Examples of Technology ironies

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Ironic Questions: Technology

Is It Ironic That...?

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1) ... a snow plow needed to be dug out of a snow drift?
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2) ... I might use hash-tags on Facebook as an ode to Twitter, knowing it is lame-ass to do so but do it anyway?...
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  • 55% NOT IRONIC
  • 45% IRONIC
3) ... Is it ironic that my friend sent me 'K' as a response to a text and then i sent a really long response on why K is an inappropriately short answer to a text, and it turns out he had pressed send too soon and didnt mean to send such a short rude answer?...
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  • 80% IRONIC
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4) ... I posted a quote from Einstein on Facebook that states ' I fear the day that technology surpasses Human intervention. the world will have a generation of idiots'...
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  • 75% IRONIC
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5) ... A player on the well knowen video game Halo 4 has a nametag saying "D3athtoAll" but he doesn't score any kills himself, or assists?...
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6) ... Is it ironic that they have braille letters on the keypad for drive thru ATMS?...
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7) ... ...on the professional editing services web-site www.eliteediting.com, (tagline, "you write it we right it") the first thing many users see is a typo,a tab stating "Who we serve"...It should be "Whom..."...
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8) ... Only idiots seem to drive Smart Cars
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9) ... the man who invented dynamite won the Nobel Peace Prize?
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10) ... using an apple product a day does not keep the doctor away?
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11) ... someone who hates America has it listed that they live in America on Facebook?...
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12) ... my PS3 controller holder is in a shape of Mario from Super Marios?
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  • 75% IRONIC
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13) ... ...being connected 24/7 via smartphone or e-mail to your job leads to burnout and feeling disconnected from yourself and everything else in your life?...
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14) ... I am a technology specialist and I do not own a cell phone?
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15) ... my speakers are shaped like a monitor?
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16) ... there is an account on my computer called "administrator" but it's actually a standard account?...
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17) ... the new Amazon Kindle "Paperwhite" has a black bezel?
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18) ... A developer told us that no update or change had occurred that should cause the error to the website forms we were experiencing. The developer would not confirm any change had even occurred when asked. We insisted there must have been a change or the issue would not exist. Not long after a client reports the exact same issue on a different website form using that developers same systems that handle forms. Clearly there was a change and it did affect the forms. Contrary to what the developer would have us believe....
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  • 75% IRONIC
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19) ... ... a recent article from the Washington Post about quitting Facebook also has an option to login with Facebook to continue reading the rest of the article?...
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  • 60% NOT IRONIC
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20) ... Is it ironic to call a nano technology scientist a little smart?
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  • 56% IRONIC
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21) ... as a joke I told a friend to delete his facebook to make his life happier after he had one too many posts about how facebook was making him miserable...through my own facebook....
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22) ... all the posts in the "post something ironic" thread on a forum are NOT ironic!...
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23) ... there are innovative, new cell phone handsets that are made to look like retro, analog phone handsets?...
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  • 87% NOT IRONIC
  • 13% IRONIC
24) ... In a video game, you don't help your teammates, but they still help you despite not receiving any help from you....
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  • 85% IRONIC
  • 15% NOT IRONIC
25) ... I curled my hair with a straightener.