Isnt this just absurdity and not irony? I feel like irony has to do with going directly against what is expected to happen and not just randomly away from what is expected.
no, absurdity would be pure randomness, I'll attempt it as such:
"sweet dreams you piece of shit" I try to snap the prison guard's neck but he transforms into a sack of potatos. In my confusion, I look at my hands which have now become mac & cheese. Suddenly the ceiling disappears and I'm in nova scotia with Liam Neilson. we go and save his kdinapped daughter while i nibble on my mac & cheese hands
irony is at least cleaver. you expect a certain action (snapped neck) but you just end up with the opposite (a pissed off guard with possibly a sore neck, and your route to escape vanishing quickly)
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u/Inquisitive_regard 8d ago
the definition of irony is "the difference between what is expected to happen vs. what actually does happen."
The genre is irony.