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  1. Is it ironic that A painter forges a painting which, when the artist dies, becomes more valuable than the original.

    70% ironic 5 votes Art Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that I'm writing an argumentative essay on videogames being bad influences yet I am a gamer?

    67% ironic 6 votes Technology Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Is it Irony that the word Phonetic isn't spelled Phonetically?

    64% ironic 18 votes Literary Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that My pet pooped in my new sofa?

    88% not ironic 4 votes Animal Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that Teachers often celebrate project completion by giving out more projects?

    99% ironic 50 votes School Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that The song "It's My Party" is about a girl's boyfriend going with another girl, when Lesley Gore, the singer of that song, was a lesbian, and therefore, didn't even like boys?

    63% ironic 4 votes Music Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that A star football player with 10 college offers works his hardest to get to the state championship game and - Breaks his leg in team warmups before the game .

    84% ironic 11 votes Sport Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that A higher ratio of atheists, compared to the religious, know more about the Bible than those who are religious and claim to live by it? And that atheists tend to be more honest, charitable, and ethical than the religious who claim to be such?

    70% ironic 9 votes Religion Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that The best swimmer in the world lost a race against an unprofessional swimmer?

    87% ironic 12 votes Sport Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that Kids are forced to go to school to learn about human rights?

    88% ironic 13 votes School Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that You order a hamburger and you only get the bun.

    73% ironic 3 votes Food Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that You will have your greatest knowledge of life when you are closest to death?

    54% ironic 14 votes Death Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that 'Ironic' by Alanis Morisette is written by someone who doesn't know what irony is.

    76% ironic 8 votes Music Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Someone complaining on social media about a web page that complains about a page on social media.

    60% not ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that A shark is on a vegetarian diet?

    51% ironic 15 votes Animal Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that You would have to put in effort to make a finished product look messy.

    70% ironic 3 votes Art Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that The actor who portrayed McGruff the crime dog just got arrested for drug possession?

    93% ironic 8 votes Art Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that Person who says he hates school as a kid grows up to be a school teacher.

    84% ironic 16 votes School Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that When teacher says to write spelling of irony you write eye-run-ee.

    69% not ironic 9 votes School Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A person who always corrects other people's grammar and pronunciation has a 6 year old son who barely can produce proper sentences in general and can't communicate normally?

    53% not ironic 4 votes Art Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that My coworker watches television shows he thinks are bad because they are bad.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Art Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that Half the world is starving; while the other half is trying to lose weight?

    90% ironic 8 votes Food Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that A swimming instuctor drowned from not warming up?

    56% not ironic 5 votes Death Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that I was having difficulty opening a small bottle of "liquid bandage" to protect a cut on my finger when I cut another finger on the cracked lid of the bottle?

    65% ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that Cigarette shop had a sticker of no smoking on its wall.

    83% ironic 6 votes Health Vote →