Situational irony: The opposite of what you think – Christopher Warner
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/situational-irony-the-opposite-of-what-you-think-christopher-warner
Leaps and bounds separate that which is ironic and that which many people simply say is ironic. Christopher Warner wants to set the record straight: Something is ironic if and only if it is the exact opposite of what you would expect.
Lesson by Christopher Warner, animation by Ben Pearce.



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