Most popular examples

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  1. Is it ironic that President Obama received a Nobel Peace Prize and Edward Snowden has just been nominated for one?

    58% not ironic 6 votes News Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that When people say the food's very spicy but don't stop eating it?!

    73% not ironic 10 votes Food Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that The girl was so good at singing, that the glass broke.

    79% not ironic 11 votes Music Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that People post "memes" to mock the people that think it's funny?

    50% ironic 1 votes Technology Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that Some Republicans are against government legislative intervention in market economics, which obviously affects society, but for government legislative intervention that limits social choice...

    73% ironic 4 votes News Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that People eat lamb for Easter dinner?

    50% ironic 3 votes Religion Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that The chief of a drug squad is caught hiding...

    89% ironic 7 votes News Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that If a doctor kills people?

    53% not ironic 3 votes Health Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that All the staff at the eye clinic wear glasses?

    52% ironic 6 votes Health Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that It's okay to have sex with someone you don't like but you make the person you do like wait.

    63% ironic 6 votes Love Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that A school had a fire drill in very cold weather with almost all of the kids having no jackets on got caused by someone who accidentally burnt popcorn in the teacher's lounge?

    75% not ironic 2 votes School Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that My friend thinks that it's ironic that she had a good time in an art installation called the "orgasmatron" I don''t necessarily think this is irony.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Love Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that More police officers die from their own gun than from the gun of criminals?

    63% ironic 12 votes Death Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that In a class where the students were being taught how to spell idiot, someone spelt it wrong?

    75% not ironic 2 votes School Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that The mother of my girlfriend thought I was gay when she first met me?

    58% not ironic 6 votes Love Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that I ordered a white noise machine to help soothe my baby to sleep, but the delivery truck came at 7:45pm and woke up my baby?

    88% ironic 6 votes Health Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that A Physical Education teacher being over weight.

    79% ironic 8 votes Health Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that If you needed to tell someone not to use electronic communication (ie cell phone calls, texting, email) because of bugs but have to use a cell phone to tell them this.

    50% ironic 1 votes Technology Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that A woman buys an art therapy coloring book to help with stress relief but gets even more stressed when she can't find her color pencils in the house.

    85% ironic 4 votes Health Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that Highly-religious states and groups who believe in abstinence-only sex education have higher rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections as opposed to groups who do not teach abstinence-only sex education?

    92% ironic 6 votes Religion Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that You wanted to take a test but failed it?

    73% not ironic 8 votes School Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that My Gym teacher is Morbidly Obese.

    80% ironic 5 votes Sport Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that We bomb countries to achieve peace.

    70% ironic 3 votes News Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that An atheist dresses as an angel on Halloween?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Religion Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that If you met a fat dietitian.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Health Vote →