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A post on Facebook complains about how useless Facebook is. This is ironic because one would expect someone who dislikes Facebook to stay away from it instead of using it to make their point. A traffic cop gets his license suspended because of unpaid parking tickets. Because the traffic cop is usually the one issuing tickets, most people would assume he always followed the rules. A pilot has a fear of heights. This situation is ironic because airplane pilots spend most of their time at work high in the air.

Other everyday examples of situational irony include

Situational irony is a literary technique in which an expected outcome does not happen, or its opposite happens instead. Situational irony requires one's expectations to be thwarted and is also sometimes called an irony of events. The outcome can be tragic or humorous, but it is always unexpected. Keep reading for examples of situational irony from everyday life and literature.

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Situational irony