Coincidence Irony

1,116 real-life examples of coincidence irony, submitted by readers and voted on by the community. Think you've spotted irony in the world of coincidence? Submit your own example.

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  1. Is it ironic that Is choking on a Lifesaver candy ironic?

    70% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that This has nothing to do with irony?

    50% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Signs used to prohibit colored people from entering a business, but black is actually not a color.

    63% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that While playing a vocabulary matching game, matching English with French translations, I was going to be in record time if it weren't for the fact that I hesitated before dragging the final word, which itself was "Hesitate"?

    73% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that My feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that Some people are so quick to point out a misuse of irony, yet can't concretely describe what makes something ironic?

    83% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that According to KAKE-TV, a King Air turbo prop struck the flight safety building.

    60% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that Is it "beautifully ironic" that I am going from a "celebration of a life about to start" (baby shower) straight to a "celebration of a life well lived" (wake) tomorrow?

    77% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that A water park burned to the ground.

    80% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that A young girls poor family struck oil, It turned out to be a dream, but after she woke up they actually did strike oil?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that I asked my friend what I did when I was drunk, but I can't remember what he said because I was drunk when I asked him.

    70% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that The sprinkler was on the same time it was raining ?

    80% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that I'm an impatient person yet, i hate when people are impatient with me?

    73% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that I fell out with my boyfriend beacuse he is so dramatic, then he has a big dramatical move out!

    67% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that I (a brown, dark haired woman) made a joke while holding my friend's very pale baby that it clearly wasn't my own (due to the obvious difference in skin color), then had a very pale, blond baby myself a year later?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that I used to cry whenever I laughed, and then I was raped by a clown?

    50% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that When I was driving my car I almost rear ended my ex husband at a stoplight and I said "that would have been ironic if I had hit him"

    67% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that When folding the American flag I complained the white part will show then when handed to the other person they finish it with no white showing?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that After donating her hair to cancer victims, she was diagnosed with cancer.

    77% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that While in Nicaragua of all places we met a family that happens to live in my cousins' town and actually knows my cousins?

    80% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that I hate smarties but I'm smart and I like dumdums but I'm not dumb?

    70% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that IQ test do not accurately measure one's intelligence.

    73% not ironic 3 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that Someone suffers a burn next to their symbol tattoo that means "suffer".

    50% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that When I was growing up Catholic and had to give my first confession I lied to the priest because I couldn't think of one.

    80% ironic 3 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that In the deep south a snow making machine had to cancel a snow party because of snow on the highway closed the roads.

    60% not ironic 3 votes Vote →