The Poke

2 min read 2022-03-13 17:30:39

A letter to the Times about Ukraine said what most people were thinking

Newspaper letters pages are often a treasure trove of fascinating takes, either so bad it’s hard to believe they’re real, or simply so on the

1 min read 2022-03-13 16:23:50

We sometimes forget that the anti-vax movement began before Covid-19 and can take in any or all vaccines. This post from Reddit’s r/vaxxhappened

1 min read 2022-03-13 06:49:59

Anyone who ever believed in Santa Claus remembers the crushing disappointment of finding out he’s not all he’s cracked up to be. A Redditor named

6 min read 2022-03-12 14:50:56

Everyone loves a good comeback and here are 9 of the funniest that went viral over the last seven days. 1. ‘Mark Hamill 1, Ben Shapiro 0’ Hi

3 min read 2022-03-12 13:42:43

It’s that time of the week when we round up 13 funny pictures that went viral on Reddit in the last week or so. 1. ‘My flat mate has taken the

2 min read 2022-03-11 23:45:54

There might be a very good reason why we never knew that this is how you’re supposed to keep a door from closing, but anyway, here goes. It’s a

2 min read 2022-03-11 20:49:26

The corner of Reddit called ‘antiwork’ is full of stories of employers you really wouldn’t want to work for and employees who gave their bosses

2 min read 2022-03-11 20:13:30

Who’s ready for a glass of weekend with a dash of funny? We’ve gathered the funny, but the weekend is out there in the world – waiting for you

3 min read 2022-03-11 18:43:47

Despite much boasting from the PM and Home Office about the UK’s response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis, this infographic from Larry and Paul –

2 min read 2022-03-11 17:54:54

Late contender for takedown of the week is surely this, from Luke Skywalker himself (and no stranger to this sort of thing), Mark Hamill. It began

5 min read 2022-03-11 17:21:17

Nigel Farage once described Vladimir Putin as the world leader he most admired – presumably because Pol Pot was already dead by then – and has

2 min read 2022-03-11 15:53:20

American magician Justin Willman, star of the Netflix show Magic For Humans doesn’t usually work in the nude – but when the opportunity popped

5 min read 2022-03-11 13:32:22

For several years, the Tories have been harping on about how they’re going to get a new Royal yacht for the “country”. Lord Digby Jones was

3 min read 2022-03-10 22:10:06

In an unpredictable and frankly terrifying world, it’s reassuring to know that some things stay the same. Well, sort of. Like Donald Trump, for

2 min read 2022-03-10 21:57:40

The government has finally got around to imposing sanctions on another seven of Russia’s wealthiest and most influential oligarchs, including