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  1. Is it ironic that Some lawmakers voted for a reduction to ALS research but paticipted in the Ice Bucket Challenge?

    52% ironic 6 votes News Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that The people who complain the loudest that public schools are failing and aren't doing enough for the students, claiming lack of current curriculum information and needing updated textbooks; poor building conditions; and overcrowding (due to population growth) are the first to vote against any taxes dedicated to fixing these exact situations that came about because of drastic budget cuts to education in the past by the very politicians that many of them voted for multiple times?

    68% ironic 6 votes School Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that An obese teacher is teaching the class about healthy food or physical exercise?

    89% ironic 25 votes School Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Hobby Lobby is protesting the contraceptive mandate yet invests in companies that produce IUDs and emergency contraceptive pills?

    61% ironic 7 votes Religion Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that Someone with the surname "Winehouse" dies of alcohol poisoning?

    68% ironic 5 votes Death Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that Having noted that most people do not understand the meaning of irony, we now have a crowd-sourced website that uses majority rule voting to decide what is and is not ironic.

    76% ironic 5 votes News Vote →
  7. 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 Technology Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that Is it an irony when ur girl friend propose to lives u bt in return she stil follow ur moves.

    50% ironic 3 votes Love Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Isn't it ironic to call someone stupid but get all the spellings wrong?

    58% ironic 9 votes School Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that A man goes into severe hypoglycemia while the ambulance is driving to the hospital it hits a truck carrying sugar and the man dies.

    60% not ironic 3 votes Health Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that A man marries a woman, kills her father, beats on her, despises her, but still is married to her even though he wishes she was dead?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that Two people getting hit my an ambulance that was going to a car accident scene.

    88% ironic 18 votes Death Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that I wrote a story for Education Today about incorrect uniform at school.

    88% not ironic 6 votes School Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Eyelashes are suppose to protect your eyes yet most of the time something gets in your eye, it's an eyelash?

    95% ironic 15 votes Irony Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that You win the football world cup and you destroy the trophy.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Sport Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that I'm kicking myself for not loving myself?

    90% ironic 5 votes Love Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that American football is played with your hands?

    84% ironic 5 votes Sport Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that Bob Dylan asked Ryan Adams what his song winding wheel was all about?

    73% ironic 3 votes Music Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that The Tea Party, controlled by those who would turn the constitution on its head and subjugate the majority of Americans for personal gain, posted "I would rather die standing on my two feet supporting our Constitution than live a lifetime on my knees in tyranny," which is based on the famous "Prefiero morir de pie que vivir de rodillas.,"

    75% not ironic 2 votes News Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that This site has a category on irony when the whole site is about irony.

    58% not ironic 4 votes Technology Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that I receive a Victoria's Secret catalog the same day as a Cheesecake catalog?

    50% ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that Whenever Nintendo does anything different with it's IP's everyone shouts that they've run out of ideas?

    67% not ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that A cosplayer going by the name "Bubbles Cosplay" has no cosplays of any character named Bubbles nor has she blown bubbles as any of the characters who canonically do so such as Harley Quinn or...

    75% ironic 2 votes Art Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Democrats are building physical walls and fences around their convention site while they argue inside these physical walls and fences that we don't need physical walls and fences around our country?

    80% ironic 7 votes News Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that Waiting all the year long to go to Disney and get sick.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Health Vote →