- Sarcasm, a form of verbal irony often used to express disapproval, has been a part of human communication for centuries. A new study suggests that sarcasm can trigger guilt or embarrassment in recipients, which has been shown to increase their ability to take others’ perspective. https://www.psypost.org/2023/12/the-surprising-connection-between-sarcasm-and-perspective-taking-215230 116 comments science
- People Burst Crackers While Wearing A Mask & The Irony Is Killing Us More Than The Smog [2018] https://www.mensxp.com/social-hits/news/48248-people-burst-crackers-while-wearing-a-mask-the-irony-is-killing-us-more-than-the-smog.html 4 comments india
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Called Liz Cheney A ‘Karen’ And You Know What Happened Next | Twitter users mourned “the death of irony” in the GOP following the conspiracy-loving Republican’s self-owning post. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-karen-twitter_n_617b91e8e4b03072d7029bb6 203 comments politics
- The irony . . . (probably been posted 80 times by now, I'm sorry) https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/hope-hicks-positive-coronavirus/index.html 4 comments politics
- The Irony: LA Legislature Votes By Mail To Approve Plan Limiting Vote-By-Mail https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/voting-rights-primer-pandemic-age-flashpoint-voting 27 comments politics
- New Hampshire 2020: In Supreme Irony, the Horse Race Favors Bernie Sanders https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/bernie-sanders-new-hampshire-2020-democratic-primary-2016-trump-951614/ 28 comments politics
- Ignoring irony, McConnell laments efforts to ‘politicize’ Trump scandal http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/ignoring-irony-mcconnell-laments-efforts-politicize-trump-scandal 38 comments politics
- Irony - I will miss my iPhone X delivery Friday because I will be at Apple Park https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/79jwhb/irony_i_will_miss_my_iphone_x_delivery_friday/ 3 comments apple
- "Oh the irony. Banks shun Bitcoin due to fraud risk... Below it... an insider fraud case from a bank."-Dr. Craig S. Wright https://twitter.com/ProfFaustus/status/922771502331777025 121 comments btc
- Inside The 'Shakespearean Irony' Of Trump And Bannon's Relationship http://wvpublic.org/post/inside-shakespearean-irony-trump-and-bannons-relationship 3 comments politics
- Inside The 'Shakespearean Irony' Of Trump And Bannon's Relationship http://www.npr.org/2017/07/18/537885042/inside-the-shakespearean-irony-of-trump-and-bannons-relationship 6 comments politics
- The irony of these finals is that LeBron might get outsuperteamed.. https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/6ewt2h/the_irony_of_these_finals_is_that_lebron_might/ 812 comments nba
- Donald Trump declares May 1 as Loyalty Day—and Twitter is loving the irony https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/donald-trump-loyalty-day/ 23 comments politics
- A Little Irony Surrounding the Titanic https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/5jtw3f/a_little_irony_surrounding_the_titanic/ 17 comments history
- Without Irony, Students Who Voted for Trump Request Safe Space on Campus http://www.themarysue.com/trump-fans-safe-spaces/ 154 comments politics
- Hillary Clinton Breaks the Irony Meter http://antiwar.com/blog/2016/03/11/hillary-clinton-breaks-the-irony-meter/ 3 comments politics
- It remains one of sport’s terrible ironies, how the arrival of a political revolution ruined the prospects of a rugby one. Twenty-six years ago, Romania – as a rugby nation – was thriving. http://irishpost.co.uk/rugby-world-cup-the-rise-and-ruin-of-romania/ 5 comments europe
- Irony as organised crime prosecutor arrested for corruption in Romania http://www.euronews.com/2014/11/21/romania-organised-crime-prosecutor-arrested-for-corruption/ 6 comments worldnews
- UK fights against Scottish independence with irony and Lego http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/06/04/uk-scotland-independence-lego-idukkbn0ef1zl20140604 8 comments worldnews
- U.S. court seemingly unaware of irony in accusing Snowden of spying http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/06/us-seemingly-unaware-of-irony-in-accusing-snowden-of-spying.html 105 comments technology
- On a yet another happy-go-rapey day, read this guy on the irony of debates over the anti-sexual assault bill http://iyerdeepak.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/7030/ 8 comments india
- The Irony in SF http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/01/alex-smith-becomes-a-team-captain-in-san-fran-again/ 120 comments nfl
- Irony Alert: Spotted at the Reagan National Airport, 50 percent off Romney merchandise http://freakoutnation.com/2012/11/18/irony-alert-spotted-at-the-reagan-national-airport-50-percent-off-romney-merchandise/ 3 comments politics
- Conservatives and Climate Change: The Devastating Irony - Much of the states bearing the brunt of the global warming-induced droughts are deep red states such as Texas and Oklahoma. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-stenholm/conservatives-and-climate_b_1762101.html 4 comments politics
- Oh the irony, vaccines may prevent autism, not cause it! http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/06/3209926.htm 36 comments science
- "Joyfully celebrating the killing of a killer who joyfully celebrated killing carries an irony that I hope will not be lost on us." http://brianmclaren.net/archives/blog/on-waking-up-to-todays-news.html 5 comments reddit.com
- Oh the irony: Rhode Island Republican House Minority Leader Robert A. Watson, who joked of pot-smoking immigrants, arrested on DUI charge and marijuana possession http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/25/rhode-island-rep-pot-smoking/ 46 comments politics
- Oh the irony: Rick Santorum borrows campaign slogan "Fighting to make America America again" from pro-union poem written by gay rights advocate http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/14/rick-santorum-langston-hughes/ 33 comments politics
- Get your delicious irony here: U.S. Strategy to Prevent Leaks is Leaked. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/01/us_strategy_to.html 14 comments politics
- I let McAfee delete all the "threats" from my machine. Oh the irony... http://min.us/mvpdeYq 4 comments software
- Gotta love the irony... http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/10/university-balks-at-ex-students-selling-of-homework-and-class-notes-.html#more 3 comments reddit.com
- Is this irony? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/adolf-hitler-had-jewish-african-ancestors-show-dna-tests/articleshow/6425304.cms 10 comments reddit.com
- "In a twist of extreme irony, today America's anti-gay bigots took it in the ass." http://www.ginandtacos.com 8 comments politics
- I present to you the winner of this year's Irony Award http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/04/survivor-producer-suspect-in-wifes-death-in-mexico/1 4 comments reddit.com
- Glenn Beck's book's title is "Common Sense". Am I the only one who sensed a hint of irony? http://www.amazon.com/glenn-becks-common-sense-control/dp/1439168571/ref=sr_1_1?ie=utf8&qid=1249255815&sr=8-1 5 comments politics
- Irony: Palin watched the SNL skit about her and thought it was great, despite not having the volume up. http://www.politico.com/blogs/anneschroeder/ 6 comments politics
- Barack Obama magazine flap shows an irony deficiency - Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-onthemedia15-2008jul15,0,2297403.story 3 comments politics
- Clinton, bemoaning attack politics, calls Obama a "hypocrite." If this were Fark, the "Irony" tag would surrender. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/19/clinton-camp-obama-was-a-hypocrite-from-day-one/ 3 comments politics
- Irony : Brooklyn jihadist hosts fiercely anti-American website, while Muslims around the world call for banning of Fitna movie. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,341811,00.html 7 comments politics
- Here's Wall Street's strange little irony -- studies show the stock market performs better and tends to be less volatile when Democrats are in power. http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/21/markets/election_demsvreps/index.htm 10 comments politics