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  1. Is it ironic that The word misspelled is often misspelled?

    69% ironic 8 votes Literary Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that A fat person dies of starvation?

    83% ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that An axe is used to cut down a tree and the wood from the tree is used to make axe handles.

    73% ironic 4 votes Coincidence Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that I hate satan and hell and my favorite colors are black and red?

    90% not ironic 5 votes Religion Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that I posted a quote from Einstein on Facebook that states ' I fear the day that technology surpasses Human intervention.

    83% ironic 6 votes Technology Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A person has a phobia of having phobias.

    78% ironic 4 votes Coincidence Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that A boy plummets off a cliff and almost dies from his injuries and his sister dies on the same day.

    86% not ironic 7 votes Coincidence Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that A drug used to treat depression has suicidal thoughts listed as one of its side effects.

    80% ironic 6 votes Health Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that A mother takes a job as a Stripper to pay for her daughter's Catholic education?

    77% ironic 7 votes Religion Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that I nearly choked to death when I inhaled Nestle Pure Life water?

    85% ironic 4 votes Death Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that On this site, which is about literacy and irony and the like, you spelled "ironic" wrong? (you spelled it like this; "ironiq").

    50% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that A girl doing a thesis on missing women goes missing herself?

    51% not ironic 7 votes School Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that So I'm on my way to get emissions done for my car to get my registration renewed and I'm a block away from the test facility.

    60% ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that I wanted to name my son after a TV character but named him after the actor who played the character.

    93% not ironic 7 votes Technology Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Two girls are friends and the first girls boyfriend becomes infatuated with the second girl so he dumps his girlfriend only to find out that the second girl is lesbian.

    68% ironic 8 votes Coincidence Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that A musician makes fun of other people's music even though his music is also bad.

    60% not ironic 4 votes Music Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that I posted on Facebook: "I finished reading 'The Circle' (a book about the totalitarian distopia that social media leads to in a fictional future) and it makes me want to fast from Facebook.

    50% ironic 1 votes Literary Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that A race-car driver dies in an automobile accident?

    65% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that We planted two saplings and gave them names.

    57% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that We adopted a newborn from over seas to keep him from working in child factories.

    92% ironic 20 votes Irony Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that I posted a question on facebook and the answer was facebook?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Technology Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that I took photos for a friend then edited and selected only the best ones to post on...

    75% not ironic 2 votes Technology Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that You say your brother fails every test, and the next day you fail your test.

    80% ironic 1 votes Coincidence Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that When you see a tow truck towing another tow truck?

    70% ironic 6 votes Coincidence Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that Green Day supposedly are against gun crime yet have a song about shooting a DJ??

    63% ironic 6 votes Music Vote →