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Doing something silly when you’re alone is bad enough, but what about when you make an embarrassment of yourself in front of other people? That’s when you experience true psychological pain. They’ve been swapping war stories of extreme mortification on the AskUK subreddit after Proper_Emu_2296 asked ‘What is the most embarrassed you’ve been in public?’, […] The post ‘What is the most embarrassed you’ve been in public?’ – 21 people who made an absolute arse of themselves in a crowded place appeared first on The Poke.

There used to be peace in the Middle East, specifically between the United States and Iran. Barack Obama brokered a deal with world super powers to limit Iran’s nuclear program. Everyone got on the same page and adhered to a set of guidelines agreed upon by all. Then Donald Trump and his gang of misfits […] The post Pete Hegseth tried to explain why his Iran deal is better than Obama’s and this reporter’s one line response left him stammering appeared first on The Poke.

Riley Gaines rose to national prominence by once tying for 5th place in a swim race – seriously – and has managed to remain in the American spotlight ever since because she complains so long and hard about transgender athletes. No, seriously. And if anything sums up the state of Trump’s America right now, then […] The post Riley Gaines caught on camera being told what her values are by her sponsors – 15 replies brought to you by people who can actually think for themselves appeared first on The Poke.

Keir Starmer’s latest attempt to come up with a legacy – any legacy! – before he gets turfed out of Downing Street has seen him announce a ban on social media for under-16s. We are banning social media access for under 16s. These days kids must find their feet in a world where technology intrudes […] The post This pupil’s eloquent response to Keir Starmer’s U-16s social media ban was already good but the payoff was absolute killer appeared first on The Poke.

The United Kingdom is a place of contradictions. On the one hand we’re all stiff-upper-lipped, well-to-do politeness and properness. And on the other, we are the nation that invented things like cheese rolling and bog snorkelling. They’ve been chatting about the stranger, and often incredibly local, elements of the country on the AskUK subreddit after […] The post ‘What’s some UK lore that sounds too unbelievable to be true?’ – 19 utterly bizarre stories that prove Britain is the weirdest place in the world appeared first on The Poke.

There are insults and there are insults, and then there are those especially satisfying insults which don’t at first sight sound like insults at all. If we’re confusing you as much as we’re confusing us, then it’s probably time to cut to this Redditor’s Q&A which went all kind of viral because, well, look. What […] The post People shared the things that don’t sound like insults but do the job very effectively indeed – 17 cracking putdowns hiding in plain sight appeared first on The Poke.

The show must go on, they say in the entertainment world, and that includes when you’re acting as the tragic hero of Romeo and Juliet and a ginger cat starts to scratch at your theoretically lifeless head. That’s the scenario that faced Pedro Seara at a performance of Prokofiev’s ballet at the Bornova Open-Air Theatre […] The post A gatecrashing cat’s viral feline finale brought this Romeo to within a whisper of laughing at his own ‘death’ appeared first on The Poke.

Breaking up is hard to do, as the old song goes, which apparently is why people choose to do it in completely mad ways, rather than just offering an honest ‘this isn’t working for me anymore’. Over on the AskReddit page, user SinInHerVoice posed this question: ‘Breakup excuses that deserve a public hearing. What’s the […] The post Somebody asked about the ‘most unhinged’ break up excuse people had been given – 22 insane ways to get out of a relationship appeared first on The Poke.

Did people always have stupid opinions but we didn’t know about it so much because we didn’t have social media? Or has social media made stupid opinions much widely more available for people to adopt? It’s impossible to say, but what we do know is that ridiculous takes on all sorts of things are ten-a-penny […] The post Somebody asked about the ‘dumbest opinion’ people had ever heard – 21 idiotic takes that will have you fearing for the future of humanity appeared first on The Poke.

There’s nothing more British than fish and chips, right? It’s basically our national dish, after the mighty roast dinner. Well, given that frying fish was introduced to the country by Spanish and Portuguese Jewish immigrants, and chips come from Belgium, perhaps not. So, whatever Reform are trying to tell us, this celebration and adoption of […] The post ‘What’s the most British thing that isn’t British?’ – 21 things that feel like they should be from the UK but weirdly aren’t appeared first on The Poke.