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  1. Is it ironic that The student President of Students Against Drunk Driving (SAAD) drives drunk and crashes his car.

    90% ironic 5 votes Food Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that In Batman...

    75% ironic 4 votes Art Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that The 5k "Electric Run" was canceled due to lightning.

    92% ironic 9 votes Sport Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Someone makes a song with lyrics saying "boom, bam, boom, it's a stickup."

    57% ironic 7 votes Music Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that I had wanted to ask a question when I was alive, but could ask it only after I was dead???

    50% ironic 1 votes Health Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A person who is shot didn't know they were hit and tried to pick up a weapon but couldn't.

    58% not ironic 5 votes Death Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that A bunch of people on a plane dance to a song sung by a band that died in a plane crash.

    85% ironic 10 votes Music Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that When discussing how the North American Red Bellied Snake is often called by the name of the deadly Australian Red Bellied Black Snake, it was brought up that a second North American reptile, the Five Lined Skink, is also called by the name of a different creature, the genuine Blue Tailed Skink, a lizard that is also native to Australia.

    85% not ironic 6 votes Animal Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that I'm in a car with a friend, silently listening to the radio and a song called "Car Radio" (about a guy who's car radio was stolen after forgetting to lock the door, so now he's forced to sit in silence) plays?

    62% not ironic 5 votes Music Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that I am a vegetarian and a pacifist, but I have a t shirt that says "be kind to animals or i'll kill you"

    83% ironic 3 votes Religion Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that The sniper Turned over the dead body and looked into his brothers face.

    74% not ironic 10 votes Death Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that I got a gold medal even if I only answered 3 items in a 15- item math contest?

    70% ironic 2 votes School Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that The Forbes magazine website served a malware-injecting ad to visitors after firewalling the content behind a request for users to disable ad blocking software.

    83% ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that In class we watched a video on irony and i actually took the time to type out isitironic.com...

    58% not ironic 6 votes School Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Fortunato dies in a tomb, since that is the place where dead people go?

    50% ironic 1 votes Literary Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that I said Lucy could spell, and betted on her in the spelling contest, but then it turns out I spell better than her brother?

    96% not ironic 24 votes School Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that A baseball player for the San Franciso Giants is homophobic?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Sport Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that Most mathematicians don't balance their checkbooks/financial statements?

    65% ironic 6 votes School Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Everything that Alanis Morissette sings about in "Ironic" isn't actually ironic?

    70% ironic 5 votes Music Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that When i gave you one second you did it in that time literally?

    50% ironic 1 votes Literary Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that Severus Snape is killed by a snake, his Hogwarts House mascot.

    53% ironic 13 votes Literary Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that The page on this site that defines irony cites an example of what is often mistaken for irony rather than citing examples of real irony.

    90% ironic 5 votes Technology Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that Whenever science comes up with something the church doesn't like; they (the church) ends up saying "Yeah we like knew all along".

    58% ironic 5 votes Religion Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that A man and a women both sold there possessions to buy each other Christmas gifts.

    83% ironic 3 votes Love Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that I'm in trouble.

    75% not ironic 2 votes School Vote →