184
This is a photo of irony. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
27 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Take note, if you are still struggling to figure out what irony is.

all 29 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 57 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's not ironic. That's not ironic at all. Of all the places I'd expect a collision to occur, I'd be least surprised to find out one occurred near a driving instructor. The people needing a driving instructor generally aren't good at driving.

Edited to add: OP has added context to the situation here, https://sh.itjust.works/comment/18347533

[-] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 6 points 2 months ago

The people needing a driving instructor generally aren't good at driving.

The people needing a driving instructor generally don’t have a driving licence yet so they won’t be driving a car without an instructor next to them, who’s job it is to prevent things like this from happening.

[-] crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Depends on your country.

Where I live you have to take 35 ( 45 min long ) driving lessons from a driving instructor and then you are able to apply for a test for a driving license.

And if you fail you have to do 5 more each failure, so getting a drviving license here costs at minimum 1.4k euro up to how many times you fail ( each failure will cost you another 175 euro )

[-] Trollception@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Sounds awful

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I don't know how it is organized in your place, but here, some practice hours are neccessary for the license.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 months ago

[-] huppakee@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago

It be more ironic if this happened in front of a private chauffeur/ hire your getaway driver joint, but ok

[-] realitista@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

Yeah I mean a driving school is precisely where you'd expect someone to fuck up driving. The opposite of irony.

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 months ago

Yeah, or if the car had a sticker on it saying "award - safest student driver" on it, it might be ironic.

[-] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

the true irony of this post is OP"s understanding of irony.

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Irony:

a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result.

The car is not being driven by a learner. Its not ironic just because a car crashed outside a driving school, its ironic because the driver is experiencedz has a licence and should be able to drive but they have crashed outside a driving school, the place you go to learn to drive....

I thought this was pretty clear.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How can you possibly know who was driving the car? Furthermore, even if the red van wasn't being driven by a learner, how can you know the events that led to this weren't caused by a different car driven by a learner?

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How can you possibly know who was driving the car?

I took the picture... about 15 or 16 years ago

Furthermore, even if the red van wasn't being driven by a learner, how can you know the events that led to this weren't caused by a different car driven by a learner?

The area that the car was is a small car park outside of a pub called the coach and horses.

Coordinates 53.3764660, -3.1237445

The driver had just come from the pub. I was across the road in the beer garden of another pub called the greave dunning (just about visible i that screenshot) when it happened and witnessed the crash. He got in his car, had it in 1st instead of reverse, and went straight through the bricks and off the edge.

Is that enough for you to understand why i find it ironic?

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

It's certainly context that helps paint it as ironic, yes! These are all details that are definitely lost by just posting a photo on the internet and calling it ironic.

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Whilst that is fair, i dont think there is too little information in the picture to see the irony, i think you presumed a lot of details that were incorrect and thats just as bad as me unintentionally ommitting the context you needed to understand my viewpoint.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

You have first hand knowledge of what happened there to make it ironic. Judging by other comments, it seems like (at least for now) the photo alone, without context, isn't very ironic. It really is your context that makes it ironic. You should add the context to the original post!

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Fair enough.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

Greasy News lol, now that's where I'd like to be a journalist

[-] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

And a story like this happening right outside their door.

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

With the amount of other metals in cars these days it's more aluminiumy than irony. Or perhaps plasticy.

[-] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

The picture was taking long to load and I was expecting either an E or a Y made of iron

this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
184 points (92.6% liked)

Funny

10856 readers
88 users here now

General rules:

Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the mods.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
TheDude@sh.itjust.works
kersploosh@sh.itjust.works
example@reddthat.com
VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works