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  1. Is it ironic that People don't understand irony?

    73% not ironic 154 votes Irony Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that The snake Harry Potter released in book 1 was Voldemort's last horcrux (Nagini) in book 7?

    90% not ironic 61 votes Animal Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Daniel Lewin, who wore a Hijacker swatch watch, trained with Israeli antihijack elite military unit, was stabbed the hijackers on of American Airlines Flight 11, often considered one of the first victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

    79% ironic 9 votes Irony Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that A post on Facebook complaining how useless Facebook...

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that Ronald McDonald (McDonalds mascot) is best friends with The Hamburgler (Burger King's mascot).

    61% not ironic 8 votes Food Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that The song 'Ironic' by Alanis Morisette contains not one true example of irony?

    54% not ironic 49 votes Music Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.

    77% ironic 23 votes Irony Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that I've matched with an ex girlfriend on multiple dating apps.

    84% ironic 5 votes Love Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that The doctor died of sickness.

    58% ironic 23 votes Health Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that Fort McMurray,source of the tar sands that contribute to climate change, was destroyed by wildfire, one of the symptoms of climate change?

    63% not ironic 4 votes Science Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that I can never find things I'm looking for when I'm in a hurry?

    77% not ironic 176 votes Coincidence Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that In 1912 the Titanic was touted as "100% unsinkable", and yet the ship sank on its maiden voyage.

    87% ironic 24 votes Death Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that An artist dies when his own sculpture crushes him to death.

    56% not ironic 21 votes Art Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Apple takes off keyboards from a computer and makes an iPad.Then...

    51% not ironic 10 votes Technology Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that The name proctor is of english derivation, meaning "one who is in charge".

    80% ironic 3 votes Coincidence Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that The song "Isn't it ironic" doesn't contain a single example of irony?

    93% ironic 13 votes Music Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that The objectively worst player on a basketball team makes fun of his teammates for playing poorly?

    91% ironic 14 votes Sport Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that A 5-star baker had a half sale on his burned cookies.

    65% not ironic 4 votes Food Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that That...

    77% ironic 7 votes Science Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A very obese man goes to McDonalds everyday.

    66% ironic 55 votes Food Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that A movie poster gravity falls off the wall and floats away.

    75% ironic 2 votes Science Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that There is a power outage at the stadium of light.

    87% ironic 11 votes Sport Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that Your brain understands its own structure and function?

    77% not ironic 3 votes Science Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that From Saving Private Ryan- the General had a metal plate welded to the glider to protect him causing the glider to crash from the added weight killing him.

    90% ironic 6 votes Literary Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that In the drugstore today, I saw a living bee crawling on a package of anti-itch medicine for bites, stings, and rashes?

    76% ironic 24 votes Animal Vote →