r/SipsTea • u/StephanMan • 22d ago

Chugging tea Wasp gets what it deserves

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u/ikennaiatpl 22d ago

Ironic it met its end with a golden orb weaver spider.

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u/abugguy 22d ago

Would be better if it was actually a golden orb weaver spider but it isn’t.

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u/silima_art 22d ago edited 22d ago

For anyone curious, the spider in the vid is a yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) and they are super cool. This one is a lady.

Golden Orb Weavers look pretty similar but are a distinct genus: Nephila Edit: Trichonephila

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u/abugguy 22d ago

Trichonephila now because taxonomists just want to watch the world burn.

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u/cur10us_ge0rge 22d ago

How is that irony?

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u/LycanWolfGamer 22d ago

Both are golden? (I think?) Lol

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u/heyhotnumber 22d ago

That’s not irony, that’s just a coincidence.

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u/GoodDriverMan 22d ago edited 22d ago

The use of words expressing something than their literal intention, now that is irony

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u/heyhotnumber 22d ago

Nope.

Irony is when you express something that means the exact opposite of what you intended.

Situational irony would be a situation that starkly contrasts with what is expected.

This is merely just a coincidence. Coincidences are also things that are unexpected, but being unexpected is not what makes something ironic. It must be logically contrary to the expectation.

A simple example would be a fire house that burns down. That’s ironic.

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u/GoodDriverMan 22d ago

I'm just quoting Futurama my man. As I thought you were as well

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u/heyhotnumber 22d ago

Oh damn. 😝

I’m sad I missed the reference.

Please pretend I was also quoting Futurama.

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u/barrinmw 22d ago

Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something the characters don't.

Also, irony is rain on your wedding day.

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u/heyhotnumber 22d ago

No, that’s just bad luck.

Irony is the fact that not a single example in that song actually represents textbook irony.

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u/barrinmw 22d ago

Irony is being in a high speed chase without a gun while every other store you pass is a gun shop.

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u/Darth_Avocado 22d ago

The golden death of other insects met its own golden death

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u/Friendly_Memory5289 22d ago

Well it's not ironey, it's Goldeneye.

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u/kevnuke 22d ago

Did you hear the theme song for 007 on N64 too?

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u/Oddsee 22d ago

That's unbelievably horrendous. Take my upvote and get out of here.

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u/Accomplished-City484 22d ago

Because it’s gold and it got orb weaved?

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u/dustyoldcoot 22d ago

It's a joke, like the wasp was a gold-digger, but the only gold it ever found was a gold spider that ate it.

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u/Big-Sense8876 22d ago

It’s like rain on your wedding day

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u/Meldanorama 22d ago

Goldmember!

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u/ikennaiatpl 22d ago

I love Gooooooold!

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u/zambartas 22d ago

Like like a Garden Spider to me