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Cheeky theory is the best explanation yet for the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle engagement

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News of the engagement between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle caught Americans' imagination just like any other story about the British royals -- births, anniversaries, celebrations, jubilees, and so on.

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But what if behind the jolly facade of a couple in love wishing to declare their commitment before God and the nation there's an actual conspiracy to reclaim a former colony, lost in a never-forgotten, embittered war?

That's the joke Greg Pollowitz, editor at Twitchy.com, dug up to explain the royal announcement:

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Meghan Markle is American, so the future offspring will be Americans! Da-daam! Boom! Mic drop!

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It was just a cheeky tweet, but it went absolutely viral and people just loved it:

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There was the obvious Brexit reference:

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As well as the Trump one:

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Some conjectured a crossover between two incredibly popular TV shows:

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But in general the tweets reacting to the joke were just hilarious:

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While someone took it a bit too seriously:

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Train company responds to womans complaint about sexist behaviour with, uh, more sexism
Train company responds to womans complaint about sexist behaviour with, uh, more sexism
Heads up, companies: when a woman makes a complaint about the misogynist behaviour of a male employee, take her seriously.
Sadly, this isn't what happened when a woman complained to a UK train company about the dismissive and patronising conduct of one of their train conductors. Instead, her complaint was met with a snarky and completely tone deaf response.
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Emily Lucinda Cole tweeted a complaint to Virgin Trains East Coast that an older male train manager dismissed her in a "patronising" way, calling her "honey."
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But, the social media manager behind the Virgin Trains Twitter account chose to respond with more patronising language.
"Sorry for the mess up Emily, would you prefer "pet" or "love" next time?" they wrote, before signing off with the initials "MS."
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Cole tweeted a screenshot of the tweets, stating that she was "stunned" at the response.
"Wonderful to see that @(opens in a new tab)virgin_trainsEC(opens in a new tab) take complaints of rude and misogynistic behaviour seriously. Stunned," wrote Cole.
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The tweet by "MS" was later deleted, and Virgin Trains posted an apology stating that they deleted the tweeted to "avoid causing more offence."
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But the initial tone-deaf response didn't go unnoticed on Twitter.
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Virgin Trains did not respond immediately to Mashable's request for comment.

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The 2020 campaign trail is already taking a toll on my sanity, but at least there have been a few laughs along the way.
An overwhelming number of candidates are running, and for some reason they keep doing a bunch of ridiculous crap. There have been Yang antics, Biden malarky(Opens in a new tab), and more, all while an impeachment trial intensifies Trump's regularly scheduled nonsense. To say the end of 2019 has been politically hectic and stressful would be an understatement, but there has been one saving grace: the embarrassing campaign dances.
In November, a video of the "Buttigieg Dance" — a sequence of mortifying moves that Pete Buttigieg supporters set to Panic! at the Disco's "High Hopes" — made the rounds on social media. People loved to hate on the dance, and it wasn't long before another candidate, Mike Bloomberg, inspired a follow-up campaign dance. Except it wasn't from Bloomberg's team at all.
On Friday, Twitter user @nickciarelli(Opens in a new tab) shared a video of "Bloomberg Heads" doing a dance at a Mike Bloomberg rally in Beverly Hills. The dance is done to Maroon 5's ear-bleed-inducing banger, "Moves Like Jagger," and every time Adam Levine sings "Jagger" someone can be heard apathetically saying, "BLOOMBERG!"
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Much like the Buttigieg dance, the Bloomberg dance is painful to watch, but the difference between the two is that sadly, the Bloomberg dance is fake.
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Many people initially believed the Bloomberg dance video was genuinely done by fans of the former New York mayor because Ciarelli's Twitter bio reads "Communications Intern @Mike2020(Opens in a new tab)." A simple Google search reveals that Ciarelli is actually a comedian(Opens in a new tab), so this dance was just a gag. Even Team Bloomberg tweeted to clarify that Ciarelli is not an intern for the campaign.
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The fact that Americans were so quick to believe that a dance this bad was real may seems like an embarrassing new low(Opens in a new tab). But you know what? It's not that we're gullible. It's simply 2019 and we've seen so much stupid shit online that this very well could have been a thing that actually happened.
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The Mayor Pete dance was real, and look how foolish that was.
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The Bloomberg dance may not be real, but like the Buttigieg dance it's incredibly dumb. And sometimes you just need laugh at something dumb to be able get through the grueling months of a presidential campaign.
Rogue Burning Man 2021: Should you go? Probably not.
Rogue Burning Man 2021: Should you go? Probably not.
Officially, Burning Man 2021 takes place in an alternate reality. The VR version of Black Rock City, which I reviewed last year, is returning with several neat upgrades — including museums dedicated to the event's nondenominational Temple and its eponymous Man, along with live musical performances via virtual hologram.
But that's not the hot topic of conversation among veterans of the 35-year old counterculture festival, which normally takes place the week before Labor Day. Frustrated by the second year in which COVID-19 canceled an actual physical gathering, thousands of Burners are taking matters into their own hands — by camping in their regular spot in the Black Rock desert of northern Nevada. Even a giant pall of smoke from California's ongoing mega-fires does not appear to be dissuading them.
Call it Rogue Burning Man. Some veterans estimate as many as 20,000 people could show up next week. (Black Rock City's population in 2019: 78,850.) A private Facebook group called Black Rock Plan B has more than 13,300 members, and its admins are constructing an unofficial map(Opens in a new tab). It overlays the planned coordinates of 500-plus unofficial Burning Man camps on the traditional Black Rock City road grid — normally constructed a month in advance by Burning Man's official Department of Public Works(Opens in a new tab), now no more than a vague idea.

"We're not dissuading people from going," says Marian Goodell, longtime CEO of the nonprofit Burning Man organization, who plans on visiting Rogue Burning Man herself. "But I don't think you should try to go if you're not an experienced Burner. And if you last went in 1996, when we respected the dangers of the desert and communal effort was key, this is your year."
In the years after the event transferred from San Francisco's Baker Beach to the Black Rock desert in 1990, it was a rough-edged gathering with few rules. In 1996, three people were seriously injured when a drunk driver ran over a tent at night. Co-founders John Law and Larry Harvey disagreed about whether it should be held again. Harvey took control and returned in 1997 with the city grid, a 5 mph speed limit, and the beginnings of an army of volunteers.
"I don't think you should try to go if you're not an experienced Burner. And if you last went in 1996, when we respected the dangers of the desert and communal effort was key, this is your year."
As Black Rock City became larger and safer, Burning Man's anarchic early years have acquired a kind of mythic status among some attendees. Be careful what you wish for, Goodell warns: "I was there in '96, it was scary as fuck," she says. "People were driving 45 mph" — a speed at which cars can kick up large dust clouds on this ancient lake bed, not to mention hit things, especially at night. "I wouldn't camp out on the edge of the playa, you'll need to be near people," says Goodell. "Camping in groups helps keep you visible."
Not that much of anything may be visible anyway. At time of writing, the air quality on the playa is at an unhealthy-to-all value of 160 on the Air Quality Index, and has risen as high as 350, a hazardous level, in the last week, thanks largely to the out-of-control Caldor fire(Opens in a new tab) near Lake Tahoe. Wildfire smoke can make you more prone to a COVID infection(Opens in a new tab), and the nearest hospitals, about 100 miles away in Reno, have seen a threefold increase in COVID cases this month(Opens in a new tab).

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Throw in all the other potential hazards of Black Rock life — hundred-mile-an-hour dust storms, sudden downpours that can trap vehicles in mountains of mud — and you have plenty of avenues for potential disaster.
Which is just the way that some adrenaline junkie Burners like it (a frequent motto at the event is "safety third"). But many event volunteers are nervous. One says he has dissuaded 13 people from attending by asking what they would do if a campmate broke a leg at 3 a.m. Drive them to Reno while keeping them sedated with tequila and a joint?
Goodell says she isn't worried about hospitalizations for injury or dehydration so much as outsiders with evil intent infiltrating the event, or possible food poisoning. (In prior years, camps that served food to the public at Burning Man were required to get a permit.)
The Bureau of Land Management can't stop people camping at the site; it is public land, after all. But the BLM has introduced temporary restrictions(Opens in a new tab): no fires beyond elevated camp fires, no fireworks, no lasers, no gray water(Opens in a new tab), no peeing on the playa, and perhaps most importantly to would-be attendees, no porta-potties. A good portion of the Plan B Facebook group is devoted to discussing various makeshift personal toilet options, for those who aren't bringing an RV with enough capacity.
Thanks to such unappealing specifics, the number of attendees appears to be whittling down by the day. Anecdotally, out of my 41 friends who are members of the Plan B group, I could only confirm that two are planning on attending. The tone of the group appears a lot more sober than it did in July, even if there are still a few genuine posts from newbies asking about whiteouts and WiFi. (Given the prankster nature of the event, there's also a lot of trolling along those lines.)
Rogue Burning Man may yet be a success. The air quality may drop to safe levels just in time. Either way, there will be art, there will be dancing to EDM, there will be playa weddings. Goodell's hope is that Burners trained by years of radical self-reliance will be able to improvise their own infrastructure, such as agreeing to leave 20 feet between neighboring camps in case emergency vehicles need to get through.
But if you're nervous about even trying, you absolutely do not need to go just to battle FOMO. After all, there's a fascinating VR Burning Man taking place in the next universe over.
Police find viral ice cream licker, but theres a catfish twist
Police find viral ice cream licker, but theres a catfish twist
Law enforcement officials have identified and interviewed the woman who was recorded licking ice cream and then returning the tub to a supermarket freezer.
The viral video posted on Twitter on Jun. 29 shows the young woman licking Blue Bell ice cream while the person recording the video goads her on.
Twitter users expressed their horror at the unsanitary act. On Jul. 1, Blue Bell thanked consumers for alerting the company of the tampering.
"We take this issue very seriously and are currently working with the appropriate authorities," the company said in a statement.
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Dubbed the "Blue Bell licker," police in Lufkin, Texas, announced on Facebook on Friday that the suspect was identified as a juvenile from nearby San Antonio. Her boyfriend, an adult whose family hails from Lufkin, also admitted to his involvement.
The case is notable because another Instagram user — who was not the teenager in the video — claimed they were the one licking ice cream. Twitter users began sharing a screenshot(Opens in a new tab) of @xx.asiaaa.xx's comment bragging about the incident.
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"You can call it Flu Bell ice cream now ‘cause I was a lil sick last week," the catfish said. "Repost yourself doing this. Let’s see if we can start an epidemic (literally)."

Blue Bell identified the store's location as a Walmart in Lufkin, based on "unique merchandising" sold in that specific store, according to BuzzFeed News(Opens in a new tab). The company instructed store managers to remove all the half-gallon tubs of Blue Bell Tin Roof, and officials believe the contaminated container was not sold.
Because the suspect is a minor, her case will be turned over to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. Police are "discussing" her boyfriend's involvement to determine whether or not he'll face charges.
Others are copying her gross ice cream moves, though. Larz, an influencer who claims he's part of Jake Paul's Team 10, posted a video of himself eating ice cream out of the carton with his hands and then placing it back on the store shelf. Jake Paul allegedly told another YouTuber(Opens in a new tab), "He's not on Team 10 nor do I know him."
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Although he later posted a video of a police officer questioning him, Larz doesn't appear to be facing significant consequences.

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I love Instagram décor photos, but where is everyones actual stuff?
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I love to decorate, and I love it more when it's difficult. Small spaces, strange corners, storing six pairs of socks inside a boot so it looks nice on a shelf --- sign me up. I love it all.
To make the most of living in a small apartment, I often consult the internet for decorating tips. A particularly good resource is Instagram, which is full of professionally staged homes as well as personal shots. I prefer to look at the latter, though. Since I have a real home, I want to see what someone's real home looks like.
So where the hell is everyone's stuff?
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Look, I get why people aren't leaving their dirty socks in the corners of their 'grams. Clutter makes for less serene, less "aesthetically pleasing" images. And yes, I have certainly moved my plastic cup and used napkin out of an otherwise Insta-ready food shot.
But I also have beauty products that I must store on a shelf, and bags of coffee that are just going to be on the kitchen counter because that's where I make coffee, and a bathrobe to hang behind my bedroom door, and a bag of flour that I have no interest in replacing with a glass canister of flour(opens in a new tab). These things aren't inherently bad. In fact, they're as much as a part of my life as a cute succulent or a jute rug would be. On Instagram, though, they're often nowhere to be found.
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On my weekly forays into the home décor Google chasm, I often come across variations on this quote: "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." A textile designer, writer, and socialist thinker named William Morris said this(opens in a new tab), and it makes a lot of sense!

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The issue, though, is that on the internet, this sentiment has somehow morphed into "everything in your home must be both useful and beautiful." Thus, average-looking things that we actually use -- plastic spritz bottles for our plants, puzzles, travel knick-knacks, hot water bottles -- are hidden away, leaving only the delicate taupe blankets and pink slipper chairs in the frame. The blankets and chairs are beautiful, yes, but they're not the only things you see around you every day. They star in a home you look at, not a home you live in.
I want to see your ugly stuff!
Say you have a stapler. It is plastic and a garish red, but it is a useful stapler, and you staple things with it all the time. Then, at the store, you discover another stapler. This one is also a functional stapler, but it is gold. It matches some other belongings that you have. You buy the new stapler. The old stapler goes into a drawer. The new stapler appears in a photograph. Now you effectively only have one stapler, but you technically possess double the staplers. William Morris would be annoyed with you, probably! And I am, too.
I want to see the stupid red stapler. I want to see your ugly stuff!
And that brings me to the most obnoxious reason I want décor Instagram to change: good-natured voyeurism. It is simply less fun to look at homes that do not have personal affects in them. Would you rather watch a Raymour & Flanigan commercial or a Sweet Digs(opens in a new tab) video on Refinery29? I rest my case.

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I am certainly not excusing myself from my role in perpetuating ultra-matchy, minimalist Instagram. (The stapler story is semi-autobiographical.) And I am not saying I want to see your used napkins! Please continue to Instagram your well-lit plants to your heart's content, even if it means making some temporary for-the-'gram rearrangements.
But it would be nice to see images that don't make me feel bad for possessing things that are only useful -- images that aren't perfectly curated, but that still look good. A lot of people don't have the space, the time, or the stapler budget to make their homes go full KonMari, but that doesn't mean their homes can't look good. Exposed microwaves and all.
After all, possessing only beautiful and useful things isn't necessarily inspiring. But living a life? That is pretty cool!

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus says FU to cancer in defiant post-surgery Instagram photo
Julia Louis-Dreyfus says FU to cancer in defiant post-surgery Instagram photo
Julia Louis-Dreyfus has posted a stunningly defiant photo of herself following surgery for breast cancer, alongside a "fuck you cancer" message.
In September 2017, the Veep star announced her breast cancer diagnosis, and called for(opens in a new tab) universal health care.
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Louis-Dreyfus has shared updates on Instagram throughout her treatment, including a video her sons made(opens in a new tab) to celebrate her last day of chemotherapy.
Now, months after her diagnosis, Louis-Dreyfus has shared her first photo taken after her surgery, stating that she's "feeling happy and ready to rock after surgery."
"Hoorah! Great doctors, great results, feeling happy and ready to rock after surgery. Hey cancer, 'Fuck you!' Here’s my first post op photo," she wrote.

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Hoorah, indeed!

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People flood England players Instagram pages with support amid racist abuse
People flood England players Instagram pages with support amid racist abuse
Sometimes things don't quite work out as we'd hoped.
That's certainly true of the UEFA Euro 2020 final at Wembley Stadium, which saw Italy take home the trophy on Sunday after beating England on penalties. But the loss has led to disgraceful, racist behaviour against several England players.
Footballers Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, and Bukayo Saka have been targeted with a torrent of abuse on their social media accounts after missing penalties in the 3-2 shootout loss.
People have been taking to Instagram to attempt to drown out the vile abuse by reporting racist comments and posting messages of love and support for the players.
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London's Metropolitan Police tweeted(Opens in a new tab) that it's aware of the abuse being directed at players on social media following the final and said that the matter will be investigated. "This abuse is totally unacceptable, it will not be tolerated and it will be investigated," the tweet read.
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"No one should have to experience racist abuse anywhere, and we don’t want it on Instagram," a Facebook company spokesperson told Mashable in a statement. "We quickly removed comments and accounts directing abuse at England’s footballers last night and we’ll continue to take action against those that break our rules.
"In addition to our work to remove this content, we encourage all players to turn on Hidden Words, a tool which means no one has to see abuse in their comments or DMs. No one thing will fix this challenge overnight, but we’re committed to keeping our community safe from abuse."
After attempting to report racist comments I'd personally spotted on players' posts, I received notifications saying that the Instagram team hasn't been able to review them and that the comments "probably didn't go against the community guidelines." Facebook said it was going to look into these reports.

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England manager Gareth Southgate said this racist abuse against his players was "unforgivable." "It’s just not what we stand for," he told reporters(Opens in a new tab). “We have been a beacon of light in bringing people together, in people being able to relate to the national team, and the national team stands for everybody and so that togetherness has to continue."
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The FA (Football Authority, the national governing body for football in England) released a statement condemning the online racism aimed at the players on social media.
"We could not be clearer that anyone behind such disgusting behaviour is not welcome in following the team," read the statement(Opens in a new tab). "We will do all we can to support the players affected while urging the toughest punishments possible for anyone responsible."
The statement went on to say that the FA implores the government to "act quickly and bring in the appropriate legislation so this abuse has real life consequences" and that social media companies "need to step up and take accountability and action to ban abusers from their platforms."

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted(Opens in a new tab), "This England team deserve to be lauded as heroes, not racially abused on social media. Those responsible for this appalling abuse should be ashamed of themselves."

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Sending solidarity and love to Rashford, Sancho, and Saka today.
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Sandra Oh wearing a onesie and diamonds is the energy we all need in 2019
Sandra Oh wearing a onesie and diamonds is the energy we all need in 2019
Sandra Oh pretty much won the entire 2019 Golden Globes. She co-hosted the show with Andy Samberg, took home an award and moved everyone with her acceptance speech, and she killed it on the red carpet with her Killing Eve co-star Jodie Comer.
And now, she's also won big in the category of "Best Morning After Pic". Oh posted a photo of herself lying on the floor wearing a onesie and the diamond necklace she wore to the Golden Globes afterparty.
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"Thank you to all my Team(s)," she wrote in the caption.
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Based on the photo, it looks like Oh ate breakfast next to her award, which is probably what we all would do.
It really struck a chord with other onesie enthusiasts out there.
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For some people, this chilling-in-a-onesie-and-diamonds-on-the-hotel-floor energy is exactly what we need going into 2019.
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Let's please make Big Onesie Energy a thing in 2019.

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What do our sex dreams mean?
What do our sex dreams mean?
Have you ever found yourself squirming in the middle of the night (in a good way) after dreaming of being railed by your next-door neighbour, or perhaps a platonic best friend? Same. We're not alone. With three-quarters of the population(Opens in a new tab) experiencing sex dreams left, right, and centre — you're in excellent company.
Some of the most common dream events include same-sex shags, dirty talk, and oral sex, to name but a few. However, is it possible for our spiciest dream to lead to a sexual awakening whilst snoozing? Have people been able to unlock kinks as they catch Zs?
"I’ve been with my girlfriend for five years, and I constantly have sexual dreams about different females," says John*. He explains that, while he doesn't dream of kinks, he has consistent dreams (up to three to four times a week) of cheating on his girlfriend with her friends and colleagues, or experiencing threesomes. "It's not made me want to do it in real life," he says, "but only because of the guilt. Plus, I don't think she'd go for it."
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For some people, sex dreams lead to new levels of intimacy and ways to have sex. Laurie* has also been somewhat influenced by her dreams. "Sex dreams have mostly given my partner and I ideas for new positions to try, and also a couple of locations too (car, shower, etc.)," she tells Mashable. "There have been some dreams we've had over our relationship that have been way too extreme, but others that have given us some ideas for intimacy."
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For others, like Robin*, dreams have little impact on the way they have sex in real life. "As far as stuff in my dreams being explored in reality, I'd say it's pretty much not happened," they explain.
Diana Moffat, a psychotherapist specialising in Jungian Analysis tells Mashable that dreams do not always represent our needs like-for-like, instead, they are more abstract and usually more indicative of how we feel about the relationships we have, rather than the sex acts themselves.
Moffat encourages us to explore our kinks and sexual fantasies through waking dreams, or daydreams, but not to take things too literally. "I would say it's almost dangerous to take dream life as a kind of indicator, because dream life is all about symbolism," Moffat says. "Our dreams could maybe enlighten us as to why we have the kinks we have," she continues, "a dream is about the dreamer."
"It can be something your unconscious is inviting you to consider. In these instances, it's good to explore what could be missing in your life."
This view is shared by Maxim Ilyashenko(Opens in a new tab), a UKCP-registered Jungian psychotherapist and analyst. "I think it's important to look at dreams as symbolic material first — not say, 'Okay, I dreamt about that. I have to do that,'" he explains. "But, it can be something your unconscious is inviting you to consider. In these instances, it's good to explore what could be missing in your life."
He explains that if dreams do manifest that challenge your sex status quo, then communication will be a vital tool you and your sexual and/or romantic partners need to employ. "I think one rule for healthy sexuality is it should be consensual with yourself and with your partner. Next is to know how you feel about the dream, because sometimes they can be formulated in quite a symbolic language."
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This is something that Robin has experienced. "So, picture a clone of me. (clone 1) gets down, and sucks off the original's cock, yet I'm feeling both the act of giving and receiving a blowjob," they explain. "It's very weird as I have never even seen another man's penis in real life, besides online. I've never touched one besides my own, and I've never sucked off a guy. So I don't even know what it's like — yet in the dream, I do."
Robin explains that on a romantic level, they aren't attracted to men but are fascinated by penises on a sexual level, which has opened them up to exploring their bi-curiousness "I'll admit I've fantasized about exchanging handjobs and giving a blowjob if the situation was completely ideal," they continue, "I don't know if that's inspired by the dream, or the dream is inspired by that. Or maybe it's a combo of both, they both feed into and off of each other."
While it's important to note that sexual identity isn't a kink, it's interesting to see how new frontiers could be opening up for people like Robin through their dreaming.
"I once had a [sex] dream with one of my favourite female actresses, but I wouldn't want to have sex with her in real life."
For others, like Rory* who is asexual but not sex-repulsed(Opens in a new tab), their sex dreams have helped them to feel more confident in their sexual identity. "I thought I was somewhere between bisexual or lesbian, [and] I just never happened to have a relationship or sex; these things always seem far away from me," they explain. "I think it is through the reflection on my dreams that made me more sure about my asexuality. I once had a [sex] dream with one of my favourite female actresses, but I wouldn't want to have sex with her in real life, even if she offered it to me," they laugh.
But, what if we did want to explore our sex dreams in the real world? How and when should we do it? Silva Neves(Opens in a new tab), author of Sexology: The Basics(Opens in a new tab) and psychotherapist specialising in sexology and intimate relationships, tells Mashable that taking sex dreams into the real world takes a large amount of self-reflection.
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"Baby steps are important. We need to ask at each graduation of event, how does that make us feel? And then, think about how you might like to move forward with it," he explains. "Imagine first and bring the dream into waking fantasy, try slowly second, and then interrogate your emotions. Did you feel horny? Neutral? Disgusted?"
Silva explains that by checking in with ourselves in this way, we can avoid pressuring ourselves into situations that are uncomfortable or non-consensual. After all, not all dreams are good dreams; some sex dreams can scare us or be about things we'd never want to try in real life.
"Often, there can be moments when our dreams of sex can include rape fantasies or scenes where we sleep with siblings, even parents," he says. "These can be distressing and arousing. But they are not always indicative of what we want to recreate in our sex lives with our partners."
"You do not need to act upon fantasies."
Neves explains that dreams that take this form can be something that plays out solely in the fantastical world of our erotic mind. It can also be part of processing what love means to us in the form of a platonic relationship. The way the brain processes is by finding snapshots of images and creating a story from them. This can be explained as an abstract image formed of simple ideas.
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"You do not need to act upon fantasies," he says, "and dreams are not a prerequisite to being a degenerate. They don't always mean something. They can be random and unsettling. It's all how you feel when you go back and reprocess and interrogate why you might feel that way that counts for more."
So, should we pay attention to our sex dreams, if they are so abstract and can mean so many different things? Neves believes so. "They can be indicative of something larger happening in your life. If you are conforming to a relationship where your safety hangs in the balance, or you are in denial about your sexuality and identity, then it can be that you explore these needs through your dreams," he explains.
He points out that some people can have the same recurring, persistent sex dream. In those circumstances, it might be a good idea to question what they might mean. He suggests that it could be that there is something they're not allowing themselves to experience because of shame (in the case of a kink or fetish, or same-sex sexual activities), or it could be if someone hasn't had any forms of sexual contact for several months.
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Moffat also agrees that recurring dreams play a role in our conscious mind that is worthy of further interrogation and exploration, especially if they are distressing and indicative of trauma. "It's like food that hasn't been digested," she says. "It just keeps repeating and playing again and again and again. And that's where the therapeutic process works in thinking with you; it kind of helps make those things more digestible."
Ilyshenko tells Mashable that dreams can be a way for couples to explore sexual fantasies without shame. "It can be a good tool to talk to your partner about desire, because it is removed from the real world. It can feel impossible sometimes to talk about sex openly. I think it's a quite playful and safe way to explore something else," he says.
"All humans are weird."
"All humans are weird," says Neves. "We all have our little bits of strange. So fantasising or dreaming about jelly, feet, rape, or any other kind of fetish and kink is entirely normal."
He explains we all need to get more comfortable with our oddities, that we can reduce shame by reminding ourselves that most of us have some quirks in our erotic mind, and to think of our eroticism in a lighter way, rather than being afraid of something dark is lurking in our subconscious.
"We need more discourse and information on the different ways we can experience pleasure from sex and sexual activity," he says. "If you're into balloons and you're not harming anyone, then what's the big deal? Enjoy your balloons."
* Some names have been changed to protect sources' privacy.
Starbucks barista shares video of a very good dog hilariously devouring a Puppuccino
Starbucks barista shares video of a very good dog hilariously devouring a Puppuccino
Yes, dogs enjoy Starbucks whipped cream. No, that doesn't make them basic.
Max, a dog, is Jodie Brooke's favorite customer. The Starbucks barista posted a video on Monday of her feeding her canine friend a Puppuccino through the drive-thru window.
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While a Puppuccino is just whipped cream, it's pretty popular for dog owners that also love Starbucks.
Multiple people responded with videos of their own chows chowing down on whipped cream, either in their own cup or off of their owner's lids.
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No hands are necessary when a hungry snout is involved.
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Next time your pooch is on the prowl for a snack, look no further than the Starbucks drive-thru window.

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