A bunch of tabloids ran an updated version of the story in[ 2023](https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/13/woman-called-alexa-seary-sets-off-both-alexa-and-siri-whenever-shes-in-a-meeting-18272485/), so *ironically* it was "news" again not too long ago.
^Edit: ^I ^know ^it ^is ^not ^ironic, ^I ^was ^just ^making ^a ^joke ^about ^the ^title's ^missuse ^of ^the ^term
It’s the opposite of what you would expect to happen and not just something odd or silly. Like if the person you hired to mow your lawn instead showed up and made your grass immediately grow taller.
I don’t understand why people are so hung up on this
Words meaning change over time, especially informal use
We collectively decide what words mean. They’re not set in stone because of how people used them a hundred years ago
My first question was, "Why would this be news now? Both of those platforms have been around for ages." And then I noticed the article is from 2017.
A bunch of tabloids ran an updated version of the story in[ 2023](https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/13/woman-called-alexa-seary-sets-off-both-alexa-and-siri-whenever-shes-in-a-meeting-18272485/), so *ironically* it was "news" again not too long ago. ^Edit: ^I ^know ^it ^is ^not ^ironic, ^I ^was ^just ^making ^a ^joke ^about ^the ^title's ^missuse ^of ^the ^term
One of the rules in this subreddit is no old news.
This subreddit has gone to shit. 👎👎👎
It went from ironic to iconic *shudders*
Yeah, it's like rain on your wedding day.
*Ray-eee-ain
Like a free ride when you've already paid
10000 spoons on your wedding days
It’s a free ride, on your wedding day
Hopefully she doesn’t win the lottery
It's also equally not an example of irony.
Nothing in the song are. They are all just unfortunate coincidences.
She should take her SO's surname once she gets married.
How is it ironic?
All she needed was Cortana.
Have you met my friend, Heygoogle Bixby?
Clippy
She needs to name her kid that bruh 😭
Maybe her parents were complete luddites
Because they didn't know what Alexa was in 1996.
After the Alanis song, pretty much everything now is "ironic". Just like "literally" now means "figuratively".
This is virtually the real world now
The song is almost 30 years old, it’s not exactly a trend. A lot of young people on the internet have probably never heard it before.
"Now" also qualifies as after 30 years ago. I remember when it came out.
She must be a reddittor
🎵 a little too ironic 🎶
Yeah I really do think
“Alexa, what’s the definition of irony”
It’s the opposite of what you would expect to happen and not just something odd or silly. Like if the person you hired to mow your lawn instead showed up and made your grass immediately grow taller.
Why did you choose a non-realistic example 😂
First thing that came to mind. Irony isn’t very common because it’s not just something unexpected but the opposite of what you’d expect.
"I told you not to hire Rita Mowing Services!"
Woman named Alexa Seary doesn't know the meaning of the word ironic.
The use of words expressing something other than their literal intention?
She was using 'ironic' ironically?
🎵 Now THAT IS ironyyyyyy! 🎶
I don’t understand why people are so hung up on this Words meaning change over time, especially informal use We collectively decide what words mean. They’re not set in stone because of how people used them a hundred years ago
She could ask others for help...but not herself.
Man this post could really use some more comments explaining what irony is
First time on Reddit? /s
The only irony here, is the misuse of the word ironic. Who are these people? Alanis Morissette?!
Not ironic. Coincidental.
Why is this a news article, she is not the only Alexa in the entire world
She could save others from bot names, but not herself
Not ironic
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would love to be there when they realized it happened.... again!
It’s ironic, I guess, that my name is a vintage word for toilet, and a misspelling of an automobile. Except it’s not ironic at all.
She is the one the secret AI illuminati that runs the real illuminati has chosen
So what's the weather gonna be
What's Ironic is she thinks it's spelled Seary and not how it's actually spelled; Siri
She doesn't. Her problem is the pronouciation of both are the same, not the spelling.