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‘When ill luck begins, it does not come in sprinkles, but in showers’, said Mark Twain. And he’s right: it never rains, but it pours. They’ve been chatting about the most galling gases of misfortune over on the AskUK subreddit after Dangerous-Land-1773 posted this particularly egregious example: What’s the worst bit of bad luck/bad timing […] The post ‘What’s the worst bit of bad timing that you or family and friends have had?’ – 22 people who just missed out on greatness appeared first on The Poke.

If you’re ever in doubt of just how important the right musical score can be for a film, then this is surely the perfect illustration. Here’s the final ‘Throne Room’ scene of Star Wars IV: A New Hope (or, just Star Wars if you’re a traditionalist), with the wonderful John Williams score edited out by […] The post The final scene of Star Wars without the John Williams score is a work of awkward, comedy genius appeared first on The Poke.

Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, doesn’t want anyone to feel the squeeze of the economy right now so he’s offering up some advice on setting up a retirement plan. Step 1: buy double digit houses. Step 2: Retire. Bessent: Maybe your parents, for their retirement, have bought 5, 10, 12 homes pic.twitter.com/ZUeHiy8EGX — FactPost (@factpostnews) January […] The post Trump’s Treasury secretary just shared his idea of a normal retirement plan and it’s so out of touch jaws dropped across the internet – 17 totally on-point responses appeared first on The Poke.

To Davos wnow here Donald Trump finally turned up to address world leaders, reassuring them that he wouldn’t be using force to acquire Greenland but said he wouldn’t forget – or forgive, presumably – if the county didn’t come quietly. What a relief that would be, if only you could believe a word he said, […] The post Donald Trump kept calling Greenland ‘Iceland’ by mistake and it didn’t just speak volumes about his state of mind, it bellowed them appeared first on The Poke.

From having a poor attention span to finding Friends offensive, Gen Z are judged pretty harshly by the very people who raised them. And most of this judgement is unfair, specifically when it’s about things they can’t do which are completely obsolete. It’s like being mean to a Boomer for not knowing morse code. They’ve […] The post ‘What are younger generations criticised for not doing but is largely obsolete anyway?’ – 21 skills that are pointless for Gen Z appeared first on The Poke.

Canadian PM Mark Carney has had to listen to a lot of hot wind coming from his downstairs neighbor in the last year (and plenty before that, even). He finally hit back. At a speech given during the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Carney gave a sober and honest assessment of how […] The post Mark Carney politely told the US it’s time to try something else and the entirety of the internet stood up to applaud as one appeared first on The Poke.

Despite the fact that it’s not a trait currently serving us well as a species, us humans are a credulous bunch and will believe all sorts of things without question. They’ve been discussing how gullible we can be on the AskUK subreddit after Responsible_Rip1058 posted this: ‘What things do you know most food shoppers are […] The post ‘What things do you know most food shoppers are wrong about?’ – 21 excellent supermarket secrets that you’ll want to know appeared first on The Poke.

To the world – briefly, honest – of Andrew Tate, where the clown prince of the toxic manosphere has been challenging what he called ‘weak cowardly little men’ to man up or f-ck off, basically. If I were a weak cowardly little man who lacked masculine quality I would have two choices – Develop masculinity. […] The post Andrew Tate said ‘only cowards dispel masculinity’ and of all the A++ responses this one knocked the rest out of the park appeared first on The Poke.

Tell us how you really feel, Anders Vestisen. The Danish MEP chose to speak in English and made sure to use “language that [Trump] can understand” when he bluntly stated how he felt about Donald Trump trying to take over Greenland. 🚨HOLY SMOKES: Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Trump: “Let me put this in words […] The post A Danish lawmaker told the world how he feels about Donald Trump and it’s simple, effective – and NSFW appeared first on The Poke.

In the unlikely event that you need a reminder of how far 2026 has already gone off the rails, here are Danish troops landing in Greenland to defend the territory from the looming threat of Donald Trump’s US military might. Denmark deploys large number of troops to defend Greenland from United States.pic.twitter.com/aGQLPHKrsi — NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) […] The post Danish troops have landed in Greenland to combat the threat from Donald Trump – 14 brutally on-point responses appeared first on The Poke.