Can you define irony as it is typically used today?

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Personally I think the quickest way to describe it is simply with this image

im willing to personally find the person who made this image and pay them a hefty sum of money if they promise to

a.) never make an image like this one again
b.) never touch a computer ever again

desu

shit

>i was just pretending

>>9301192
No I Can't (He Can)

>>9301214
I love it. What is wrong with you into thinking that?

>>9301276
Not him, but the typography is atrocious.

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>>9301364
It's based on this image

It's a four-part response

>>9301369
A crocodile tears of a perfectly made-up clown (no tear stains) kind of manner.. Got it.

>>9301192
In high school I was taught three forms of irony:

Situational Irony - something happens which is the opposite of what one might expect

Verbal Irony - someone says the opposite of what s/he meant

Dramatic Irony - the audience is aware of something important of which a character is unaware

That's the best I can do, OP. Sorry if it's not enough.

>>9301369
Most can only manage sarcasm, rife here but alive in pockets here and there IRL. 'The lowest form--...' -this completely deconstructs the soi-disant 'patrician' element here--

>>9301652
Came here to post this

>>9301364
wow
that went right over your head didn't it

>>9301483
>Verbal Irony - someone says the opposite of what s/he meant

I would just amend this to be not necessarily the opposite, it's enough for it to just be different from what is meant.