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What with the prevalence of social media and advertising these days, it's very easy for people to become self-conscious about the way they look. We're constantly being told that we're too fat or too thin, too short or too tall, too glamorous or too plain - and, after a while,…
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Starbucks literally just finished racial bias training - we've been told time and time again that discrimination against anyone for essentially existing and doing all the crap people seemingly do every day is not right (you shouldn't have to be told anyway, it should be instilled upon you from birth)…
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We all get in food ruts sometimes. It's easy to get stuck thinking one food just goes with another, and that's all there is to it. Right now I'm going through a weird grilled cheese phase where I have to have one as a "side-dish" with my dinner every day. Just…
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As a society, we're beginning to cotton on to the fact that restaurants don't really do the whole customer service thing right anymore. Somewhere along the way in trying to make things affordable and being a recognisable brand, a lot of them have picked up what we'll politely call "bad…
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Jon Lipsey, the editor-in-chief of Men's Fitness, never considered himself to be that out of shape, but by time he hit 37 he realized that he had let the stresses and responsibilities of life distract him from taking care of his own health. Now, with a child on the way,…
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High fashion is a funny old concept, isn't it? While I understand that certain labels produce higher quality clothing and therefore cost more money, sometimes it can get slightly absurd. Whether it's Prada selling a paper clip for $185, or Raf Simons selling duct tape for $200, there's a lot of…
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There's a reason why the most effective addition to a hallway in The Shining's Overlook Hotel was a pair of twin girls, and why The Omen featured a five-year-old rather than a teenage Damien. While children offer us the chance to see the wonders of the world again through their…
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Family photos are a stalwart of society as we know it. Whenever we head back to visit our parents with our new/current partner, they will whip out the family photo album and set out on a mission to cause mass embarrassment. Whether it's the photos of your spotty, brace-faced teenage…
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Ah, where would we be without modern photographic technology? Think of all those cute selfies we'd miss out on taking, all those great evenings out with friends we'd fail to capture, and all those thousands of snaps of our pets that would never see the light of Instagram. Oh, and…
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In a world full of crazy, pizza seems to be the only constant. Bad day at work? Pizza for dinner. Having friends round? Pizzas for everyone, so you can mix and match slices. A person breaks up with you? Pizza. Get sent a scheduled promotional email with very little off…
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Holidays are a time to sit back, relax, and just be yourself. Maybe spend a week in the sun with a good book or a group of friends, or hang by the pool, or - if the fancy takes you - simply kick back with a few cocktails. However, even…
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Earlier this month, everyone with more than two minutes to kill on the internet found themselves getting dragged into the great Yanny/Laurel debate of 2018. An audio clip was posted to Twitter with the caption, "What do you hear?" and - within a matter of hours - the world went…
