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Being someone who is in their twenties I can tell you that life is tough. Low wages, little job prospects and sky-rocketing rent prices mean that the future, right now, for my generation, looks pretty bleak. However, luckily for some, they don't have to experience the travails that the majority of…
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There is nothing worse than feeling humiliated in front of a crowd of people. It's honestly the worst feeling in the world. Feeling the blood move up your body and fill your cheeks; the sweat; the clammy hands - it's terrible. However, it's something we all endure and thanks to…
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As a parent, what are you meant to do if your child flat out refuses to get a job? Of course, the first port of call would be to not give them any pocket money. Then what? Remove the Xbox from their bedroom? Slowly, but surely, remove all of their…
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Nobody is perfect. All of us make mistakes from time to time, and those mistakes have a habit of hurting other people too. For the most part, you'd like to think that people wouldn't do anything deliberately to mess with people - but once again, the internet has provided a…
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While some people would say that no one deserves a second chance, for others, they do. When convicts finish their time in prison, the outside world can often be an intimidating and confusing place. Generally speaking, society isn't geared up to help convicts re-integrate into the world and they are…
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Despite huge steps being taken to make the world are more accepting and inclusive place for all, we're still living in a time where people are shunned for a variety of different reasons, whether it be their sexuality, their race or their body shape. Social media apps such as Instagram…
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The father's job is to earn the money and the mother's job is to take care of the baby, right? Wrong. Those stereotypes are dusty. Today, fathers should share parenting duties with the mother, changing diapers, giving baths and breastfeeding the baby. "Wait, what?" you're probably thinking. "Is that possible?…
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According to research conducted for The Journal of Positive Psychology, it should take around 11 weeks to feel better after the end of a relationship. Other studies have suggested that it takes closer to 18 months to feel better after the end of a marriage. While divorce disrupts our lives…
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As advanced as our medical understanding may be in the modern age, there is still a huge margin for human error when it comes to treating certain conditions. Some illnesses just aren't as easy to spot without the correct equipment, and other times - unfortunately - a doctor's opinion may…
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Dealing with ailments or disabilities that affect your life is difficult enough as an adult, but dealing with any sort of debilitating condition from birth presents a unique challenge. Any child learning the same basic skills we all learned with a major disadvantage has to find an inner strength to…
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If there is one positive impact that Instagram has had on the world, it's the rise in body positivity. The picture sharing app, which has risen to be one of the most influential on the planet, has given birth to a wave of body positive influencers who teach their followers…
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If only there was a way to know from the beginning whether our relationship with someone would last forever or not. Imagine how much time we'd save - how much heartbreak we'd save. Unfortunately, no such thing exists, meaning many of us are doomed to date terrible people for a…
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Most of us, at some point or another in our lives, have fantasized about what it would be like to have superhuman powers. Whether it be flying, invisibility, or Hulk-like strength, there's just something so tantalizing about being able to go above and beyond the normal limits of human capability.…
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These days, it would be nearly impossible to find a woman who doesn't own a single cosmetics item. Not that that's a bad thing, of course - it's just that wearing makeup (be it a little or a lot) has simply become the social norm in 2018. But covering one's…
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Finding out that your partner is cheating on you is never nice. However, it would be fair to say that you would rather know than not. Kayla Speer, a 23-year-old from Burlington, Iowa, took to Twitter to share a tale of love, lies and... sandwiches. Popping up on her account,…
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Each person's coming out story is completely unique. For some, it takes decades to slowly come to the realisation that they're attracted to people of the same sex. Others have known their entire lives and it comes as little shock to them to say the words "I'm gay" out loud. But,…
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There are plenty of times that we find ourselves in bathrooms, aware of how other people are washing their hands. If you're waiting to get to the sink, soap, hand towels or hand dryer in a busy public bathroom, it's easy to look over and wonder why that person thinks…
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My mother would always tell me that the only difference between an ugly person and a beautiful one is a good smile. Okay, so she just so happens to be a dental hygienist, and thus is a little bit biased, but it's still a good point. A clean mouth and…
