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Some people like to pore over facts, take advice, sleep on it, sleep on it again, and then consult their horoscope before making a decision about pretty much anything. Those people are really annoying, and often annoyingly successful because of all that advice and fact-finding and whatnot. Some decisions, however, have to be made in […] The post ‘What’s a decision you made in under 10 seconds that changed your life forever?’ 19 game-changers appeared first on The Poke.

You don’t need us to tell you that Robert Kennedy Jr is a very odd man. And you probably won’t have missed that the US Health and Human Services Secretary has very strange habits when it comes to the gym and exercise. Last week, RFK Jr posted a bizarre exercise video of himself and Kid […] The post RFK Jr posted a bizarre video of him working out wearing jeans and boots – 16 weighty responses to lift your spirits appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump likes to make a lot of exaggerated and unsubstantiated claims about his achievements – but, even for him, this might be a first. The president made a stop in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday to rally support for Republicans in advance of next week’s primaries for November’s crucial midterm elections. Trump went off […] The post Donald Trump bragged that a cop thanked him for saving his sex life with the stock market – 15 people not buying what Donny is selling appeared first on The Poke.

It has been another brutal week for Keir Starmer and the Labour Party, losing a once-safe seat in Gorton and Denton to the Green Party in an historic byelection. Amid fresh calls for the prime minister to change tack and/or resign, two old clips have started going viral on social media of Starmer talking about […] The post Keir Starmer’s old cocky soundbites about losing elections and ditching political parties have come back to haunt him, and people are relishing the bittersweet irony appeared first on The Poke.

Having the courage of your convictions is one thing. But being ridiculously stubborn about a belief even when it’s obviously completely baseless, well… that’s something else entirely. Being stupidly pigheaded has been a hot topic of conversation on the AskReddit page after JumpyBend8035 asked this: What’s something you defended for years before finally admitting you […] The post ‘What’s something you defended for years before finally admitting you were wrong?’ – 21 people who chose a terrible hill to die on appeared first on The Poke.

When you’re a kid you dream of having parents who will let you stay up late, watch telly until your eyes turn square and eat Mars Bars for breakfast. And when you’re an adult you humbly realise why they didn’t. They’ve been discussing the wisdom of our elders on the AskUK subreddit after TTNNBB2023 asked […] The post ‘What is something your parents were not strict about but you wish they were?’ – 23 people who were crying out to be grounded appeared first on The Poke.

RFK Jr. is known for many things: his grating voice, his extramarital affairs, his brain worms. Now we know him as an action figure. Unfortunately for the United States, none of those things apply to his day job as head of the Department of Health and Human Services and the country continues to circle the […] The post RFK Jr posted a spoof commercial for his very own action figure and self-awareness must be sold separately appeared first on The Poke.

Magas took their first step towards getting to the center of any wrongdoing exposed in the Epstein Files and they are looking in some very unusual places. For starters, the first person they decided to drag in for 6-hours of questions was Hillary Clinton, who didn’t even know Jeffrey Epstein. Republicans refused to make the […] The post Hillary Clinton revealed exactly how pointless the questions were at her Epstein deposition and it was truly out of this world appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump’s biggest crush visited the White House again and the results were just as startling as the first time. NYC Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, proud Socialist, met with the President in his office to discuss a potential housing project in New York City. New York is seeking to secure $21 billion in federal grants for […] The post New York mayor Zohran Mamdani just totally played Donald Trump and all it took was a fake newspaper singing his praises appeared first on The Poke.

Spare a thought – only kidding – for the good people of GB News, who presumably had the cider on ice for Thursday night’s be-election only for their man Matt Goodwin to go down fighting, sorry, crying to the Green party’s Hannah Spencer. And it’s fair to say Nigel Farage’s news channel wasn’t taking it […] The post GB News took Reform UK’s by-election defeat just as well as you’d imagine and they should make this available on prescription appeared first on The Poke.