJerrett (1:17:59 AM): no way, what?

spankgoat (1:18:04 AM): of donnie darko that is

spankgoat (1:18:11 AM): i forgot

GregJerrett (1:18:30 AM): i kind of like sending songs

GregJerrett (1:18:38 AM): may i try a couple of other 80s tunes on you?

spankgoat (1:18:54 AM): go right ahead

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GregJerrett (1:19:01 AM): you like punk?

spankgoat (1:19:04 AM): i love 80s tunes

spankgoat (1:19:09 AM): depends

spankgoat (1:19:34 AM): i like punk like early siouxsie and the banshees

GregJerrett (1:20:59 AM): joy division? they're from manchester

spankgoat (1:21:28 AM): yeah, i love joy division

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spankgoat (1:22:25 AM): is that a remix?

GregJerrett (1:22:31 AM): yup

GregJerrett (1:22:47 AM): different version anyway, a slow one, quite lovely

spankgoat (1:23:14 AM): is it on the b-sides/rarities thing?

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GregJerrett (1:23:38 AM): maybe, but i got mine from the PUMP UP THE VOLUME soudntrack

GregJerrett (1:23:56 AM): here are some limey punks

GregJerrett (1:24:01 AM): March Violets

GregJerrett (1:24:03 AM): heard of them?

spankgoat (1:24:07 AM): nope

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spankgoat (1:26:29 AM): if i was on my other computer i'd send you some songs

spankgoat (1:26:50 AM): but my other computer is at another house

GregJerrett (1:26:53 AM): shoot them to me in an email sometime. yahoo and gmail will both send about 10 megs

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GregJerrett (1:27:21 AM): do you know alphaville?

spankgoat (1:27:27 AM): nope

GregJerrett (1:27:45 AM): how bout berlin

GregJerrett (1:27:48 AM): early berlin

spankgoat (1:27:56 AM): i've heard of berlin

spankgoat (1:28:02 AM): but haven't heard their music

GregJerrett (1:29:51 AM): i didnt think it would do more than one

spankgoat (1:30:32 AM): it will if i click on more than one

spankgoat (1:30:45 AM): i've just been letting one finish and then clicking the next one

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GregJerrett (1:31:22 AM): you like club music?

GregJerrett (1:31:28 AM): i got this british dude

GregJerrett (1:31:43 AM): who is indian, doing a club mix, it's pretty cool

GregJerrett (1:32:10 AM): heard of FEAR?

spankgoat (1:32:21 AM): heard of, never heard

GregJerrett (1:32:30 AM): that's about to change

GregJerrett (1:32:40 AM): hnow about earasure

GregJerrett (1:32:43 AM): erasure

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GregJerrett (1:32:53 AM): probably right

spankgoat (1:33:01 AM): same

spankgoat (1:33:45 AM): after this song, i have to get going to bed

GregJerrett (1:33:57 AM): me too.

spankgoat (1:34:01 AM): i have to wake up at 8 tomorrow

GregJerrett (1:34:11 AM): for what? school?

spankgoat (1:34:25 AM): to take someone else to school

GregJerrett (1:34:28 AM): well you put these in your ipod and smoke em pal

spankgoat (1:34:31 AM): who doesn't have a car

spankgoat (1:34:40 AM): oh i will

GregJerrett (1:34:59 AM): well later then, back to my sitting here

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spankgoat (1:35:19 AM): don't sit there too long

GregJerrett (1:35:35 AM): what else is there to do at 2 am

spankgoat (1:36:05 AM): you should write a blog entry about tonight's chat...but embellish it...

GregJerrett (1:36:13 AM): i could just copy it

spankgoat (1:36:37 AM): lame

GregJerrett (1:36:50 AM): whatever

GregJerrett (1:36:54 AM): it's done

GregJerrett (1:36:56 AM): go read it

spankgoat (1:37:39 AM): all i see is betty page

GregJerrett (1:37:49 AM): shit you're fast

GregJerrett (1:38:43 AM): i mean it WILL be there in a minute