<![CDATA[The Poke]]> Follow The Poke, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/ThePoke Fri, 01 Dec 2023 22:18:44 +0200 <![CDATA[‘The best bit about winter is the Scottish releasing the names of their gritters’]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewnfGaRlcIc32g

It’s that time of the year again, when your horror at finally having to turn the central heating up is eased – just a little bit – at the names they give their gritters north of the border.

Over to @CarolMaps on Twitter.

And here they are in full!

And if you want to watch them in real time …

Here’s just a bit of the love they were getting this time round.

Source @CarolMaps

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]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:28:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewnfGaRlcIc32g <![CDATA[The most utterly chaotic cat video we have ever seen]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewnP4DGzSqTuoA

We’ve been on the internet for many years now and, like pretty much every other internet user, we’ve seen a lot of cat videos. But we don’t think we’ve ever seen one quite so utterly chaotic as this.

It’s 29 seconds of kitty carnage where it appears that (almost) all of the cats in the video have synchronised their ‘mad half hours’ into a full-on feline frenzy. You’ll want to watch it more than once, focussing on a different cat each time.

Thanks to Miss Marjorie Regrets for sharing on Twitter.

We don’t suppose we’ll ever know what provoked such craziness, unfortunately. Here are some further thoughts from Twitter…

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This video of two cats meowing through a TikTok voice filter is 17 seconds well spent

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]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 14:18:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewnP4DGzSqTuoA <![CDATA[Miriam Margolyes absolutely nails it when talking about using pronouns]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewnhLHlQxUjL8g

We’re not alone in our adoration of the gloriously potty-mouthed Miriam Margolyes and now she’s given us all a reason to love her all the more.

She was appearing on the Graham Norton Show, when she started to talk about Trans people and the use of pronouns. Judging by the audience reaction her wise words struck a chord. Let’s jump straight in …

“If you can make someone happy and give them a sense of themselves, then do it.”

Wonderful stuff! Thanks to Paul for sharing the clip on Twitter.

It also struck a chord with many other folk over there …

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God bless you, Miriam Margolyes.

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Miriam Margolyes was back as an agony aunt on This Morning and went just as viral as you’d expect (NSFW)

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]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:55:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewnhLHlQxUjL8g <![CDATA[21 things people say that sounds like a compliment but really isn’t a compliment at all]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewkc0f4-jGZwnw

There are compliments and there are compliments, and then there are those compliments which really aren’ compliments at all.

Sometimes they’re said accidentally, but sometimes they are accidentally on purpose and it makes them all the more savage.

Why are we wanging on like this? Because we were reminded of when PhD student Joseph Mellors asked this over on Twitter back in the day.

And the answers came rolling in. Here are 21 of the very best.

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]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:39:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewkc0f4-jGZwnw <![CDATA[That Elon Musk interview is the cringeworthy gift that keeps on giving – and this name mix-up was pure comedy]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewmOSXbxrhgCAA

When Andrew Ross Sorkin did his prep for interviewing the Tesla/Twitter-X/SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk, we doubt he imagined just how unguarded Musk would be.

His message to Twitter/X advertisers went wildly viral for the sheer lack of concern at what it might do to the company’s already failing fortunes.

In case you haven’t seen it yet – feast your eyes.

There’s that business genius in action, right there. But he also demonstrated his sincerity and attention to detail in this exquisite exchange.

He couldn’t have owned himself harder if he’d tried. These reactions say it all – occasionally in a NSFW way.

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Credit where it’s due.

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Elon Musk tweeted ‘There is a large graveyard filled with my enemies’ and got mocked straight into next year

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]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:32:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewmOSXbxrhgCAA <![CDATA[This ‘annual diamond’ of a Twitter exchange has been going viral again and it’s an evergreen Christmas treat]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewnxQxIw_2bXPQ

As the first doors on everyone’s advent calendars have been opened, it must be time for this evergreen Christmas treat.

Well, @DannyDutch reckons it is over on Twitter so that’s good enough for us.

Never gets old.

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17 times the Front of Christmas tree vs Back of Christmas tree meme hit the bullseye

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]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:07:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewnxQxIw_2bXPQ <![CDATA[Piers Morgan was called out by a guest on his own TV show over his right royal revelations and it’s a fabulous watch]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewmJpKJzncfodw

As you might not have been able to avoid by now, Piers Morgan used his Talk TV show to name the two senior Royals alleged to have discussed the skin colour of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s unborn son.

King Charles and the Princess of Wales were named in a since pulped Dutch version of the Omid Scobie’s book, Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival.

Morgan has barely stopped talking about it since, but we mention it not because of what Morgan had to say but because of this reaction on Thursday night from one of his guests.

It’s Tessa Dunlop, writer, historian and broadcaster, and it’s fair to say she wasn’t holding back.

Wiped the floor (and the doormat) with him.

And it turns out it’s not the first time Dunlop has done this to Morgan. Remember this?

Source @Chrisviews43

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]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 12:42:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewmJpKJzncfodw <![CDATA[25 Funny Tweets of the Week]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewkH-lm6uCP6bA

It’s December. Just over three weeks to get ready for Christmas for those who celebrate, and only six days to get ready for Hanukkah, if that’s what you do.

Either way, there’s still time to sit down for five minutes with a mug of something warm and the jokes that jumped out at us over the past week.

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]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:49:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewkH-lm6uCP6bA <![CDATA[This comic’s smackdown of a troll who accused him of a ‘shameless’ plug of his live show is the most brutal thing you’ll read this week]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewkuyVfawktBtA

Late we know but leading contender for takedown of the week is surely this, an exchange with comedian Lewis Spears which has just gone viral over on Reddit for reasons which will become obvious.

‘Going to need to take a lap to walk that one off,’ said adamempathy who shared it.

Mega oof.

‘This should be a pinned post, that was brutal.’
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‘I read it and just stared at my phone in shock for a solid 10 seconds before I laughed. Kyle got bodied.’
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‘Do you think he deliberately called him by a different name Kyle rather than Kylan as an additional form of disrespect? I wish I could be this witty.’
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‘Lewis Spears has a video where he was in the middle of doing a joke about Prince Phillip and someone in the audience goes “he just died”. The look of glee on his face needs to be seen.‘
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Just in case, like this person, you were wondering …

‘He’s advertising his show in the middle of his own show? I’m a bit confused … Wouldn’t the people watching the show know what the show is? Sorry I feel like I’m missing some details.’
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‘He does YouTube videos and was advertising his live show in one of those videos :)’
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And you find him – @LewSpears – on YouTube here!

Source Lewis Spears Reddit adamempathy

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]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:47:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewkuyVfawktBtA <![CDATA[Fiona Bruce hilariously mocking Esther McVey and her ‘minister of common sense’ role is up there with our favourite Question Time moments, ever]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewkF5RINGAb00g

Rishi Sunak’s newly-appointed minister without portfolio Esther McVey was on the Question Time panel on Thursday night.

And it was the description of her role as the ‘minister of common sense’ apparently with the job of ‘tackling the scourge of wokery’ that particularly interested presenter, Fiona Bruce.

Now Bruce, as no-one anywhere needs reminding, isn’t exactly regarded as someone who can always be relied upon to ruthlessly hold the government to account.

But in this case, as she hilariously mocked McVey and her comedy non-role, it was hard not to cheer just a little bit. Because it’s up there with one of our favourite Question Time moments ever.

If you’d rather just cut to the quick, then watch this.

Glad that’s been cleared up, then. And here are just a few of the many things people were saying about it.

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]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:35:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewkF5RINGAb00g <![CDATA[17 times the Front of Christmas tree vs Back of Christmas tree meme hit the bullseye]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewkFGnD9mWu60A

It’s December. Sorry to blurt out the harsh reality, but that vow to be more organised and get your shopping and wrapping done early this year …that ship has sailed.

A lot of people plan to put their Christmas trees up this weekend, so we thought it might be a good time to remind everyone of the rule – maximum effort for the bits that show, minimal effort for the rest.

This meme explains what we mean without even using trees.

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Here’s a bonus edition from u/Elgarr2 on Reddit.

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Think it’s too soon for these 15 Christmas memes? Prepare to be pissed off

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]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:31:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewkFGnD9mWu60A <![CDATA[Gavin Newsom closed his Ron DeSantis debate with a murder by words – and it was just beautiful]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewkeV9fm3NKwvg

It’s slightly less than a year until the US goes to the polls to choose their next president, but the battle between Democrat and Republican was in full swing during Thursday night’s head-to-head debate between California’s Governor Gavin Newsom and Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis.

Despite the debate being hosted by the right-wing Fox News channel, with Trump loyalist Sean Hannity as moderator, the Democrat ran rings around DeSantis, calling out his ultra-conservative attack on established freedoms and ending with a spectacularly brutal bit of honesty.

Here’s what people had to say about the TKO.

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If DeSantis plans to do this again, he should probably invest in some body armour and a helmet …

And then not bother.

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Ron DeSantis slammed Trump’s financial record – and handed Team Biden-Harris a ready-made campaign ad

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]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:10:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewkeV9fm3NKwvg <![CDATA[13 of the most entertaining and frankly brutal takedowns that went viral this week]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewlQfxWySWiALw

It’s that time of the week again – of course it is! – when we round up 13 of the funniest comebacks that went viral over the last seven days.

1. ‘Sex is a thing, get over it’


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3. ‘Musk being delusional again.’

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4. ‘Bro got drowned by a lake’

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5. ‘I am my own boss…’

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6. ‘What color is your lightsaber?

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7. ‘Lol bruh, this dude got tag teamed’

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]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 08:53:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewlQfxWySWiALw <![CDATA[A Greek newspaper’s NSFW front page accidentally captured a very British sentiment towards Rishi Sunak]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewnYYHKiO0Kf9g

A diplomatic row rumbles on over Rishi Sunak cancelling his plans to meet Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in response to his comments about wanting the Parthenon Sculptures returned to Greece.

Despite the insistence of various Government spokespeople that the carvings, also known as the Elgin Marbles, will stay in Britain, the British Museum is still in talks with Greece over their future.

One far-right conspiracy-theory spreading Greek rag managed to do the stopped clock thing with a headline that captured the feelings of many in the UK – but not necessarily in connection to the Parthenon Sculptures.

We absolutely don’t recommend translating any of the rest of the text, because it’s like if Greece had embraced the GB News model of reporting – and chosen the worst bits.

However, the English part got a resounding cheer.

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Dirk Maggs summed it up perfectly/

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Conservative Home preaching about the Parthenon Sculptures with a pic of the wrong museum was Facepalm Central

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]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2023 07:36:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewnYYHKiO0Kf9g <![CDATA[Shane MacGowan’s death sent the Pogues’ legendary takedown of Laurence Fox viral all over again]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewmIT7GBeZlppg

Sad news today that the great Shane MacGowan has died aged just 65.

The Pogues frontman and lead songwriter had recently been in hospital after being diagnosed with encephalitis.

His death prompted no end of tributes on Twitter and will no doubt propel the Pogues’ fabulous Fairytale of New York, featuring Kirsty MacColl, to the Christmas number one.

Alongside all the clips and memories, it also sent the Pogues’ legendary takedown of Laurence Fox viral all over again.

Fox had been on Twitter to complain about the BBC’s decision to play an edited version of Fairytale of New York. Here’s what Fox said, three years ago almost to the day.

‘Here we go again. The cultural commissars at the @bbc are telling you what is and isn’t appropriate for your ignorant little ears. Wouldn’t it be nice if we sent the (proper) version to the top of the charts? #DefundTheBBC. RT.’

And the response from @poguesofficial on Twitter went viral then and it’s going viral now.

RIP Shane MacGowan.

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Shane MacGowan’s death aged just 65 sent this fabulous Kiefer Sutherland story viral and it’s a lovely watch

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]]> Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:15:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewmIT7GBeZlppg <![CDATA[Shane MacGowan’s death aged just 65 sent this fabulous Kiefer Sutherland story viral and it’s a lovely watch]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewkn8ffJVPvIZA

Sad news today that the great Shane MacGowan has died aged just 65.

The lead singer and songwriter of the Pogues, of course, MacGowan’s death prompted an outpouring of love and affection and no end of tributes on Twitter.

And it also sent this Kiefer Sutherland story viral, a fabulous anecdote about the singer which he shared on the Late, Late Show which is very much worth two minutes of your time.

And just a few of the comments it prompted.

And finally, here’s a great interview with the great man from the Guardian, just last year.

RIP Shane MacGowan.

Source @JamesAHogg2

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]]> Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:38:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewkn8ffJVPvIZA <![CDATA[Matt Hancock being owned by his own book is even more satisfying than that SAS interrogation]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewlVy9f39AflSQ

It was former health secretary Matt Hancock’s turn to give evidence to the Covid inquiry today, and while there were numerous notable exchanges, this one stood out.

It’s Hancock telling Hugo Keith, who is leading the inquiry’s counsel team, how he first told Boris Johnson to lockdown on 13 March, 2000.

Except Keith wonders why Hancock didn’t mention this in his book, and it’s a supremely satisfying watch.

Ooof.

Even more satisfying than this? Very possibly …

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You don’t have to be a woman to relate to Michael Gove talking all over lawyer Claire Mitchell, but it helps

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]]> Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:56:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewlVy9f39AflSQ <![CDATA[‘What’s legal but if you do it you still look like a psychopath?’ 30 super creepy (and very funny) responses]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewmKvuMYAxy-2g

Here’s a very funny thread that went viral on AskReddit when someone asked this.

“What’s legal but if you do it you still look like a psychopath?”

And it got us wanting to try a few of them out just to see how people reacted. Only a few of them, mind.

Here are the 30 of the funniest responses.

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‘Entering an elevator full of people and not turning to face the door.’
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“I suppose you’re all wondering why I’ve gathered you here today…”
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‘Wearing a wedding gown to someone else’s wedding.’
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‘When you just happen to be going to the same place as the car/pedestrian in front of you. It’s even creepier when it’s a long distance and they look behind them and see you.’
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‘Using both hands to put on Chapstick.’
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‘Stop responding midway thru an irl convo, but maintain eye contact.’
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‘Writing an s from the bottom up.’
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‘When someone is holding a door open for you when a place has double doors and you just say f-ck it and take the other door instead.’
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‘One of the politicians in our country bit into a hotdog side ways and in the middle, like a sandwich. It was so weird that it was in the newspapers the next day. Slow news day obv, but made him look like a nutjob.’
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‘Pulling your pants/underwear all the way down to pee at a men’s urinal.’
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‘Working out in a suit.’
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‘Wearing the skin of a roast chicken like a mask.’
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‘Flying a kite at night.’
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‘Instead of holding the door open (especially at a restaurant with dual double doors) you close them right after you enter/exit the building.’
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‘Eating a banana with the skin on.’
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]]> Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:07:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewmKvuMYAxy-2g <![CDATA[We can’t stop watching Jimmy Kimmel utterly destroying Marjorie Taylor Greene for asking to plug her book on his show]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewk9ZuH4-AnFxg

Right-wing Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene clearly detests left-leaning talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. The dedicated supporter of free speech even reported him to the police for making a joke about her.

We didn’t say it was a good joke about her.

As the congresswoman has a new book to plug, she obviously thought she could increase sales by piggybacking on his platform, but he wasn’t having it. In fact, he made even more jokes about her.

She’s probably on the phone to the police as we speak.

His hilariously scathing comments went down a lot better than the book.

Here’s some advice she might want to keep close for future reference.

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The reviews for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s book are every bit as scathing as you’d expect – 15 funny favourites

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]]> Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:07:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewk9ZuH4-AnFxg <![CDATA[This ‘entitled American’ trying to order brunch when it’s no longer brunch got exactly the treatment she deserved]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewlsxAAdHf4h7w

Latest in an occasional series focussed on the (mis)adventures of Americans abroad comes this woman trying to order brunch in a restaurant when it’s no longer brunch.

The clip has gone wildly viral on Twitter for reasons which will surely become obvious, and people had thoughts – lots of thoughts.

But first, the video, posted by @Travis_in_Flint who said: ‘When the American entitlement doesn’t work in other countries. Does this anger or embarrass anyone else?’

And while we work out exactly what was going on – and how humanity has arrived at this point – these people surely said it best.

There were plenty of people saying it was staged or done deliberately for clicks, but we’re not sure that makes us feel any better.

Source @Travis_in_Flint

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]]> Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:39:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/w4IZYbzuewlsxAAdHf4h7w