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  1. Is it ironic that On a message board when one poster mentions my reputation and I reply saying it will soon be minus 50, knowing full well that another poster with a dislike for me will soon come along and neg all my posts,then low and behold they subsequently do.

    98% not ironic 25 votes Irony Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that There Was no sign of piano, organ, hymnbooks, church programs the familiar ecclesiastical impedimenta we saw every Sunday.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that My mother lied about my father's death, saying that he had died in a car accident, (when he was actually alive), only for him to die in a real car accident a year later?

    70% not ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Sarcasm is referred to as the lowest form of wit yet it may in fact be the most intelligent?

    65% ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that Joe Biden is our President.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that One of Harry Chapin's biggest hits was 30000 pounds of Bananas, which poked fun of a real accident that took the life of a truck driver who was transporting bananas to grocery stores, and although the surviving family members were said to have been offended by the song, even Harry's own band mates told him it was in poor taste and "it sucked," he kept playing it anyway and just as his career was really starting to launch, Harry was killed by a grocery delivery truck, one that most certainly contained bananas?

    68% ironic 6 votes Music Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that The FDA has just issued a recall for Toxic Waste® brand candy bars because they contain elevated levels of lead?

    77% not ironic 3 votes Food Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that A pedal powered wheelchair.

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that A free ride when you've already paid.

    50% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that Donald Trump's greatest achievement in office was getting COVID-19 vaccines developed in record time, but his supporters overwhelmingly distrust the vaccines.

    73% ironic 3 votes Health Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that A selfish woman is associated with white when white often represents innocence and purity?

    50% ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that People who use the word ironic don't know what ironic means?

    60% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise? I thought not.

    83% ironic 4 votes Literary Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that A fire in a building was started by the a defective smoke detector.

    87% ironic 7 votes Irony Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that My buddy took over 12 hours to respond to my email and in his response he complained that I take too long to respond to, or check, emails?

    70% ironic 5 votes Literary Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that My Grandfather passed away on my birthday?

    56% not ironic 5 votes Death Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that In this story, a grandmother warns her son that there is an escaped criminal in the area that her son's family is vacationing...

    83% not ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that I absolutely can't stand people smoking near me, but I put up with my father smoking.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that I put on an outfit in the morning and didn't like it, so I spend an hour trying on other clothes, only to end up trying back on the same outfit I started with and wearing it for the day?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  20. 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?

    55% not ironic 2 votes Technology Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that To say that the reading if Green Eggs and Ham was rotten?

    88% not ironic 4 votes Literary Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that Giovanna Plowman, the tampon girl, plays a song called 212 in her tampon video, which says "I guess that cunt gettin eaten," but her tampon is getting eaten?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Coincidence Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that Greece and Turkey are neighboring countries?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Finding misspelled words in a dictionary.

    70% ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that A retired firefighter died of spontaneous combustion?

    50% ironic 2 votes Death Vote →