" Google, after recently running an analysis of its search queries, was able to determine which country stands at number one in sex-related content search. And you'll never guess which one won out.
It's Pakistan. This Muslim nation, notorious for conservatism, religious orthodoxy, and fanatical censorship seems to actually be the world's forerunner in sex searches online according to data in Google Trends parsed by Fox News. It seems contrary that a nation who responds to blasphemy charges with execution is also the nation with more searches for a number of searches related to beastiality, sexual violence and other beyond-the-pale search terms.
The irony is overwhelming. Pakistan constantly supervises the web for ‘anti-Islamic content' and in the process has banned over a dozen websites, has, at one point suspended access to Facebook, and continues to monitor sites such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, YouTube, Amazon, MSN, and Hotmail. (Maybe you've heard of some of them.) But despite vigilant policing online, Pakistan still managed to come out number one for pornographic searches. (via Fox News)."
Ironic, no?
Source:
[url]http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/07/14/pakistans-peculiar-and-prolific-pornography-tastes/[/url]
:irony:
does this count as situational irony
Can I have some sauce with that?
Something that have a lot of iron in it, for instance, milk is very iron-y.
Well, when your told you cant look at porn, what are you gonna do?
[quote]Google Trends parsed by Fox News[/quote]
So some journalist entered "sex" in Google Trends and made a news story about it?
If this is true, it's not ironic. It pretty much aligns with expectations.
Suppress a group of people from being outwardly sexual and they will look at other sources for it.
If a man has bread he'll start bitching about mundane things. Take the bread away and all the man wants is the bread.
It's not so strange.
It's all of the American troops surfin' teh interwebz for pornz with their fancy macbooks.
Meanwhile, the stupid terrorists are still using old ass, shit russian computers powered by trickling water and hamster wheels in caves.
/stupid assumptions about Pakistan natives
The Pakistanis just need to blow off some steam, so they find ways to get around internet censorship so that they can fap. Not much different from american men.
Yeah after a fap the insurgents would chill out
[QUOTE=Kagrs;24661333]Can I have some sauce with that?[/QUOTE]
[url=http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/07/14/pakistans-peculiar-and-prolific-pornography-tastes/]Ask and ye shall receive[/url].
its not ironic at all. stop saying its ironic.
holy crap. Fox news reporting something remotely accurate and/or relevant.
[QUOTE=RedReaper;24662759]holy crap. Fox news reporting something remotely accurate and/or relevant.[/QUOTE]
Now THAT'S ironic!
The only thing I hate is how some people, manage to mix up irony with sarcasm.
For instance, here in Portugal the word sarcasm is hardly known, and irony is often used for both situations.
Yo dawg so I herd you like the word irony so we put i in your irony to make it more ironic oh wait
Irony is one of the most misused words in the English dictionary.
There's at least 4 different definitions.
[QUOTE=johnnyIERB;24664776]Irony is one of the most misused words in the English dictionary.
There's at least 4 different definitions.[/QUOTE]
That's ironic
My friend once told me I didn't understand the definition of irony, which was ironic because we were at a bus stop.
Irony mainly means unexpected. It can mean other things, that's when I use it.
The ironing is delicious.
I say ironic when I feel it's damn necessary.
[QUOTE=FuhFuhFresh;24664897]Irony mainly means unexpected. It can mean other things, that's when I use it.[/QUOTE]
Irony can be more accurately described as the opposite of what is expected to happen.
[I]Who the hell uses google to look for porn?[/I]
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;24665104][I]Who the hell uses google to look for porn?[/I][/QUOTE]
A lazy person.
i·ro·ny
1    /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər-/ Spelled[ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-]
–noun, plural -nies.
1.
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
2.
Literature .
a.
a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
b.
(esp. in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
3.
Socratic irony.
4.
dramatic irony.
5.
an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
6.
the incongruity of this.
7.
an objectively sardonic style of speech or writing.
8.
an objectively or humorously sardonic utterance, disposition, quality, etc.
[QUOTE=Mizzy;24661287]...parsed by Fox News...via Fox News.
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Uh, yeah, no.
"Google trends" doesn't claim to be globally accurate either. Maybe a bunch of web proxies are hosted in Pakistan. And I'd imagine people would want to search for "goat porn" in a web proxy.
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