So... black stuff doesn't reflect any light. At all. It's just the nearby non-black stuff that reflects light, making the entire object appear just almost black.
Okay, so what you're saying is that you have never used the word black to describe a color before, hmm? Because the grandparent's point was that there are no substances that absorb all light in the real world. Yes, hypothetically black is the absence of light, and yes, his example with the car was inaccurate, but we call things black that reflect loads of color, whether they're matte or shiny.
Therefore, the screen will appear to humans to be black, just like the other black objects in the world.
Actually, there is no irony in that at all. Normally I would jump in by rearranging the situation to fit in some irony, but the statement is so lacking in irony that I don't think I can.
The irony is, Spam evolves, yet people still fall for spam. If it didn't work, we'd have seen the last of it years ago.
So, how is this ironic? The idea behind evolution is to make something more efficient in its niche. And what you're saying is that Spam evolves, and people continue to fall for it, as if it were becoming more efficient in its niche. Or at least just as efficient.
Now, if Spam evolved, and the evolution of Spam caused less people to view it, then that would be ironic. Because the evolution of spam would have produced the exact opposite effect. Or if Spam Filters evolved, and the better the spam filters, the more people read spam. That would be ironic.
But what you said has nothing to do with irony, I fear. Unless you left out a lot of supporting information.
isn't it ironic that the acronym for I Am Not A Lawyer is I Anal??
Honestly? No, there is no irony there. If Lawyers were famed for being messy, carefree people, then maybe it would be. Since it means that you're not a lawyer, if lawyers had the market cornered on anal-retentive behavior, then it would be a little ironic.
It's a little amusing that I Anal is really poor grammar, and if it were an acronym for "I Am An Elementary School English Teacher" or something, then it might actually be reasonably ironic.
As it stands, there is no irony at all. It's amusing though, and appropriate, but not ironic. Since you asked.
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So... black stuff doesn't reflect any light. At all. It's just the nearby non-black stuff that reflects light, making the entire object appear just almost black.
Okay, so what you're saying is that you have never used the word black to describe a color before, hmm? Because the grandparent's point was that there are no substances that absorb all light in the real world. Yes, hypothetically black is the absence of light, and yes, his example with the car was inaccurate, but we call things black that reflect loads of color, whether they're matte or shiny.
Therefore, the screen will appear to humans to be black, just like the other black objects in the world.
Actually, there is no irony in that at all. Normally I would jump in by rearranging the situation to fit in some irony, but the statement is so lacking in irony that I don't think I can.
So, how is this ironic? The idea behind evolution is to make something more efficient in its niche. And what you're saying is that Spam evolves, and people continue to fall for it, as if it were becoming more efficient in its niche. Or at least just as efficient.
Now, if Spam evolved, and the evolution of Spam caused less people to view it, then that would be ironic. Because the evolution of spam would have produced the exact opposite effect. Or if Spam Filters evolved, and the better the spam filters, the more people read spam. That would be ironic.
But what you said has nothing to do with irony, I fear. Unless you left out a lot of supporting information.
Honestly? No, there is no irony there. If Lawyers were famed for being messy, carefree people, then maybe it would be. Since it means that you're not a lawyer, if lawyers had the market cornered on anal-retentive behavior, then it would be a little ironic.
It's a little amusing that I Anal is really poor grammar, and if it were an acronym for "I Am An Elementary School English Teacher" or something, then it might actually be reasonably ironic.
As it stands, there is no irony at all. It's amusing though, and appropriate, but not ironic. Since you asked.