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When you’re at school, it’s easy to feel like academic excellence will translate into success when you enter the real world. Life, however, often has other ideas. For every nerd that graduated to become a professional boffin, there’s another who took a more sideways career route. To get an insight into how the people who […] The post People have been sharing what happened to the smartest person they went to school with – the varying fates of 16 academic high flyers appeared first on The Poke.

When we consider what a nice compliment might be, we tend to focus on things like looks or having a good job or being super fit. But it turns out that the ones which stick with us are the ones that are more idiosyncratic and unexpected. They’ve been chatting about this on the AskReddit page […] The post Somebody asked men about the best compliment they’d ever received from a woman – 22 unexpectedly wholesome answers appeared first on The Poke.

Everyone knows that life is chaotic and ultimately beyond their control. But at the same time most people have a vague idea of how they think it will play out. Well, guess again. Life is full of surprises, including twists and turns that will land you in situations you never expected to happen. To hear […] The post What was your “could never be me” but did indeed become you? – 17 plot twists people thought they were safe from appeared first on The Poke.

Say what you like about Thomas Skinner – no, please do, we’ll wait – but he does try to entertain. The problem is he fails at it. A lot. Exhibit A: The Apprentice. Exhibit B: This year’s Strictly. Now here’s Exhibit C. Thomas and some mates were on the London Underground this week and tried […] The post Thomas Skinner tried desperately to start a festive sing-song on the London Tube – 17 merry reactions to make your Christmas appeared first on The Poke.

You might not have heard – in which case, lucky you – but Liz Truss has a new YouTube talk show. Don’t believe us? Here’s the evidence. Free speech in Britain has been cancelled. The country that invented free speech is now throwing its citizens in jail for speaking out. Watch Episode 2 of The […] The post Lettuce rejoice in HIGNFY’s savage review of Liz Truss and her barking mad YouTube talk show appeared first on The Poke.

Porn performer Bonnie Blue has joined the Reform party, saying “I stand with Nigel Farage”. The controversial OnlyFans star – who once notoriously had sex with 1,000 men in a single day – wrote in The Spectator that she thought Farage had “sensible positions on immigration and inheritance tax.” Bonnie Blue has joined the Reform […] The post Porn star Bonnie Blue has joined Reform UK, saying she “stands with Nigel Farage” – 14 X-rated reactions appeared first on The Poke.

If you’ve never worked in an office, the whole environment can seem like a mystery. Just what exactly do people get up to in big buildings filled with computers and meeting rooms? It’s a question that’s been plaguing AndromedaDependency, so they decided to turn to Reddit for some insight into corporate life by posting the […] The post What do office workers actually do? – 17 glimpses into the mundane reality of white collar work appeared first on The Poke.

The world-renowned Clare College Choir of Cambridge University has embraced the Christmas spirit in style and with a real understanding of the implications of the song. Their performance of The 12 Days of Christmas is definitely the most physical we’ve ever seen – and the most joyously chaotic. @classicfm You will not see a better […] The post The expertly coordinated chaos of this version of the 12 days of Christmas remains impossible to beat for sheer entertainment appeared first on The Poke.

Everything is fine in Donald Trump’s world, he just needs some of his own people to confirm that for him with some data they cook up. Dressed like an orchestra-conducting penguin, President Trump stood up at his golden eagle-adorned podium to announce that better polling numbers are on their way. Trump: “When the real pollsters […] The post Donald Trump promises better poll numbers as soon as ‘real pollsters’ conduct them – 15 very real, and very angry, replies appeared first on The Poke.

The FBI finally had its chance to explain ‘antifa’ at a congressional hearing and it was like asking a house of cards to hold up in a wind tunnel. The simplest definition of ‘antifa’ is ‘anti-facist.’ That’s it. It’s quite straightforward. Yet, when your entire political movement is built upon defeating ‘antifa,’ it gets a […] The post The FBI was asked to explain why Antifa is their biggest domestic terror threat to the US right now and ended up brutally, humiliatingly owned appeared first on The Poke.