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Designing interiors for calm: Your quick guide for the new year We can't keep up if we don't place higher value on calmness and solitude. Here's how to make your home the epitome of tranquil in 2021.
If this year leaves us with any new wisdom, it’ll be about the value of calm and solitude in our often busy and hectic lives. In the past year, many millions of people have been able to pause and reflect on the injustices in the world or the issues in their lives, and approach them with a little more clarity than before. Many have been trapped at home, but have created safe, secure, and calming places to relax when things become too much. In this piece, we’re going to look at expanding those calm spaces to make your home the epitome of tranquil in 2021. Light and dark A home…
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Why is it ok to assume consent during fantasies? I can no longer enjoy erotic fantasy unless consent is very clearly dealt with, but I worry that others' imaginations are not as ethical.
I admit that it sometimes affects my enjoyment of light-hearted pleasurable things and can cause people to use their *confused face* on me when I tell them. It started a few years ago, but now I can’t switch it off. My thing is… I just can’t enjoy fantasies unless consent is very clearly dealt with. Does that seem odd? I’m not entirely sure how it happened either, as I wasn’t always like this. It started a while ago with my own fantasies. I’d be imagining something hot happening with my latest crush, and then the logical side of my brain would step in and say, “but that would never happen.”…
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We asked an AI for good sex positions and the results are horrifying We trained an AI to ponder life's great questions, such as how to get off even harder.
We are trying to improve and optimize everything with AI, so why not sex also? That was my first thought when I first learned of Talk to Transformer, an interface to OpenAI’s GPT 2 language model. (That’s fancy talk for this AI will talk about any subject you care to prompt it with.) I played around with this thing for about an hour, prompting the AI with lines such as “the best sex position is,” and saved the most interesting finds for your edification. Some of these sex positions aren’t even possible on this plane of existence so you know it’s gonna get really hot. The Zygomaticus position “The best…
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The internet is toxic – here are five possible cures The Internet can be a tremendously awful place. Here are some ideas for solutions from thinkers all over the world.
Anybody who’s spent any amount of time logged on knows that the Internet can be a tremendously awful place. The same series of tubes that brings us movie trailers and dog pics are also used to deliver hatred and vitriol from complete strangers. And if you think that things are getting worse online, you’re right. The Internet Health Report, a new project from Mozilla, aims to build a picture of the sanity and stability of the Internet, all three billion online souls who make it what it is. It’s a dense and difficult report, full of information, and although there are certainly some positives, it also offers some chilling predictions.…
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Stop doing these 10 things your vagina HATE Your vagina is sending out an S-O-S.
If you interfere with the normal operation of your vajay you may face irritation or infection — or worse — and chances are you’re already doing at least one of these things. Your vagina is sending out an S-O-S. Listen! So read on to find out about the common mistakes we as woman make and how to better take care of your hoo hoo. Washing her too well and too often The vulva naturally secretes thick oils that defend its delicate skin from the secretions and friction it’s exposed to on a daily basis. If you scrub off those oils with harsh cleansers (think body washes, with fragrance, or surfactants)…
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12 super offensive Xmas songs to get you in the mood for the stress to come Abusive Christmas songs are just as traditional as the more saccharine stuff -- and a lot more palatable.
With twelve days to Xmas it’s time we got in the mood, so here’s twelve songs to count down the days and help get you through the next twelve sleepless nights you’ll be having — quivering with excitement as you wait for Santa to come down the chimney and make his sentence known. We all know there’s nothing worse than cheery Christmas songs about baby Jesus in some manger waiting to receive his gifts from the three bloody kings. I like my noëls to have swearing and derogatory lyrics, I want to hear about the three kings gang banging Mary under the mistletoe, while Joseph fellates a cow, and Santa…
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11 groundbreaking women comic book artists that prove male artists are mediocre The female names that any serious comics geek should know and celebrate.
While the comic book industry has been viewed as a boy’s club for decades, behind the scenes some of the most innovative and creative artists have been women. Here are 11 names any serious comics geek should know and celebrate. Tarpé Mills The early days of comics were very male-dominated, but for June Tarpé Mills, that was just more motivation. The Brooklyn-born artist went by her middle name so that editors and readers wouldn’t know she was a girl. After modeling to pay her way through New York’s Pratt Institute, she worked as a fashion illustrator before working on a number of adventure comics in the early 1940s. Her most…
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A guide to setting up your perfect craft room Unleash your creative juices on command with a dedicated space built just for the task.
Craft rooms are great additions to any home, as they allow the creative juices to flow more easily, and let you explore new and exciting hobbies where you can always create something new. If you’re trying to set up the ideal creative space from scratch, you might not know where to start. The following guide can help you. Encourage as much natural light as possible Natural light will be a huge help for all different crafts, as they will enable you to see everything you’re doing more easily, and more realistically. This is particularly important for painting or drawing. Not only that, but more natural light helps to set up…
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Femcels rising: how to cope with lack of sex and intimacy The media is bombarding us with sex tips and sex normalization. But what if we're not getting any? How do the rest of us fit in?
Anyone who is exposed to mainstream media on a regular basis is pretty much constantly reminded of sex. We are told how good it is for you, how we can have better orgasms and how to impress our lovers with exciting new skills. We get told how to attract people to do it with, and how to make those we’ve snared want more. But… what if we’re not getting any, eh? How do the rest of us fit in? It has to be said, some people actively choose not to have sex. Whether they’re committed to religious beliefs which state they should wait until after marriage, or are simply deciding for…
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Ways to keep your home free of pests An ounce of prevention is worth a pound (or ten) of nasty chemicals.
Pests are unfortunately a part of life — and an inconvenient one at that. They can vary from repulsive creepy-crawlies to highly destructive rodent problems costing you thousands of dollars in damage. It’s essential to be proactive and prevent pest from taking hold in your home to begin with, but signs that you may have an infestation on your hand (and this article is too little, too late) include: Droppings Evidence of nests Noises in the walls (larger pests, such as rodents) Damage to property, such as evidence of chewing Here are 10 ways to keep your home free of any nasties: Store food correctly Try to avoid leaving food…