Segway company owner dies riding Segway off cliff?

[LouCipherr]

Lou's writing screenplays for the lurkers to steal, again! Shhhhh! Keep that on the down-low, will ya?

[DjfunkmasterG]

Isn't that ironic? Doncha think? Like raaaiinnnnnnnnn on your wedding dayyyyyyyyyy

[bassman]

Holy shit. Never thought I would see an Alanis Morisette sing along on HPotD.

[LouCipherr]

Dj needs to be shot for that reference. Dj, you get this guy: for referencing that greasy douchebag Morisette in a thread I'm reading!

[darth los]

Great song from the 90's tho.

[SymphonicX]

this is exactly what I mean none of that song is ironic, just coincidental

[Tricky]

Although its quite comical that the poor guy died on a Segway & probably earns him a darwin award, he was actually a really decent bloke by all accounts, he's donated millions to the "help for heroes" charity that helps maimed soldiers coming back from Afghanistan, as well as creating a blast shield that is used by both US & UK forces over there. Shame really!

[MoonSylver]

So the rich people like it because it lets everyone else know they're filthy rich.....while you guys make fun of them because you're NOT filthy rich? :Approves this message.

[DubiousComforts]

yeah if you make the list you're held in quite high regard - or just regarded as a rich bastard. Its kinda our way of looking at a list of people and branding them all cunts for the sake of it - but hey at least we have a reason. In the USA, we just have the "Sunday Funnies."

[Publius]

none of that song is ironic, just coincidental Depends on whether you mean "ironic" as used by literature professors or the typical English speaker. The song is ironic according to common usage.

[darth los]

Depends on whether you mean "ironic" as used by literature professors or the typical English speaker. The song is ironic according to common usage. Agreed. When most of the typical population uses the term ironic they mean it to say: "WOW, now ain't that some shit". Like say a guy who picks peaches for a living dies by choking on the pit. Most would say that's ironic.

[DubiousComforts]

Depends on whether you mean "ironic" as used by literature professors or the typical English speaker. The song is ironic according to common usage. The meaning of irony has been marginalized through common usage (such as that retarded Alanis Morisette song) same as the definition of tragedy. A steel girder falling and killing a construction worker is not a tragedy -- it's a freak mishap or a fatal accident. "Two thousands spoons when all you need is a knife" is no more ironic than the owner of a scooter company driving one off a cliff to his death; nor is the latter example a tragedy.

[AcesandEights]

Is it ironic that I knew on the internet people would quibble over my use of the word? I almost didn't use the word in my original post because of it. Damn my hubris! Hmmm, misused that one too.

[bassman]

Is it ironic that I knew on the internet people would quibble over my use of the word?

[DubiousComforts]

Is it ironic that I knew on the internet people would quibble over my use of the word? What are "internet people"?