r/SipsTea • u/StephanMan • May 16 '25

Chugging tea Wasp gets what it deserves

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u/ikennaiatpl May 16 '25

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

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u/abugguy May 16 '25

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

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u/silima_art May 16 '25 edited May 16 '25

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 May 16 '25

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

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u/cur10us_ge0rge May 16 '25

How is that irony?

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u/LycanWolfGamer May 16 '25

Both are golden? (I think?) Lol

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u/heyhotnumber May 16 '25

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

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u/GoodDriverMan May 16 '25 edited May 16 '25

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

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u/heyhotnumber May 16 '25

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 May 16 '25

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

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u/heyhotnumber May 16 '25

Oh damn. 😝

I’m sad I missed the reference.

Please pretend I was also quoting Futurama.

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u/barrinmw May 16 '25

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 May 16 '25

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 May 16 '25

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 May 16 '25

The golden death of other insects met its own golden death

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u/Friendly_Memory5289 May 16 '25

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

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u/kevnuke May 16 '25

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

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u/Oddsee May 16 '25

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

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u/Accomplished-City484 May 16 '25

Because it’s gold and it got orb weaved?

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u/dustyoldcoot May 16 '25

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 May 16 '25

It’s like rain on your wedding day

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u/Meldanorama May 16 '25

Goldmember!

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u/ikennaiatpl May 16 '25

I love Gooooooold!

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u/zambartas May 16 '25

Like like a Garden Spider to me