16 things you only know if you live in Clapham

June 24, 2017, 5:16 am

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A lot of people think they ‘get’ Clapham. Big common, lots of Aussies, right? Wrong. Well, sort of.

Clapham certainly does have a wealth of green spaces.

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And OK, a fair few Antipodeans settle here – but Clapham is so much more than this.

It straddles two boroughs, Wandsworth and Lambeth, so council tax varies depending on where you live.

Rents are still reasonable, especially towards to north and south ends.

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June 24, 2017, 6:39 am

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There are few moments of discomfort more intensely painful than listening to a recording of your own voice.

Do you really sound like that? Is your voice seriously that nasal and high pitched?

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You pray that this isn’t the way everyone else hears you. You quickly shut off the recording and try to block out the memory of your own voice you next have to speak.

But the knowledge of your voice will forever linger, a niggling doubt in… Read the full story

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June 24, 2017, 7:07 am

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Ah, Twitter. The water cooler for the world (or, you know, freelancers and people with too much time on their hands).

Things got pretty meta over in the Twittersphere this week when comedian and longtime Twitterer Paul F. Tompkins called out the most common meme templates on the social network.

Gang, it's a new day, so let's do what we always do: absolutely CRUSH IT with the 7 available Twitter joke structures.

— Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins) June 21, 2017

Yep, that’s right. Turns out 140 characters is pretty restrictive when it comes to creating original gags.

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Pixiwoo’s Nic Chapman has opened up about having multiple sclerosis in an emotional video

June 24, 2017, 7:41 am

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Nic Chapman, makeup artist and one half of Pixiwoo, has revealed that she has multiple sclerosis (MS) after years of dealing with the condition.

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In an emotional video titled My Secret Illness, Nic reveals that her biological father recently died of MS – which is partly why she’s now choosing to open up about her illness.

‘He never gave me anything in my life apart from MS,’ says Nic. ‘I live with it, and I’m totally fine, but I think it’s such a big thing to actually tell everyone.’

Nic explains that she… Read the full story

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June 24, 2017, 7:58 am

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It is a true tragedy.

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You prepare a single slice of toast. You grab a just-about-ripe avocado. Then you realise: if you use the entirety of your avocado, the avocado to toast ratio will be entirely off. If you don’t use it all, the leftover bit will go brown and miserable.

You go for one of two options: you overload your bit of bread with much too much avo, or you give yourself half and attempt to wrap the rest in clingfilm for later. It doesn’t quite work. You are heartbroken.

Some wonderful people have come… Read the full story

What happens if you let a robot name your guinea pigs

June 24, 2017, 9:02 am

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Using animals in experiments? Normally we’d be against it.

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But in what is quite possibly the only experiment that used guinea pigs as guinea pigs without being cruel, a research scientist has harnessed artificial intelligence to name pets.

It all started when Portland Guinea Pig Rescue approached scientist Janelle Shane with an unusual request: could she train a neural network to generate guinea pig names?

If you’re wondering why the animal sanctuary couldn’t just ‘do an Oliver Twist’ and work their way through the alphabet, it’s because the charity needed a way of generating a large number of names… Read the full story

Quiz: Do you remember all of these random characters from Friends?

June 24, 2017, 11:00 pm

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Friends is one of the greatest shows to ever bless our screens, but just how much do you remember from it?

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Yes, you still probably use the jokes to this day, you identify with them, and you have an absolute favourite episode, but do you remember all of the random characters?

Not random like the parents of the famous main characters, but what about their hook ups? Their disastrous dates? And those that made one off appearances?

Take this quiz and test your in-depth… Read the full story

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June 25, 2017, 1:03 am

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When it comes to exercising, many of us seem to think that there’s no such thing as ‘too much’.

Head onto Instagram and you could be forgiven for thinking that you’re the only person who takes days off from the gym and occasionally eats something greasier other than a blasted Buddha bowl.

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But exercise addiction is real and is something that we should be aware of – particularly those of us who spend time flicking through endless #fitspo accounts… Read the full story

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If you genuinely want to slim down, stop saying you ‘can’t eat certain foods

June 25, 2017, 1:29 am

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When you’re trying to shred a few pounds, it can feel like the whole world is out to get you.

Suddenly, everyone’s throwing lavish dinners or demanding you join them for drinks. Everyone in your office decides to bring in baked goods. Your favourite snackettes go on special offer in Tesco.

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For the dieter, life is hard.

You go around telling people that you ‘can’t eat sugar’ or ‘can’t have wine’ or ‘can’t have carbs’ like some sort of broken record.

And that’s where you might be going wrong.

Because a study… Read the full story

Dad dresses his baby up as a box of KFC and a plant pot because, why not?

June 25, 2017, 2:04 am

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Babies are ridiculous.

They’re tiny and pudgy and inconceivably cute – particularly when dressed as boxes of fried chicken.

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Just look at Sholom Ber Solomon’s baby, Zoe.

Together, the father-daughter duo take all sorts of incredible photographs, complete with props, sets and intricate costumes.

Originally from Hackney but now living in California, Sholom has been dressing up and staging photos for friends and family for years.

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June 25, 2017, 2:29 am

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Pizza is the food of Gods.

Everyone loves pizza and everything is delicious when placed on a pizza base and given the royal mozzarella topping treatment.

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But there is a limit.

And someone has finally crossed it by creating a ‘three course pizza’ which features a load of starters in the middle, burgers on the next ring and fried Oreos near the crust.

Sold at Krave It, a sandwich shop in Queens, New York, the pizza is designed to be eaten from the inside out, with fries and onion rings starting off proceedings.

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June 25, 2017, 3:23 am

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High school can be one of the greatest periods in your life or it can be an absolute living hell which haunts you forever.

Either way, how popular you were at school can affect how easily you settle into university life or how keen you are to never step foot in another educational institution again.

Dad dresses his baby up as a box of KFC and a plant pot because, why not?

But it goes a lot deeper than that.

According to Mitch Prinstein, author of POPULAR: The Power of Likeability in a Status-Obsessed World, our brains have been moulded by teenage popularity.

That’s because… Read the full story

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June 25, 2017, 4:00 am

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Dolce & Gabbana just got massively played by one of their own models

June 25, 2017, 4:13 am

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Ah, D&G.

Not a year goes by without them annoying or insulting one community or another.

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Remember when they said that IVF-conceived kids were ‘synthetic’ or when they brought out a range of ‘slave sandals’?

Well, they’re in hot water again.

But this time, it’s over something they’ve crassly designed but their dressing of Melania Trump.

Even Miley Cyrus has got involved, sharing a picture of her brother walking for the label with the caption ‘D&G, I STRONGLY disagree… Read the full story

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June 25, 2017, 4:42 am

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We’re so used to stories about women being objectified, it no longer really counts as news.

But here’s an example so ludicrous that it deserves airtime.

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It involves a 20-year-old woman being rejected from her apartment building’s communal pool for wearing a one-piece.

Why? Because her body is apparently so curvaceous that it’d send the young boys already at the pool wild.

And that, apparently, was her problem – not theirs.

Tori Jenkins’ fiance took to Facebook to call the apartment complex out on their ‘sexual harrassment and/or… Read the full story

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June 25, 2017, 6:02 am

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When it comes to sun care, some of us need greater protection than others.

While the sun is damaging to all skins, people who produce more melanin tend to be able to be able to stand the sun for longer – although they can still burn. Those with very fair skin, on the other hand, only have to be out in the sun for a matter of minutes before they feel the burn.

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Grown man is his cousin’s ‘flower girl’ at her wedding and completely bosses it

June 25, 2017, 7:24 am

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When you don’t have any small relations or mates with kids, you often have to do without having pageboys or flower girls working your wedding.

Unless you’ve got a fully grown cousin who’s willing to step into the role, like Patrick Casey.

Dad dresses his baby up as a box of KFC and a plant pot because, why not?

He’s super close to his cousin Andria and back in the day, they were both enlisted to take part in a wedding as the flower girl and ring bearer.

When Andria got engaged, she wanted to make sure Patrick had a key role.

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Japanese diver has been visiting his best fish friend for 25 years

June 25, 2017, 6:52 am

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This is Hiroyuki Arakawa.

He’s been pals with Yoriko – a fish – for a quarter of a decade and every year, he dives down to visit him.

It’s Hiroyuki’s job to keep an eye on one of the Shinto religion’s shrines which is located beneath Japan’s Tateyama Bay.

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Over the years, he’s become familiar with all the underwater critters that lurk around the shine, including an Asian sheepshead wrasse called Yoriko.

To greet him, Hiroyuki gives Yoriko a kiss.

And before you start trying to piss over this particular parade, a 2016 study proved that fish are actually capable of recognising human faces.

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June 25, 2017, 9:10 am

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Burger nips.

Two words no woman wants to be associated with.

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Now, I’m not nipple-shaming here. Big ones, little ones – all are blessed. But having small aureolas and stiff nipples when you’ve got small boobs can be extremely useful.

Erect nipples (although sometimes uncomfortably) have the miraculous effect of lifting your entire breast and giving it real shape.

Going bra-less when you’ve got a B-cup and it’s a bit nippy is fine – everything stands to attention, defying gravity.

But when it’s warmer and stickier, going without a bra gets trickier.

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June 25, 2017, 10:00 pm

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I started self-harming as a teenager.

At the time, it was to cope with distressing emotions.

My history of self-harm has left me with scars – but I see them as a mark of my survival

As I became more mentally unwell in my 20s, self-harm became an outlet for managing the harsh symptoms I was suffering. It became something I would do to prevent me ending my life.

Perhaps it became a habit; it may have even been an addiction for a short time.

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