Examples of Irony ironies

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Ironic Questions: Irony

Is It Ironic That...?

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26) ... I'm in a quandary about telling my best friend that I'm bisexual. A bisexual friend who is married and completely in the closet, terrified that his wife will discover he is attracted to men, is trying to give me advice that I should trust that my friend will be accepting. Ironic or not?...
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27) ... I'm in a Intro to Learning class and have not learned a thing?
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28) ... you are a coward nothing but a goddamn coward
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29) ... I forgot to mention that I have a good memory during my job interview?
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30) ... someone who nearly died in a fire, is sacred of water?
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31) ... rich people are the people who get the most free stuff?
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32) ... Is it ironic that a killer has to kill himself in order to murder his victim?...
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33) ... Alanis Morrisette's single "Ironic," has little to no actual ironic statements? (Especially when she goes, "Isn't it ironic? Don't you think? It's like rain on your wedding day! A free ride, when you're already late!)...
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34) ... even though I try so hard to be liked and not be abandoned by people, I always manage to be alone?...
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35) ... that we often become most aware of our blessings in our bleakest moments....
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36) ... If somebody says "feminism is a poison" when they appear to promote feminist behaviour themselves?...
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37) ... I ask my partner if she has seen my phone or where I placed it last and proceed to have her call it to locate its position in the house. Thinking I would be best placed in the hallway to hear where it was, only to have it ring less than a foot away behind me on the hallstand where I had forgot I left it......
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38) ... my friend has been bashing psychology for 4 years and now is required to take a psychology class?...
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39) ... I threw away chicken I thought had gone bad, but I got sick from the chicken I bought to replace it?...
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40) ... My wardrobe is full but i have nothing to wear!
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41) ... I attended business school to learn private finance, but couldn't use it in practice because I had to work in a different industry in order to pay for the education?...
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42) ... Would it be ironic if Wayne LaPierre got shot?
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43) ... Is it ironic that I cheated on a test an still failed? Or is it just poetic justice?...
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44) ... Watching Mad Men makes me want to smoke cigarettes. When Mad Men is a show about advertising in which the main characters smoke in every episode and work in advertising for cigarette companies....
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45) ... People complain about how times change when they too have changed; as they used to be open to new experiences and progress?...
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46) ... Is it ironic that a stripper is named Angel?
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47) ... General counsel wants us to be proper, so created a form to sign with improper errors?...
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48) ... Is it Ironic that everyone on Facebook assumes and attacks me as if I am a liberal Democrat. I make posts because I do not like false/misleading claims and it has nothing to do with my politics which has lead to their assumptions. I have only ever registered as a Republican....
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49) ... I made paint with flower petals to paint a flower
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50) ... my partner moans about me watching back-to-back episodes of one tv series, then does exactly the same thing himself with another tv series?...