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Anyone who has ever been on a date that has a lot of pained silences will know how tricky social situations can be. But what about those moments that should be familiar and easy but we somehow turn into a nightmare of anxiety? Over on the AskUk subreddit, overworkeddesigner_ posed this question: What makes you […] The post ‘What makes you unnecessarily awkward?’ – 23 social scenarios that make people strangely uncomfortable appeared first on The Poke.

The White House social media team is at it again. And by “it,” we mean “posting outrageously dangerous propaganda with unmissable echoes from another time in history that the entire world wished never happened.” Here is their post, which we’re assuming is an attempt at trying to “own” Greenland? Or the ‘libtards’? Or Joe Biden? […] The post The White House’s ‘Which way, Greenland man?’ meme disturbed on so many levels and got all the responses it deserved appeared first on The Poke.

It’s official: the current White House administration has completely lost touch with the average American. Look no further than this preposterous meal plan proposal laid out by US Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins. Brooke Rollins: “We’ve run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of […] The post Trump’s agriculture department suggested a meal plan for hard-up Americans and got eaten alive in the replies appeared first on The Poke.

History repeats itself. Unless you’re Donald Trump and you have the memory of a baboon, in which case every idea you have is a first. Here, for instance, is a foreign policy discussion led by the President in which he raises concern about Denmark’s military might. A reporter stepped in to provide him with some […] The post A reporter joyously owned Donald Trump with a real-time fact check and much more of this sort of thing please appeared first on The Poke.

Spare a thought – only kidding – for Robert Jenrick, the Tory leadership wannabe who’s just been ejected by Kemi Badenoch not just from the shadow cabinet but the entire Conservative Party. Jenrick was given the boot not only for plotting in secret to defect but for doing it in a way to be ‘as […] The post Kemi Badenock just ejected Robert Jenrick from the Tory party and the TUC’s A++ response beat all-comers appeared first on The Poke.

When it comes to being embarrassed, you don’t have to be the person messing up to feel overwhelmed with shame. Even just being near someone making a blunder is enough to make you feel uncomfortable for years. And we know this because fossacecak put the following question to the humiliated folks over at r/AskReddit: What’s […] The post What’s the worst second-hand embarrassment you’ve ever felt? – 17 moments of unforgettable cringe appeared first on The Poke.

We can barely believe it’s been a year since the death of the truly great US film director, David Lynch, who left this Earth for whatever strange technicolor dreamland he now inhabits, on January 16th 2025. There was nobody else like him and it’s unlikely there will be again. He was so uniquely talented that […] The post Someone has unearthed a 1993 Adidas advert directed by David Lynch and it’s as bizarrely genius as you’d expect appeared first on The Poke.

They key to being a successful con man is to overpromise and underdeliver. Everyone remembers your fantastical statements. Then they’re too lazy to check the facts later. America is the land of the con man. You can make flimsy promises all the way to the White House. They never catch up. We bring this up […] The post A reporter called out Trump on the tariff bonanza he promised Americans and his response was page one of his presidential playbook appeared first on The Poke.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a lot of supporters because she doesn’t bite her tongue. This latest statement only solidifies her reputation as someone who isn’t afraid to tell it like it is. Even when “it” is incredibly unpleasant. AOC was approached on the steps of the Capitol when she pointed out a disturbing detail about ICE […] The post Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was asked who’s funding ICE and her A++ response took every Republican to task appeared first on The Poke.

There are some things we learn in life that stay with us forever, and we can keep doing them until we become too old or infirm, even if we neglect them for a while. And there are some that we need to keep practicing, or we’ll never be able to pick them up again. They’ve […] The post ‘What’s the most ‘use it or lose it’ skill?’ – 23 talents to keep practicing or give up forever appeared first on The Poke.