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  1. Is it ironic that Failure stared him straight in the face and cruelly mocked him.

    76% not ironic 7 votes School Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that I moved a snail off the path so it wouldn't get stepped on, only to, whilst walking to a spot to put the snail to safety, step on and crush another snail?

    89% ironic 17 votes Animal Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that A girl on facebook suggests another girl stops posting selfies as it uses a lot of data and costs substantial amounts of money whilst abroad, whereas in the same vein the girl stating this suggestion actually has countless selfies as her own profile pictures?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that A king tells his soldier not to use Mr with an enemy name, but his own country's name starts with...

    50% ironic 1 votes Religion Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that Of all the creatures on the earth, only humans evolved with 25-30 of repetitive sequence, now that is a coding error.

    65% ironic 4 votes Science Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that The alanis morissette's single 'Ironic' isn't ironic at all?

    88% ironic 4 votes Music Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that I posted a generalised statement on Facebook about being disappointed in people's behaviour and the person I am aiming it at unknowingly likes my post?

    83% ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that A food store runs out of food.

    58% ironic 12 votes Food Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that You choke on a lifesaver lolly :L.

    86% not ironic 37 votes Coincidence Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that The Apple website does not have an iPhone specific home page that fits its tiny screen?...

    53% ironic 7 votes Technology Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that Andre Agassi, considered by many to be the greatest tennis player of all time, actually despised the game of tennis.

    75% ironic 2 votes Sport Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that I cut myself on a first aid box?

    84% ironic 5 votes Health Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Jaguar cars haven't had an SUV previously? quote from Sydney Morning Herald car review "There has always been a certain degree of irony about Jaguars.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that A document describing why Brunelleschi's design for the cathedral dome in Florence would collapse ultimately unlocked the mystery of its ingenious design which has stood the test of time for almost 600 years.

    74% ironic 5 votes Art Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that She died trying to save her mother.

    72% not ironic 6 votes Love Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that A song supposed to be ironic, with the title "This Song Has No Irony", actually has no irony.

    83% ironic 3 votes Music Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that In the boy in striped pyjamas John Boyne writes " Of course all this happened a long time ago and nothing like that could ever happen again.

    60% ironic 3 votes School Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that I hate people with ginger hair, yet i marry a women with ginger hair.

    63% ironic 9 votes Love Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Dying in the Living room.

    84% not ironic 38 votes Coincidence Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A mute person says to a deaf person that a blind person is spying on him.

    83% not ironic 4 votes Health Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that Social justice warriors aren't actually interested in real social justice (such as actually helping people outside of their rich Western countries) and practicing what they preach, instead choosing to be the same kind of oppressors as the same white men they claim to oppose?

    50% ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that The incoming Secretary of Education is found to have plagiarized answers in the questionnaire she had to complete to be considered for the position.

    76% ironic 8 votes News Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that That...

    91% not ironic 29 votes Coincidence Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that An xbox that broke.

    86% not ironic 11 votes Technology Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that A scientist invents a time machine to go back in time and study the evolution of life only to find a garden with a man, woman, and a snake.

    59% not ironic 8 votes Science Vote →