Most popular examples

The community's favourite irony examples, ranked by views and votes. Think you can top them? Submit your own.

  1. Is it ironic that The page on this site that defines irony cites an example of what is often mistaken for irony rather than citing examples of real irony.

    90% ironic 5 votes Technology Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that In Batman...

    83% ironic 3 votes Art Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Many women talk to me and flirt with me, except the woman i want to be with.

    63% ironic 7 votes Love Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Mother not sending you to the school you wanted to be at due to preconceptions of the students "drug use, quality of teaching".

    75% not ironic 2 votes School Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that The treatment for dropping a block of ice on one's foot is to ice the injury?

    58% ironic 9 votes Health Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A piece of artwork intended to be ironic is simply a canvas with the words "ironic art" printed onto it?

    80% ironic 8 votes Art Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that A school had a fire drill in very cold weather with almost all of the kids having no jackets on got caused by someone who accidentally burnt popcorn in the teacher's lounge?

    75% not ironic 2 votes School Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that A guy with a gun was right behind the character before he knew?

    70% not ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that I have a mug that says 'Don't Mess With Texas' on it, but I am not from Texas?

    68% not ironic 106 votes Coincidence Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that I break my kneecap doing parkour (jumping over a wall).

    75% not ironic 2 votes Sport Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that I went to chipotle to use a free burrito promo and got a parking ticket while inside?

    94% not ironic 8 votes Food Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that Democrats are building physical walls and fences around their convention site while they argue inside these physical walls and fences that we don't need physical walls and fences around our country?

    80% ironic 7 votes News Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that When i gave you one second you did it in that time literally?

    50% ironic 1 votes Literary Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that My friend thinks that it's ironic that she had a good time in an art installation called the "orgasmatron" I don''t necessarily think this is irony.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Love Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Death is caused by being hit by an Ambulance.

    85% ironic 18 votes Death Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that You try techniques to save money on groceries (coupons, rebates, store sales, etc.

    53% ironic 7 votes Food Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that If a doctor kills people?

    53% not ironic 3 votes Health Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that A Physical Education teacher being over weight.

    79% ironic 8 votes Health Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Some Republicans are against government legislative intervention in market economics, which obviously affects society, but for government legislative intervention that limits social choice...

    73% ironic 4 votes News Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that If you met a fat dietitian.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Health Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that That when an addict comes forward and claims they were sexually abused as a child, the defense lawyer successfully attacks their credibility by saying "well you can't trust them, they are a drug addict" When the opposite is true - i.

    95% ironic 10 votes Health Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that In a class where the students were being taught how to spell idiot, someone spelt it wrong?

    75% not ironic 2 votes School Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that The following conclusion is itself an algebraic calculation: "Well another day has passed and I didn't use algebra once.

    88% ironic 12 votes School Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that I said Lucy could spell, and betted on her in the spelling contest, but then it turns out I spell better than her brother?

    98% not ironic 21 votes Coincidence Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that Someone newly identified as promiscuous is reading "The Scarlet Letter" in class.

    90% not ironic 4 votes Literary Vote →