Thank You For Smoking

- Verbal irony is a disparity of expression and intention: when a speaker says one thing but means another, or when a literal meaning is contrary to its intended effect. An example of this is sarcasm. -

Irony is something I use everyday. Sarcasm is also. Sometimes it gets hard to tell the difference, and with the frequency with which I use it, I'm not helping you pour souls who don't know one from the other. I'm sorry about that.

It's pretty simple if you look at it from this perspective. Irony can be translated in many different ways, here we are sticking to what was quoted up there. When someone says one thing, but means another. Which is what some people claim to be sarcasm. True. But only to a certain extent. Sarcams is usually fairly negative. It's a way of expressing bitterness by saying something that is very obvious to the target, making your point of view on the subject very clear. Therefore you are telling them, cleverly I might add, that you do not agree with them. If I'm wrong, tell me. I don't like to be wrong, but I'm not always right, just most of the time. Ha!

Irony is sarcasm, but with a less harsh, jovial twist. Pretty simple. And I use both very often. And the title of this post is a phrase I use practically everyday that I'm not at home. Yes, I tend to believe that I live in the smoking capital of the world. While this might not be true, I like to believe it is.

Now, to the point of all of this. Is there really a point? God only knows, I'm developping as I type. This can be interesting. And just to be clear, I'm not targeting anybody with this. If you smoke, fine with me. I don't judge. But that does not mean that I have to like it. Clear? Good.

Smokers suck. Ok, not really. But people who blow their smoke in non-smokers' faces do. And they deserve to burn in Hell. I have nothing against smokers, it's all love. Do you. But I only have one question. What do you get out of smoking a pack of cigs a day? Or half a pack? Is it to look cool? Is it fun knowing you most probably might die a painfully slow death later on in life? What is it that is so attractive to the gazillion smokers out there? I have no clue. I really need somebody to break it down for me. That is all.





I'm out.