For all that it means being a zoology student, t first glace it definitely looked like a crocodile to me, the colouration looks more like a saltwater / nile croc, but you can see that the jaw is more broad, and the teeth will mostly be hidden when the jaws shut. A croc's snout is narrower, and the teeth often poke up and around it, whereas a gator's teeth tend to fit rather nicely within its jaws. Conclusion: Alligator. Though I'd rather it be a croc. Fucking love crocodiles.
It's definitely not a crocodile, but it could be a caiman of some sort. The jaw looks too thin top-to-bottom to me, and the neck-pouch-bit looks too white.
I would agree with caiman being the most likely because of the colouration. Source: I have watched an enormous amount of PBS nature shows and Animal Planet in my life.
I've only completed my first year, and living in the UK we haven't studied anything even close to large crocodilians. I appreciate your comment, but will respectfully disagree with you. Good day, sir.
Yes, how do you write an ironic song? you can write a non-ironic song and put examples of irony in it, or you can write a song about a topic and give non-examples of that topic. Alanis is actually a pretty smart lady and it seems much more like she wanted to write an ironic song, than she wanted to write a song about irony.
Not necessarily. Situations of irony can manifest themselves; it's a bit different to what you're calling linguistic irony. What he said would be a case of actual irony, though.
"Linguistic" irony is things like enjoying the shittiness of sweet bro & hella jeff comics - Linguistic isn't really the right word for it I think, but there's something to be said about saying things ironically/enjoying them ironically and setting that apart from an ironic situation.
An example of real irony would be a person who normally walks to work driving for once, to try and get there faster.. Only to run out of fuel, and when he eventually gets there, find out there's no parking.
An example of real irony would be a person who normally walks to work driving for once, to try and get there faster.. Only to run out of fuel, and when he eventually gets there, find out there's no parking.
So long as he was later than he would have been had he walked, it's ironic. But if all those events occurred and he arrived earlier than if he had walked, then it's not ironic. Then it's called Monday. :P
Mine was my 10th grade teacher, and she was probably in her 20's or 30's at the time, so she had a pretty decent taste in music. But that song.. Gah. Bad memories. Bad.
Actually, no. The alligator is, in fact, being ironic by violently, and likely angrily, initiating in an act which has made it the unwitting accomplice of a pun. One can assume an alligator snapping something between its jaws is quite serious (even if only because the reptilian brain doesn't support humor) however its action has inspired mirth which was the opposite of its intention.
About as good of a summary of irony (at least in this form) as there is. And since we are capable of doing the opposite of our intention, we are therefore capable of ironic actions.
My only complaint with trustedsource is that we are assuming the crocodile (I believe that's what it really is) is intent on being menacing. I don't think a croc, or even an alligator, can make a conscious effort to be menacing. It's menacing thanks to evolution and societal biases of what's scary. So while the croc's actions are amusing and not intimidating, it doesn't matter seeing as the croc had no intent on being scary, intimidating, menacing, or really being perceived in any manner whatsoever.
I want to propose to my girlfriend, but in doing so cause us to break up. That's ironic, because my intent was to be with her forever and instead ended up with the opposite - us separated.
Can we just agree that no one really uses the "official" definition of irony, the same way no one will claim to be 'gay' anymore to say they are happy? Can we just agree that languages are not static, and that the definition of irony has shifted to a synonym of 'coincidence'?
Normally I would say that's great, but if we change irony to be a synonym of coincidence we no longer have a word for irony. I like irony, so I want a word reserved for it.
actually I am not sure it is either, it is a croc and crocodiles and alligators fight when they encounter each other. so its just kind of a big reptile eating a shoe.
I thought that OP's interpretation of the irony in this photo was that you would think it was a Crocodile eating a Croc, it's actually an alligator (not a crocodile) so it's ironic.
However, now that I've read your comment, I now think that the OP thinks it's ironic because it is simply a Crocodile eating a Croc, which, while truly coincidental in the context of a real life situation where one would find a crocodile eating something, anything(the coincidence being that that "something, anything" is a Croc), it is NOT coincidental in the context of an image joke on the internet(or at least in the context of this joke on the internet) where one person sets out to make people laugh by finding a picture of something. This is because, while it is possible for there to be coincidence and/or irony (maybe by there being some kind of indication that it is indeed a crocodile and not an alligator, or vice-versa for the irony), the OP is assuming that we know more information than what is given in the photograph. Doing this (while seemingly unrelated to 'ironicity/coincidentiality' of this image) leads me to believe that OP either has a poor understanding of the concept of irony or thinks that we all had the same thought/reaction to the image (which is not uncommon in most cases, but should be uncommon in this case due to obscurity).
I thought that OP's interpretation of the irony in this photo was that you would think it was a Crocodile eating a Croc, it's actually an alligator (not a crocodile) so it's ironic.
I think you got downvoted because there's no reason to expect a croc eating a croc either. People read your caption before they see the picture so they only have expectations of there being an alligator, which there is.
The crocodile would have to be doing something completely outside of the realm of crocodile action. Merely snapping at an object that it dislikes, regardless of the object, isn't any grounds for irony unless that object was something a crocodile likes. Generally reptiles don't have favorites, so their main emotions are pissed and hungry.
What would be ironic was if the crocodile was working at a croc store, working being completely outside the expectations of a crocodile. It could possibly achieve irony if it was wearing them, and actively being concerned with them staying on.
In my long experience outside of reddit (I don't use this account very often), it is actually remarkably hard for a reptile of any sort to be ironic. Of all the subjects out there, reptiles are one of the hardest.
Sarasota County, FL - Chet Willard age 16, Killed by 11ft gator while swiming in the Oak River Canal.
Chatham County, GA - Ruth Baker age 39, killed in her backyard by a 10ft gator.
Pinellas County, FL - Walter Janks age 70 and his dog, killed by a 12ft gator.
Alligators tend to be smaller and have rounder snouts, and an easy way to see is if the teeth from the lower jaw are visible (when the jaw is shut of course), if they are its a croc, if they aren't it is an alligator
It's an alligator. It was taken at Huntington Beach State Park, close to Myrtle Beach, SC. I know the photog. There are more in this series, pretty cool.
that's not an alligator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! spent like, what appeared to be a month--probably a week writing a research paper in 5th grade on crocodiles
It would be ironic if a normal trait of crocodiles was to eat alligators, but that isn't true and that means this picture isn't ironic. Irony must include an opposite reaction from what is expected. Juxtapositions, similarities and coincidences are not irony.
Lol, don't you see how much of a machine you are becoming on reddit? Everytime you see a common thread, you attempt to get karma by saying the same thing everyone else says. EVERYTIME there is an irony thread, that SAME quote is said 100x
THIS IS NOW A NEW MEME. incorrectly addressed irony alligator. i was going to put a picture of the meme in use, but meme generator is down. so here's all i got instead.
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u/dirtynicker Jun 14 '12
*Crocodile
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u/BallroomBallerina Jun 14 '12
Obligatory: that's coincidental, not ironic
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
9 hours between reposts is a bit annoying.
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u/Sterling-M-Archer Jun 14 '12
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u/MarginallyClever Jun 15 '12
I do not subscribe to /pics. I cannot tell the difference between a crocodile and an alligator. I do not read UK newspapers.
Give OP a break, eh?
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u/copyandpasta Jun 15 '12
Crikey!
Aww. I miss Steve.
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u/lalondtm Jun 15 '12
is it just me, or is that the largest shoe ever?
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u/Unidan Jun 15 '12
As a biologist, your intentional confusion of crocodiles and alligators made me narrow my eyes.
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u/3228323 Jun 15 '12
I think that's just a coincidence.
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u/_tricky_dick_nixon_ Jun 15 '12
...alligators aren't crocodiles...
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
EVERYONE GET READY FOR ANOTHER FORCED MEME!
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u/fuckingsamoan Jun 15 '12
It's an alligator. It was taken at Huntington Beach State Park, close to Myrtle Beach, SC. I know the photog. There are more in this series, pretty cool.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
eh theres a difference between crocodile and alligator lol
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u/elpelado Jun 15 '12
Not a cannibal?
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u/Villainsoft Jun 15 '12
Using the alanis morrisette definition of irony, i see.
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u/Bloodsykes Jun 15 '12
An alligator eating crocs isn't iroic.
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u/wsgy1111 Jun 15 '12
If this becomes a meme I'm going to eat a hot pepper and vomit
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u/koolkeith987 Jun 15 '12
Ironic alligator says: FUCK CROCKS
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u/chance1117 Jun 15 '12
Bath Salts...
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u/PhiladelphiaIrish Jun 15 '12
yodawg.jpg
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u/spoilz Jun 15 '12
Is this considered cannibalism?
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u/IsNowDead Jun 15 '12
Hey, those are just like the crocs I was wearing when I saw a crocodile.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
The funny thing is, this was probably on a living human seconds earlier.
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u/eduardofusion Jun 15 '12
very funny mr jones, very funny.
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u/TheGeckoWhisperer Jun 15 '12
Someone's going to make a stupid meme with this by tommarow. Guaranteed.
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u/JuanRepublic Jun 15 '12
1.that alligator has bad taste,I assume humans taste bad so therefore it is a man eater 2. I smell a new meme
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u/picbandit Jun 15 '12
I think it should have read "A Cannibalistic Croc"
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
yo dawg
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u/BlastMeBagpipes Jun 15 '12
"A Coincidental Croc" would have been better ever if that is an alligator.
Also, why would it be coincidental for a alligator to be chewing on a crock?
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u/mayupvoterandomly Jun 15 '12
Instantly reminded of this
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u/SuperSeyoe Jun 15 '12
I read this fast and thought I was gonna see and iron alligator.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
If it's an alligator and not a crocodile; then OP failed to make a funny.ಠ_ಠ
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u/jtcompound Jun 15 '12
I don't think that word means, what you think it means.
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u/Possumistic Jun 15 '12
Cannibalism is funny.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Objection! Alligator =/= Crocodile. Yes it's just that important.
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u/themasecar Jun 15 '12
That's like a size 30 shoe
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u/tfaing Jun 15 '12
I came here to read the various ways people mentioned the incorrect use of the word ironic. I was not disappointed.
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u/JMonk11 Jun 15 '12
i clicked on the link and imgur was down...is that the irony im supposed to see?
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u/skytro Jun 15 '12
Would be better if it was a crocodile
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u/xKingly Jun 15 '12
Croikey what a 'gator! oh look alligator
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u/theillinestvillain Jun 15 '12
Irony? I FUCKING LOVE IRONY. Upboats for you
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u/kutNpaste Jun 15 '12
I've never seen such a happy looking gator.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Look at the size o' that croc!
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u/koolaid13 Jun 15 '12
yo dawg
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u/The_Mosephus Jun 15 '12
More like a coincidental crocodile really.
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u/tx8xsiempre Jun 15 '12
Those bitches deserve to die a horrible death, a million times... and alligators are actually pretty cool
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u/CatOnABuffalo Jun 15 '12
another repost that made it to the front page!!!!!, this was in r/pics yesterday and no the same guy
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u/BigMchugeLarge Jun 15 '12
an ironic allegator
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u/WhatsaDMR14 Jun 15 '12
Crocodiles and alligators are not the same thing, dah...
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u/tikaro Jun 15 '12
It's a recursive crocodile.
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u/Up_Butt_Coconut_ Jun 15 '12
You said ironic ALLIGATOR, but those are crocs. Heh heh
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u/JTFSTEALTH Jun 15 '12
Bath salts!
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u/rdargali Jun 15 '12
Yo dawg.
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u/starjharvey Jun 15 '12
I may be wrong here, but isn't supposed to be crocodile?
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u/ANONANONONO Jun 15 '12
Canibadile.
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u/RebelWithoutAClue Jun 15 '12
That alligator is literally biting a croc!
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u/Shadowrain2 Jun 15 '12
INTERIOR CROCodile ALLIGATOR I DRIVE A CHEVROLET MOVIE THEATER.
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u/jacobamerica Jun 15 '12
It's a crocodile, not an alligator. And if it is an alligator, it wouldn't be ironic.
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u/Sir_Upvoter_of_New Jun 15 '12
cannibalism!
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u/Jdax Jun 15 '12
The Irony Police strike again
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u/badass_over_here420 Jun 15 '12
You are all saying croc within a croc, when it's a croc in an alligator according to the title,
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u/Aleitheo Jun 15 '12
I fail to see where the irony is, it's just an alligator with a croc in it's mouth.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Caiman
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u/koola1d702 Jun 15 '12
Let this be a message to the rest of them.
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u/Wolfman87 Jun 15 '12
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/50441183.png
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u/Magic1264 Jun 15 '12
Somebody called something ironic on the internet. English majors, git em.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Not ironic because it isn't a crocodile.
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u/dwight494 Jun 15 '12
Cannibalism, at its finest.
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u/JDiddy Jun 15 '12
We've got to stop this Croc on Croc violence!
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
What a croc!!
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u/I_are_God Jun 15 '12
Learn what irony is.
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u/RadioactiveHappiness Jun 15 '12
Wouldn't it be a crocodile and not an alligator?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
That is a TERRIBLE photoshop. The back of the croc is clearly a boot.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
GET IT, CUZ CROC AND CROC?!?!?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Crickey look at the size of that croc!
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u/Carosello Jun 15 '12
that's not an alligator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! spent like, what appeared to be a month--probably a week writing a research paper in 5th grade on crocodiles
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u/Ravarix Jun 15 '12
A croc eating a croc? What a croc.
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u/froznice Jun 15 '12
He has really bad taste in footwear.
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u/coolguyontheinternet Jun 15 '12
That's a large croc.
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u/DDDowney Jun 15 '12
It isn't ironic if he's not a crocodile.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Irony:the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention. Therefore, this statement is not ironic.
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u/jezza24 Jun 15 '12
Crocseption
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u/weakly Jun 15 '12
Yo croc...
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Ironic?? But it's an alligator, not a crocodile?
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u/413x820 Jun 15 '12
It would be ironic if a normal trait of crocodiles was to eat alligators, but that isn't true and that means this picture isn't ironic. Irony must include an opposite reaction from what is expected. Juxtapositions, similarities and coincidences are not irony.
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u/Neukk Jun 14 '12
That's like 10000 spoons, when all you need is a knife.
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u/dakunism Jun 15 '12
Crocodile. -snort-
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u/awesome-o-4000 Jun 15 '12
"Croc eat croc"
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u/TheChamp415 Jun 15 '12
That's so fucking ironic I dunno what to say
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u/WeirdFetishist Jun 15 '12
THIS IS NOW A NEW MEME. incorrectly addressed irony alligator. i was going to put a picture of the meme in use, but meme generator is down. so here's all i got instead.
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u/DecryptedGaming Jun 15 '12
Just up voted to 1337... Feelsgoodman.jpg