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If you’re one of the rare people who grew up to do their dream job, congratulations …maybe. Sometimes, getting what you want can be the point at which you realise you don’t want it, and even jobs that look really cool from the outside can be very different for those who have them. Over on […] The post ‘What is a job that looks incredibly fun from the outside, but is actually a soul-crushing nightmare?’ – 21 secretly crappy career paths appeared first on The Poke.

Just so we’re all clear, Donald Trump has never been responsible for anything that’s gone wrong. High prices at the petrol pumps? Biden! Losing the 2020 election? Biden and Obama! Cheating on all three wives? That was probably Bill Clinton’s fault. He’s now trying to lay his administration’s failure to get a new peace deal […] The post Trump blamed the Democrats for the US failing to get a deal with Iran, and an inconvenient truth entered the chat appeared first on The Poke.

Tea, queuing, bad teeth and an insatiable love of Greggs. That’s British people down to a tee, right? Well, maybe there’s more to us as a nation if you dig a deeper. AskUK subreddit user AlucardVTep3s has been mulling this over, and posted the following: What do tourists get wrong about the UK? People that […] The post ‘What do tourists get wrong about the UK?’ – 21 ways we are not a nation of tea-swilling queue obsessives appeared first on The Poke.

We must learn from history. Even if it’s an archival clip from the Joe Rogan podcast. The host of that podcast, who looks like a big toe squirming out of a hole in a sock in front of a microphone, brings up climate change during this classic clip with guest Bernie Sanders. Rogan then references […] The post This argument between Joe Rogan and Bernie Sanders about climate change epitomizes why it’s impossible to reason with Magas appeared first on The Poke.

To the i Newspaper which has been casting its, er, eye on the state of the housing market and in particular the case of Maureen Evans who complained that she was ‘trapped’ in her £850k house because she’s unable to sell it and give some of the money to her children. At 70, I’m trapped […] The post A mum complained she was ‘trapped’ in the £850k home she is unable to sell and Twitter wasn’t exactly overflowing with sympathy appeared first on The Poke.

Have you ever experienced buyer’s remorse, where you jump at something with enthusiasm only to wish you’d considered a bit more thoroughly when you actually get it home? Well, that can be applied to people too, if you rush into a friendship or relationship with someone who initially seems great, only to realise later that […] The post ‘What’s a personality trait that seems attractive at first but becomes unbearable over time?’ – 23 slowly unfurling red flags appeared first on The Poke.

When you’re a kid, it’s easy to feel like your parents are idiots and that you never want to be like them when you grow up. As the years go by though, your opinion might start to change. That’s because some of their quirky habits might actually have been clever parenting in disguise. To find […] The post People have been sharing the genius parenting hacks from their parents and grandparents – 17 surprisingly useful tips appeared first on The Poke.

To the world of Twitter now – no, stick with us – where this American cardio fan has taken issue with what women choose to wear to the gym. Safe behind the anonymity of an account called @PrayTheRosary, they took time out from reading the Bible to say women’s ‘gross’ gym wear was making it […] The post An American gym goer blamed women for making it hard for him to work out and was brutally owned into next week appeared first on The Poke.

It’s an ever more uncertain, bewildering and frankly terrifying world right now. Is social media to blame? Not 100%, obviously, just mostly, we reckon. And if you want a snapshot of the state we find ourselves in now, look no further than footballer turned conspiracy cheerleader Matt Le Tissier, who’s just had a furious row […] The post Matt Le Tissier just had a furious row with an AI bot about chemtrails and as a snapshot of where we are now, it’s hard to beat appeared first on The Poke.

There’s Twitter and there’s Twitter and then there’s Scottish Twitter, which is on a whole different level to everything else. And in the unlikely event you don’t believe us – or haven’t read one of our round-ups before – here are 27 exhibits from its very top drawer. 1.’Harsh but fair’ (via) 2. ‘Not my […] The post Simply 27 hilarious times Scottish Twitter was on a whole different level to everyone else appeared first on The Poke.