Technology Irony

218 real-life examples of technology irony, submitted by readers and voted on by the community. Think you've spotted irony in the world of technology? Submit your own example.

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  1. Is it ironic that A link at the bottom of the web page which reads "Accessibility" and is for those with disabilities such as partial-sightedness, is light grey on a white background and is in a very small font?

    81% ironic 356 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that The end of a Rube Goldberg Machine(a device designed to do a simple task in an excessively complex manner)ends in a staples easy button that says "that was easy"?

    67% not ironic 87 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that An ad saying "Remove all ads"

    95% ironic 25 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that The owner of Segway died upon accidentally steering his own Segway off a cliff?

    59% not ironic 20 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that Sally said to Ben:"When I call you up, your phone is busy," and then Ben called Sally and her phone was busy.

    58% ironic 17 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A person with ADHD drove a Ford Focus.

    79% ironic 16 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that Task Manager is not responding?

    82% ironic 14 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that A website that claims it can't be hacked can be hacked?

    61% not ironic 13 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that A driver passes a car accident on a road.

    56% not ironic 13 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that While heading to the tire repair shop to rotate our wheels, our tires get punctured and find out that the shop is closed?

    58% ironic 13 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that An xbox that broke.

    83% not ironic 13 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that We to spend part of this gym class sitting through a 45 minute PowerPoint about the dangers of inactivity and sitting for long periods.

    85% ironic 12 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that I went to an/a Apple store with my friend to get his malfunctioning iPod fixed, and then while waiting for the staff to process some paperwork, we notice the staff at the store were all using PCs with Windows, in an/a Apple store! Is that ironic?

    57% ironic 12 votes Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that The Apple Iphone 4 is a model meantto represent the very best in technology...

    51% not ironic 12 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that We get unusual feelings of attraction for virtual opposite gender?

    78% ironic 11 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that That I posted a video about how boring and useless Facebook is on Facebook?

    57% not ironic 11 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that An xbox that broke.

    86% not ironic 11 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that Apple takes off keyboards from a computer and makes an iPad.Then...

    51% not ironic 10 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Final Fantasy has been going on for 13 games.

    75% ironic 10 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that The car you just stole gets hi-jacked.

    68% ironic 10 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that HD Television is so realistic, you can tell the movie props are fake.

    65% ironic 10 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that The car salesman did not own a car.

    85% ironic 10 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that On the same night that a famous Tweeter posted how he wished it was 1993 again, I had mentioned to my husband at dinner how I wished I could go back to 1988.

    81% not ironic 8 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that My PS3 controller holder is in a shape of Mario from Super Marios?

    57% ironic 8 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that A recent article from the Washington Post about quitting Facebook also has an option to login with Facebook to continue reading the rest of the article?

    80% ironic 8 votes Vote →