Ambrosia Software Web Board: Does God have a sense of humour, or does the Universe run on Irony? - Ambrosia Software Web Board

I'm an Art Student. Nothing unusual about that, about twenty or thirty kids in my form take Art as a subject. And, needlessly to say, we get assignments. I got one of these recently, on the Role of the Artist. Nothing major, 1500 words, four artist roles, four colour studies.

Now, as you do, I saved it for the last weekend. Life is busy, etc, etc. Friday-Sunday, three days to work on it, easy stuff, no big deal.

My internet connection started playing up on Friday. So, I left the project until Saturday, since you can't find that much on Andy Warhol in the art books I've got close at hand. The connection was still playing up on Saturday, so I left it until Sunday. Sunday, I gathered my Art books and spent all day (and night) finishing the assignment. It's amazing how inefficient I've become with ink-and-paper resources.

Monday, my internet connection is fine once more.


Now, of course you're wondering by this stage if this isn't just old SA recounting his woes. Well, it's not. I'm going to a school which is the educational equivalent of the Borg, so I'm getting used to that kind of workload. But it did set me thinking- someone, somewhere, has a very ironic sense of humour.

Got a nice example of the ironies of life? I'd like to hear it. Got the faintest clue why? I'd like to hear that too. Perhaps we could have a debate.

And if you're wondering why this isn't on the Just Chat board- that's because I don't want to turn my back and discover 50 posts the next day.

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Sundered Angel,
The One and Only
Ares Webboard Moderator, and all-around Nice Guy

Heh...gotta love the isolationism on the Ares boards...

Anyway, I know how you feel. My printer ALWAYS has some kind of problem, be it a lose cable, a lack of ink, or some dammage that occured doing shipping making its precense known, whenever I try to print something I type on the last day. Usually I can fix it, but sometimes I have to get a floppy disk and print it at school the next morning.

Once I installed a PCI card right before I had to type up an essay. I install the card, everthing seems okay. I restart the computer....Bus Error....

I had to type it all the next day in Study Hall, which luckily was before the class I had to turn it in for.

Anyway, I think the reason can be summed up in one phrase: Shït happens.

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No, "sh¡t happens" is a good phrase, but I think it's more to do with the way bad stuff happens randomly.

I'm thinking of the way, every now and again, life pulls something really ironic on you. Usually bad, but sometimes good. Has anyone else noticed this?

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Sundered Angel,
The One and Only
Ares Webboard Moderator, and all-around Nice Guy

its murphys law, dont doubt it.

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just take my post, and imagine everything is speeled right.
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Here's my version: I get an illness that's not quite bad enough to keep me home on exam week.
It is bad enough, however, to make me unable to think right - or sometimes at all.
This has happened twice so far.

As for the nature of the universe, Calvin and Hobbes have the answers.

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Formerly-Rampant Human-Coded AI

That seems to happen to my printer as well. I have an old Epson, I forget what the model is and all that crap, but EVERY time, and I mean EVERY time I had a project due the next day or something, and I had to print something out, it would magically, STOP WORKING! It had full ink cartridges, we changed quite a few times, so it wasn't the ink, it would print fine, but no words or pictures would be on the pages. Or, if it wasn't that, the cable would magically stop working! I've tried maybe 50 different serial cords, and none of them will ever work! So my brother will get all mad, because we will have to transfer it to his computer, and print it on his. Ofcourse, the next day, when the stupid project is due, it will magically start working! Eventually, I got so sick of this printer, I just stopped using it, and now I use my brother's computer whenever I have to print something for school.

In otherwords, "Been there."

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- Captain Stud Beefpile
- UE Naval 238th Squadron
- Azdgari Squadron "Firebird" Leader
- Member of the Zacha Renegade Elimination Corporation

Well, not quite Irony, but things can be funny. I found this message on a piece of paper by the phone.

SUE MONK
Felt in mailbox

Talk about a lack of context...

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What others can travel so far into so many universes yet remain so deeply rooted in their own?

My computer mocks me all the time. Not as in things not working, but in games, it'll mock me by doing exactly what it shouldn't do in order for something to happen (mostly when I'm trying to test my plugs).

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"I am the supreme dictator of the universe, it's just that nobody knows about it yet."
"Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow."

God is a placebo, like an imaginary friend. It's the opiate of the masses. The universe is actually run by the laws of physics/chemistry, etc.

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"Religion and government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together." (James Madison)
"Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration -- courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and above all, love of the truth" (H.L. Menken).
"The Government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion." (John Adams).

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Bah, you almost got me started. It would have been bad if you had gotten me started on a religious debate, because I'd find myself being flamed by everybody, unless there was some other wierd person out there that also held my religious beliefs...

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"I am the supreme dictator of the universe, it's just that nobody knows about it yet."
"Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow."

*Ahem* Let's not twist this into a debate. It's just a harmless topic asking people for experiences they've had regarding irony and coincidence.

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The Oracular Net would like to know your favorite color

simply having an opinion causes your subconscious (it hates you, really) to literally shove your thoughts back into your stubborn unwilling mouth and spill your intestines upon the hard ground of the world.


This includes every opinion, including the famous 'Nothing can go wrong again ' and the 'Don't worry I'll be there.'

White is in fact black, pleasure is pain and your not using your computer.

[This message has been edited by Count Altair El Alemein (edited 03-26-2001).]

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What about the famous "It can't get any worse!"

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"I'm a controversial figure. My friends either dislike me or hate me."

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Famous last words.

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The Oracular Net would like to know your favorite color

Oh, sort of like "It's not armed!"?
If I ever write a sci-fi story, at least 2 characters will go out that way >

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Formerly-Rampant Human-Coded AI

Ah, poetic irony at its most obvious.

That's the main reason I moved from scifi/fantasy writing to more realistic, character-based work. *Considers this, then some of his recent stories, and carefully crosses out the "realistic" part*

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Sundered Angel,
The One and Only
Ares Webboard Moderator, and all-around Nice Guy

*off topic*

Well, it looks like you're back. Come join the fun on GR.

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"I'm a controversial figure. My friends either dislike me or hate me."

I think all printers are evil. My printer also acts up all the time. I remember this one time when I had to print this 10-15 page report and my printer stops working right in the middle of printing. I check everything, the cables the chooser and restart it a couple times. About an hour later my dad found the problem, the cable had come off. Only I am absolutely sure that the cable was in when I checked it. Weird huh?

PS:I'm sorry, I'm pretty sure this is an old topic but I just read it and HAD to put this story in.

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We will not change unless we survive but we will not survive unless we change.

[This message has been edited by Cyberwraith (edited 04-17-2001).]

What about C-3P0 and his way of saying "We're doomed" and they later get out of trouble?

(Note: Somebody once watched the first trilogy and counted the number of times 3P0 said that, among other things...)

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"I say, Number One, my end is diving...What the hell is your end doing?"
-K-Boat Commander

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Ugh. I had that one the last time I played the start wars drinking game. Everytime C-3P0 would say something to that effect I had to take a shot. I got pretty trashed by the end of the movie. (Though not as bad as the guy who got Obi Wan; I can still see him hugging the toilet moaning "Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope!" )

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The Oracular Net would like to know your favorite color
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i think it just runs on unleaded

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"At _____ , bull**** is our most important product"
-graffiti on the lavatory wall of a major consultancy (from The Wizardry Consulted)

I live in California so when I have reports or something due the next day, roling blackout. Go figure.

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