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hOrni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The examples in the song are ironic, she just does not include enough details to clarify it. For example, an old man was afraid to fly so he took the train instead. And an unrelated plane crashed into it, killing him. He died on a plane crash due to avoiding planes. Ironic as fuck.

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  • Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I don’t think that is how the song went, the guy who was afraid to fly ended up getting on a plane, which crashed just like he was afraid it would.

    Mr. Play-It-Safe was afraid to fly He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye He waited his whole damn life to take that flight And as the plane crashed down He thought, “Well, isn’t this nice?”

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    • Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ah, shit, I forgot she actually specified “take that flight” in it.

      (my comment was supposed to be only a joke, but yeah it doesn’t work as I had intended)

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    • Freshparsnip@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Perhaps it’s supposed to be ironic that the one time he took the risk was the time it crashed

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    • essell@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Just because he waited his whole life for the flights doesn’t mean he didn’t chicken out at the last minute and take a train.

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  • Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Nah she’s just using the 4th American definition

    4. marked by coincidence or by a curious or striking juxtaposition of events regarded by many as a loose usage

    www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/…/ironic

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• ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is what Weird Al has to say about that song’s iconic line “It’s like rain on your wedding day”:

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