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When you don’t have much money you worry about how you spend it, wanting good value and good quality wherever possible. However, if you’ve got money to splash on a luxury lifestyle, you probably presume that you’re getting the very best. But are you? Perhaps not, as they’ve been discovering on the AskReddit page after […] The post ‘What is a complete rip off the rich happily pay for?’ – 21 cautionary tales from people with the inside scoop on premium prices appeared first on The Poke.

Let’s check in on this week’s ever-growing band of bros trying to save the great British Christmas from being cancelled. Enter patriot Liam Tuffs, a podcaster and host of The Dozen with Liam Tuffs. You might remember Liam from going viral a few months back trying to shake a police officer’s hand. This week, Liam […] The post This podcaster went off on one about “outsiders” trying to “ruin” Christmas – and people’s responses will light up your dark December day appeared first on The Poke.

Dubai-based patriot Ant Middleton is not a man to let facts or reality get in the way of his arguments. Last week, he was promising to change things up as London Mayor when he gets to the House of Commons (yes, you did just grow 87% dumber by reading that sentence, sorry). This week, he […] The post Ant Middleton shared a fake AI video of a soldier shouting at a police officer about “freedom” and was laughed all the way back to Dubai appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump, as he tells us repeatedly, is the Peace President (hey, stop sniggering down the back; we said “PEACE” President). As he waits another year to learn if he has won the Nobel Peace Prize, the US president can make do with FIFA’s inaugural Peace Prize. FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented Trump with the […] The post Donald Trump won the first “FIFA Peace Prize” at the World Cup draw – 21 reactions worthy of the Nobel appeared first on The Poke.

In just over a week, at the time of writing, the triple threat that is actor, dancer and singer Dick Van Dyke will turn 100. He is a legitimate legend of the stage and screen, thanks to his performances in works such as Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Dick Van Dyke Show – […] The post We still think the best excuse for not getting the Bond job is this one from the absolute legend Dick Van Dyke appeared first on The Poke.

When watching an old film or TV show, it can be shocking to see that certain addictions were once a regular part of daily life. But while habits like smoking have largely been sidelined, they’ve been replaced by other bad habits. Over on Twitter @Strictlyirene was keen to hear which addictions have been fully normalised […] The post Name an addiction that society has fully normalised – 17 compulsive behaviours that have become a part of everyday life appeared first on The Poke.

It wasn’t all that long ago that the Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, accidentally included a member of the press in a private group chat on the public platform, Signal, that was discussing top secret war plans. Boy was that embarrassing. It’s not as if things couldn’t get any worse for this current Administration from […] The post Everyone’s laughing at JD Vance’s lonely appeal for someone to talk to in this group chat and these 17 people surely said it best appeared first on The Poke.

When he’s not busy stiffly standing in the background of a press conference with his eyes wide open like a raccoon that just got caught riffling through the trash in the middle of the night, Kash Patel is supposed to be running the FBI. That means he’s in charge of holding any and all law […] The post Trump’s FBI chief Kash Patel said you can’t attack America’s Capitol without repercussions and it’s time now to bid farewell to irony forever appeared first on The Poke.

Jake Tapper wrote a best-selling book that was entirely based on the premise that Joe Biden was too old to run the country and everyone should’ve run him out of town far sooner than they did. Surely, the health of the President of the United States of America is of major concern to the nation […] The post Jake Tapper appeared to defend Donald Trump falling asleep in Cabinet and the entirety of the internet responded as one appeared first on The Poke.

Getting old sucks. Everything aches. Nobody pays attention to you at the bar anymore. And there’s people younger than you all over the place. But there have to be some perks that come with aging gracefully, right? Maybe not. Not according to the old people of Reddit, who offered way too many answers when they […] The post ‘What are you starting to like less and less as you get older?’ – 17 things that people are getting too damn old for appeared first on The Poke.