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Elon must act to stop the tide of frauds swamping Twitter - Ed Sheeran, Bear Grylls, Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Holland have all had their names exploited in scam tweets. So, ironically, has Elon Musk.(www.mirror.co.uk)

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hayes_@lemmy.world
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Pet peeve of mine: nothing about this is “ironic.”

If the author really wants an adverb, I’d probably go with “unsurprisingly.”

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damnYouSun@sh.itjust.works
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They don’t know what the word means. They honestly seem to think that the word ironic means slightly funny.

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charolastra@lemmy.world
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I think “incidentally” would fit quite well here

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