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The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina got off to a great start on Friday, with the opening ceremony living up to every expectation of weirdness. “I’ve been cast at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony” “What are you?” “A stovetop espresso maker.” [image or embed] — Scott Bryan (@scottygb.bsky.social) February 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM I’m […] The post The Winter Olympics got underway, with an appropriately wacky opening ceremony, boos for JD Vance, and a whole load of internet reactions – 32 medal winners appeared first on The Poke.

ReformUK leader Nigel Farage has always been pretty vocal in his criticism of Turkish barber shops, claiming that they’re often a front for money laundering and other nefarious activities. Despite the fact that the vast majority of these businesses are wholly legitimate, it’s an easy dog-whistle for Nige to use to appeal to his core […] The post Nigel Farage is being trolled by a Turkish barbershop in Glasgow and it’s shear brilliance – 15 appreciative nods appeared first on The Poke.

Elon Musk – so-called genius – has made his name based on predctions of what he can achieve through his companies, SpaceX and Tesla. Here are some of those predictions. 2011 – He’d have a man on Mars within 10 years. 2016 – Teslas will be full autonomous by 2017. 2017 – The second-generation Tesla […] The post Elon Musk says he’s postponing his Mars project to focus on establishing a colony on the Moon, and the scepticism was visible from space – 17 ‘Sure, Jan’ responses appeared first on The Poke.

There’s an old saying about it being the grit in an oyster that produces the pearl, and that’s a lesson that can also be applied to life: sometimes the hardest times produce the most valuable outcomes. They’ve been discussing this phenomenon on the AskReddit page after foreversophia posed this question: What weird skill did you […] The post ‘What weird skill did you accidentally become good at because of a bad situation?’ – 23 abilities forged during times of adversity appeared first on The Poke.

US athletes arrived at the Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina under a heavy cloud – specifically a giant orange cloud of racism and hate. So, it was little surprise that the crowd started booing Team USA at the opening ceremony on Friday – though those jeers were more aimed at US vice president JD Vance […] The post The usual MAGA crybabies are whining about athletes speaking out about the US at the Winter Olympics – 18 brutally funny responses worthy of gold appeared first on The Poke.

It can be hard to find the words to respond to Donald Trump’s latest offensive action – posting a racist video of the Obamas and then first trying to downplay it, then deny it, then delete it and then blame the post on someone else. One of those who has found the words is singer […] The post Singer Jack White’s devastating takedown of Donald Trump over the racist Obama video is so furious that a seven nation army couldn’t hold him back appeared first on The Poke.

Thanks to their complete lack of a filter, children are notorious for saying things that adults would never dream of. So you’ve got to feel for the people who are at the coal face of their youthful oversharing: teachers. They have to carefully navigate some wild stories, as shown in the response to this question […] The post Teachers have been sharing the craziest family lore dropped by kids – 17 TMI tales unexpectedly shared in the classroom appeared first on The Poke.

The Matrix has become so embedded in the international psyche that it’s something of a cliché nowadays, but that’s because it was so incredibly clever. One of the ways we reference it is when something uncanny happens, as if the fabric of reality has a temporary bug and we could believe we’re living in a […] The post ‘What’s the creepiest ‘glitch in the matrix’ that’s ever happened to you?’ – 19 completely unexplainable events appeared first on The Poke.

If the news lately has taught you nothing else, it’s that the rich, posh and powerful seem to operate on a different planet to you and me. Enter Lady Victoria Hervey, socialite, daughter of the 6th Marquess of Bristol and one-time girlfriend of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, aka the Benefits Artist Formerly Known as Prince Andrew. Hervey […] The post Socialite Lady Victoria Hervey said “you were a bit of a loser” if you were not in the Epstein Files – 15 shocked, top class reactions appeared first on The Poke.

Anyone who has met someone called Skylar, Tiger, Neo or Luna will be well aware that first names are different from the days when people were called things like Gary or Claire. But why hasn’t the same happened with surnames? They’ve been chewing this over on the AskUK subreddit after SherlockScones3 posted this: What would […] The post Somebody asked what ‘modern surnames’ would be and the answers will have you hoping to meet someone called Terry Turkeyteeth appeared first on The Poke.