Technology Irony

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

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  1. Is it ironic that Midway through a group facebook chat a friend completely ignores everyone to announce something, everyone then continues talking, purposely ignoring her, to which she reacts by bemoaning the fact that she's being ignored.

    55% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that Nations having more weapons could lead to a "Mexican stand off" and thus world peace?

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that A person wants to boycot social media and protest his campaign trough tweets on tweeter.

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that A character in a videogame parody that is shown as a poor, down on his luck Bum, is revealed to be a new playable character in the sequel to the game the parody was based on?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that I post on social media how horrible traffic is while at the same time texting and driving and thereby contributing to the slow flow of traffic?

    55% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A hacker wants privacy?

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that My fake Chinese cell phone has a detector function for fake currency notes?

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that Someone moaning on Facebook about people moaning on Facebook.

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Isn't it ironic, that a person I call an ignorant troll on internet, responds by writing: "Man you wouldn't know a troll if it bit you in the ass, fanboy.",...

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that I asked a question about the irony of something and never got a rating on a website called Is It Ironic?, meant do tell you how ironic something is?

    50% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that Something pops up on your screen that says, "you just won $1,000!" and you click on it and fill the survey only to get a virus that shuts down your computer permenantly.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that I went to watch the video "Drug against War" by KMFDM and YouTube prepended a minute video advert of US Marines blowing up brown people in their homeland.

    60% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  13. 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 Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Facebook posted "Started working at Retired"? If not, what is the correct term?

    70% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that I posted a question on facebook and the answer was facebook?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that A personality quiz said I had a great attention span and I was amazing with technogy when in actuality the opposite is true.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that It was not until the 1870s that any real progress was made in the development of reinforced concrete as a structural material in Britain and this research was carried out by American's visiting Britain?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that My current boss brought a broken neon sign (I work for a beer distributor) to my previous boss about 4 years ago and it still is in the same place and is not fixed.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that I relieve my stress by playing video games and I get stressed out when the game lags or I lose a lot?

    55% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A newspaper website that I visited daily started repeating a certain date's news for a couple of weeks until I figured out how to fix...

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that After having recall work done at the Subaru dealership, I had to take a public bus to pick up the most reliable car I've ever owned.

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that I ring my phone company because i have some issues with my phone and their phones are down?

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that A website that shows misspelled words has a typo?

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that "there are people who still use other media players than itunes".

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that 14 habits of highly miserable people article was recently posted on my fb page- as a persons suffering from depression I didn't think it was cute at all n my British friend suggested it was an American thing that we didn't understand irony.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →