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Getting to know somebody well can be a long process requiring hours of conversation, but what if there were a few apparently innocuous questions that cut through the nonsense and revealed what they are really like? Well, it turns out there are, if this chat on the Answers subreddit is anything to go by. User […] The post ‘What is a seemingly mundane question you can ask somebody that will tell you a lot about their personality?’ – 21 easy ways to figure someone out appeared first on The Poke.

Time to dust off the ear plugs, we’re heading to Fox News now. Sean Hannity is practically a founding father on the alt-right news network. He’s been screaming his hot takes at his Maga audience for almost two decades now. This one might finally irk someone from his own base. Hannity has officially turned on […] The post Sean Hannity decided he had to choose between Donald Trump and God … and he chose Trump – 15 especially devilish takedowns appeared first on The Poke.

Lewis Capaldi is back on the road after a year or two out and everyone lucky enough to have a ticket is very excited to see him. Including this person who nevertheless had one pressing concern which they were keen to share on Twitter. what should a fat girl wear to a lewis capaldi concert […] The post Someone asked what a ‘fat girl’ should wear to a Lewis Capaldi concert and of all the A++ responses Capaldi knocked the rest out the park appeared first on The Poke.

The lyrics to Gala’s Freed From Desire have been misheard so consistently over the years that the word ‘trombolise’ has essentially become part of the English language now. But what about other mondegreens (which is the technical term for misinterpreting a phrase, for those not in the know)? Over on the AskUK subreddit, roysustang has […] The post People have been sharing their favourite ‘mondegreens’ – 21 very hilarious examples of misheard lyrics appeared first on The Poke.

Erika Kirk married a podcaster. Now she might be running for President? At least that’s the theory tossed out by Twitter user @em_Lazzy, who posited the idea with this Tweet. Erika Kirk is running for President in 2028. That’s what all of this is about. This is a soft launch. That’s why this is important!! […] The post Erika Kirk has got some people thinking she’s targeting a 2028 White House run – 18 especially savage and on-point responses appeared first on The Poke.

Weddings can be strange occasions, can’t they? Theoretically the best day of two people’s lives, they are often fraught with tension, and everyone’s expectations are so sky high that it’s easy for something to go wrong. But have you ever left one convinced that it’s completely doomed from the start? Some people definitely have, judging […] The post People shared wedding day moments that convinced them it wouldn’t last – 22 proper eye-openers appeared first on The Poke.

The media and the Donald Trump Administration have a complicated relationship. Fox News, Newsmax, and Truth Social will have you believing that America is thriving like never before. The news outlets that try to report the truth, however, paint a slightly different picture. The political magazine, The Atlantic, published an article about FBI Director, Kash […] The post Kash Patel just announced he’s going to sue The Atlantic magazine for defamation and the internet already has its popcorn ready appeared first on The Poke.

To Claudia Winkleman’s Friday night chat show, which has been entertaining enough but not a patch on her other TV vehicles to no-one’s great surprise anyway. But it wasn’t without its memorable moments and there was surely no moment more memorable than this. The presenter, it’s fair to say, had a stern word for anyone […] The post Claudia Winkleman had a stern word for anyone who believes in star signs and it was so brutal she said she wouldn’t put it out (but she did) appeared first on The Poke.

You’ll know all about Britain and the United States being two nations divided by a common language (these days it’s rather more than that, but anyway). Well that Pan Atlantic linguistic chasm is never wider when it comes to insults. Which would explain why this particular American was keen to use the good people of […] The post An American asked to be ‘well versed in British insults’ and these magnificent homegrown responses will make you proud to be a Brit appeared first on The Poke.

Tech companies love to tell us that their latest invention is going to change the world and completely revolutionise our lives, but, as anyone who has witnessed a ChatGTP hallucination will tell you, they often turn out to be utterly unhelpful. They’ve been discussing rubbish inventions on the AskReddit page after the appropriately named SofiaLearnsAI […] The post ‘What’s a piece of tech everyone hyped up that quietly turned out to be useless?’ – 23 so-called advancements that absolutely bombed appeared first on The Poke.