In April, a photo of a young woman smiling at an English Defence League (EDL) protestor went viral. The benevolent smile on the face of the protagonist, Saffiyah Khan, became a symbol of defiance in the face of far-right extremism.

Less than a month on, another similar photo has emerged on Facebook, and has been shared thousands of times.

The image, shared by Vladimír Čičmanec, depicts a young girl in a scouts uniform confronting an aggravated participator in a neo-Nazi rally in Brno, Czech Republic.

The rally, held on May 1, was not blocked as it has been in previous years, as residents were told to combat the ultra-right movement with dance, music, and theatre performances instead of trying to stop the far-right group.

The teen in the photo, believed to be named Lucie, is a member of Junák český skaut – the organisation of Scouts and Guides of the Czech Republic.

Speaking to IBTimes about the photograph, Čičmanec said: "The photo was taken after a friend of mine made me aware of the exchange taking place. It was heated, the neo-Nazi was clearly angry with her, but she stood her ground."

"I was thinking about the Saffiyah Khan photo when I started shooting, the situation looked similar, and the bubbles were just a sweet coincidence."

"I thought 'This will be a nice photo,' but in the sense 'When my friends see it on Facebook, they'll probably like it.'"

"I initially shared it with limited privacy not thinking much about it. And then people wanted me to make it public and it exploded."

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Facebook may have lost some of its cool factor over the years as newer networks like Instagram and Snapchat gained widespread fanfare — but it’s still the number one destination for sharing content among millennials. In fact, over half of millennials say Facebook is where they’re most likely to share content, according to BI Intelligence’s 2017 Digital Trust survey, head and shoulders above any other social platform. The fraction of users who fall into the demographic is relatively consistent across social platforms, except for Snapchat, which skews heavily toward millennials.

Millennials are also more likely to share on Facebook than Gen Xers and baby boomers — knocking down a common argument that Facebook is for “old people.” Younger users are typically the driving force behind a social platform’s popularity in the early stages, and incumbents can easily lose their attention when a new one pops up. As a result, mature platforms must fight to keep hold of this demographic, which is highly coveted by marketers. Facebook winning this battle speaks to its ability to keep millennials engaged even as they are wooed by younger platforms like Snapchat.

While Snapchat is a teenage and millennial hotbed, it’s for ephemeral messaging between close friends, not for sharing other content found online. A whopping 63% of Snapchat’s daily active users fall into the millennial demographic, and another 22% are teens aged 13-17 — but they’re not sending posts or links to articles. Snapchat users create their own content, or “Stories,” meaning the platform is populated with content that’s largely user-generated. Brands should utilize Snapchat for the authentic interactions of its users, but Facebook is better suited for casual sharing at scale.

For brands and advertisers, getting people to share content can help spread their marketing message more organically than ad targeting. This underlines the importance of native advertising, and the potential in targeting millennials on Facebook with relevant content they are willing to share. Devoting more native ad spend to Facebook can also help make ads on the platform less annoying, while encouraging greater engagement.

Moreover, Facebook’s sheer size means brand messaging has the potential to go viral. While this could prompt some brands to do some serious damage control if the message is ill-conceived, positive content that is shared and trending on Facebook can benefit them tremendously. Facebook’s massive scale is second to none, and if brands can successfully make a message go viral, they may enjoy lower advertising costs, mainstream media exposure, and faster lead generation.

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• Reddit users have started a new blackhead extraction trend.
• Photos of "grits"— blackheads and other dirt trapped in pores — on their hands are quickly going viral.
• They are getting rid of their grits by using an oil cleanser, then a clay mask, and massaging their skin thoroughly with oil cleanser again.
• INSIDER spoke to a dermatologist who warned that intense exfoliation could irritate skin.

It's no secret that people on the internet are obsessed with watching other people remove blackheads from their bodies in curiously gross ways.

Now, a new blackhead extraction method is making the rounds on Reddit, where members of its SkincareAddiction community are posting photos of their "grits"— the blackheads and other dirt that gets lodged in your pores — on their hands.

Naturally, the disturbing photos are going viral.

Here's what they look like:

Redditors are removing the gunk from their pores through an elaborate cleansing routine. First, they're using an oil cleanser, then applying a clay mask, before using an oil cleanser again while massaging their skin thoroughly.

Reddit user andywhorhol, who tried the method last year, described the process in quite graphic terms in a post: "This morning I applied my PC bha liquid first, waited 20 mins and then started my mineral oil massage on a DRY face. And grits galore! Even after five minutes, they were still popping out like crazy, I had to stop myself before I went overboard with the massage!"

The "PC bha liquid" this Redditor referred to is probably Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid, a popular "pore-shrinking" exfoliator that a number of pore-obsessed members of the Reddit group talk about using. Other users use OCM (a mixture of mineral oil and castor oil) to help unclog their pores and bring out their grits.

As Refinery29 points out, there is some confusion as to what color grits actually are. User Pitta_ offers one definition: "It will never be completely, or even mostly, black. It will be a creamy yellowish white and it might have a small greyish tip on one end. Grits are also waxy. If you get one you can smoosh it flat. If you've ever squeezed on a blackhead or cc before and a little hard white thing comes out, that's a grit."

The same user pointed to this photo to show what grits really look like:

Regardless of the debate over what qualifies as a grit, people are inspired to use this invasive method to clear their pores.

But is it safe?

Dermatologist Marisa Garshick believes that while skin gritting can be effective, it can irritate skin.

"I always caution my patients to be wary of anything that can be irritating to the skin, which often occur with too much exfoliation," she told INSIDER.  "There is no doubt that exfoliation is important to help clear pores and certainly, clay, the key second step in the process, can be helpful in that when applied to the skin it can soak up any extra dirt, oil or dead skin that has accumulated throughout the day and physically lift it out of the pore."

Garshick doesn't recommend the process for anyone with dry or oily skin, though. "Because it can be drying, it is not for everyone," she said. "Similarly, not everyone's skin can handle very oily products such as an oily cleanser and generally for acne-prone skin, we recommend using non-comedogenic or oil-free products."

She added that the results of skin gritting don't necessarily mean anything."Although it may be satisfying to see the dirt come out, the important thing to target is try to improve the overall skin turnover, to minimize the ability of blackheads to form and to improve the appearance of the pores," she said, recommending a topical retinol or retinoid cream instead.

Dermatologist Rebecca Kleinerman agrees, and thinks that people extracting their blackheads this way should do so with caution.

"I think theoretically it makes sense but I would be very careful not to abrade skin by too vigorously exfoliating, as this may disrupt the skin barrier and cause an irritant contact dermatitis," she told INSIDER.

Kleinerman suggests other ways to get rid of blackheads that are gentler on skin. Some alternative methods include "the topical application of retinoids, chemical exfoliation, i.e., with a mild glycolic or combination cleanser, or the sporadic use of a mechanical exfoliator like a Clarisonic brush."

Of course, the results of using a Clarisonic brush aren't as likely to go viral, though.

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The world was left wondering what had washed ashore an island of Indonesia last week, after a local made a gruesome discovery of a 15-metre long bloodied carcass.

It’s decomposing body made it difficult to know what the animal was, although it sent the internet into a whirlwind as people guessed what it could be.

While some thought it was a giant squid, and others thought maybe it was an elephant.

Three separate marine experts have since told the Huffington Post that the rotting creature was probably a baleen whale.

Judging by parts of a protruding skeleton, and what appear to be baleen plates used to filter out food, the scientists agreed it was most likely a whale.

"Trying to identify huge ocean creatures half a [world] away from a grainy video is tough to do; but once people start sharing specific information that begins to narrow in on defining characteristics of the creature, the identity begins to come into focus," one of the experts, George Leonard, chief scientist at Ocean Conservancy, told HuffPost.

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An Argentinian dog named Tony who refused to leave his unconscious owner's side, has become an unwitting social media star after pictures of him were shared online. 

Jesus Hueche fell six feet from the tree he was pruning outside his home in Bahía Blanca, cracking his head on the pavement below. 

Luckily, his neighbours noticed and called an ambulance. But while he waited, Tony never left his side.

Mr Hueche sustained “slight skull trauma”, according to the Defensa Civil - the Argentinian emergency service.  

They fitted him with a neck brace, but when they tried to load their patient into an ambulance to take him to the hospital, Tony tried to climb inside with him, the organisation said on its Facebook page.

Eventually they managed to keep Tony clear and transport Mr Hueche to hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries and discharged on the same day.

"He goes everywhere with me and lies in my bed until my wife kicks him out," Mr Hueche told Argentinian radio station La Brujula 24.

"One day we saw him on the street and adopted him, gave him love, food and is part of our family. For me he's like a son."

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• When size 8 student Lowri Byrne stuggled to fit into a size 12 dress at H&M, she posted photos of the dress on H&M's Facebook page.
• The 22-year-old Brit wrote that she "could barely breathe" and urged the retailer to "sort out" its sizes.  
• The post has since gone viral, with thousands of likes and comments, proving that she isn't alone in her frustration.

With some clothing stores offering impossibly small sizes, trying clothes on in the fitting room can be a daunting experience.

When Lowri Byrne, a 22-year-old student who is a size 8, had trouble fitting into a dress that was two sizes larger larger than her usual size at a H&M store in the UK, she took aim at the retailer on Facebook, urging the company to "sort out" its sizing.

Byrne is usually a size 8 (or a UK size 12), and she tried on the pale blue off-the-shoulder dress in a size 12 (UK size 16), after she was told by a sales assistant that the dress runs small in its sizes. The photos Bryne posted to H&M's Facebook page, which show the labels, illustrate just how tight the garment was.

Her full caption reads (emphasis our own):

"Please sort your sizes out because this is absolutely ridiculous!

I'm a size 12 and small busted and today in a H&M store I had to ask if this dress came in a size 18 (it didn't...). The dress I have on in these photos is a size 16, and I could barely breathe. Not only was this annoying because I wanted to buy this dress, but so many women take what size dress they buy to heart. If I was one of these girls (thankfully I'm not) requesting a size 18 dress would seriously devastate me!

When I asked if this dress came in a 18 the store assistant said "ahh yeah you have to go up a couple of sizes with these". A couple?!? going up 3-4 sizes surely should make you realise that you need to seriously sort out sizing!!!"

Since Byrne shared the post on May 25, it has gone viral, with thousands of likes and comments, sparking a discussion about the problem with the sizing of clothes at popular retailers like H&M. 

Commenter Kayleigh Goodall wrote: "I'm 'too fat' for this shop because of the sizing...it's ridiculous and a big problem for influential young girls.....it could have awful affects to some girls confidence."

Tanya Spence-Kelly compared H&M's sizes to those offered in the clothing section of a popular UK supermarket: "I'm a size 10 and have to buy 16/18's in H&M! However ladies just to let you know... Tesco is the opposite and I slid into size 8 jeans."

It's not just women who experience issues with sizing. 

Commenter Terry Burgess-Farrant brought up the problem with men's sizes at the same store. "Same with the guys clothes," he wrote. "I'm a 30-32 waist and rarely find something under 36 that fits. That's 4 inches difference. Insane."

As for the H&M dress, which is also available in US stores, it definitely runs small. When I first saw the photos on the Evening Standard, I recognized the dress as I tried it on at my last visit to H&M here in New York. I had a similar problem as I struggled to fit into the size, and I also left the fitting room feeling pretty frustrated.

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• 23-year-old Michelle Elman is a size 16 (UK size 20).
• Elman shared an Instagram of her wearing a size 10 (UK size 14) dress from Juicy Couture.
• It is the same dress she wore five years ago as a size 8 (UK size 12).
• The photo has gone viral with over 8,000 likes.
• Elman's photo proves that clothing size numbers often don't mean anything.

Retailers like H&M are constantly criticized for offering clothes in tiny sizes. But often, the number on a clothing label doesn't mean much in the first place. 

Size 16 body positive activist Michelle Elman proved that in a recent Instagram post, which showed her wearing a size 10 dress — which she told INSIDER she bought from Juicy Couture — five years ago as a size 8.

The 23-year-old Brit shared this side-by-side photo wearing the same dress in 2012 and 2017 on May 31 (including UK sizes):

Elman posted a lengthy caption with an inspiring message about body image, emphasizing that numbers shouldn't define how women ought to feel about themselves.

Here's the full caption (emphasis ours):

"NUMBERS DON'T MEAN ANYTHING. I found a dress in my cupboard the other day that I had since I was in sixth form. The dress is a size 14 [US size 10]. I bought it 5 years ago when I was a size 12 [US size 8]. Now, I'm a size 20 [US size 16]. And yet, I still fit in it. Which just proves that NUMBERS DON'T MEAN ANYTHING. So are you really going to let a dress size dictate your day? Are you really going to let an increase in a number affect your mood? Same dress. Still comfortable. Still beautiful. (In fact, I think I look better and happier now!) A higher dress size doesn't mean: - you are less beautiful - you are less worthy - you are less lovable - you are a worse human - you are a bad person - you are a different person AND it doesn't even mean you have a bigger body. You could go up a dress size by simply changing stores... (or countries). You can change dress sizes because of the time of the day or simply due to whether you are on your period or not. If you look at your cupboard and you find it harder and harder to find something to wear because of a change in clothing size, I have a great solution for you... throw out all clothes that don't fit. Looking at your wardrobe shouldn't be something that makes you feel insecure and sad so make sure everything in your wardrobe fits! Numbers don't matter. Not the number on the back of your jeans, on the scale, or even the number in your bank account. You are not a number.#OneTakeBeauty#BodyPositivity EDIT: For anyone saying I'm lying about my size. Check my stories"

After posting the photo, Elman received several negative comments about her size from people who either missed the point of her post, or didn't read the full caption. The reaction to her photo was so strong that the activist shared a second post — this time showing her in different outfits at the same size — to shut down her haters.

Here's the caption in full (emphasis ours): 

"Picking up on a few of the comments from yesterday's post. 'You look good for a size 20' - This is not a compliment. It's like saying that an older woman looks good 'for her age'. Who says size 20 women can't look good? Who says older women can't look good? It's ALSO an insult to all my other size 20 babes. When you say I look good for a size 20, it usually means I look skinnier than a size 20 which still sends the message: thin = good, fat = bad. 'You are lying, you aren't a size 20' - I am a U.K. Size 20. It is a fact that changes depending on which store but the majority of my clothes are size 20. That is a fact. This assumption that I'm lying is contingent on your perception of what a size 20 looks like. This perpetuates the idea that fat equals ugly or unattractive which is most definitely DOES NOT! 'You distorted camera angles + edited it to look skinnier' - It was not a preprepared photo that I planned from 5 years ago so yes different angles but it's the only photo I had in the dress. The photo from 2012 had a filter because another person took that photo. The one from 2017 is not edited/filtered in anyway. These assumptions are based on the fact I have something to hide. NOT HIDING. Right here telling you my dress size. 'You aren't even fat. You should stop invalidating the struggles of actual fat women and taking away from the movement' - I don't know what you deem as 'actual fat' but both my weight + my dress size indicates I am. I use the word fat because it's not an insult. When you tell me I'm not allowed to use a word that describes me, when I experience the marginalisation of anyone in my size, that invalidates MY experience of being fat-bodied. In terms of taking away from the movement, you'll be hard pushed to find another mixed-race, not able-bodied, fat scarred woman talking about chronic illness and chronic pain and THAT representation matters. In summary, if people tell you they are a certain size, believe them. They are the ones picking out their clothes! You can be the same dress size + look bigger/smaller as shown in the two photos above! Whatever your size, you look good for your size😉 #scarrednotscared#onetakebeauty  

Her words are refreshing in the ongoing discussion about how increasingly small clothing sizes are making women of all body types feel bad about themselves.

Elman doesn't believe there's a problem with the way clothes are sized, though. 

"I don't think that the way clothes are sized [is] that problematic," she told INSIDER. "But we need to learn to be less reliant on the number as a measure of our self-worth and self esteem."

Instead, Elman thinks retailers should change the way that we shop for sizes.

"Brands should stop segregating their stores into straight and plus-size," she said. "Plus-size women want to be able to shop with their friends. Sixty seven percent of women are plus-size, so whilst we might be painted as the anomalies in society, this couldn't be further from th[e] [t]ruth."

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Back in 2008, Abraham Piper set up the blog 22 Words to share pictures of his children, write about books, and try to be "convincingly contrary to anyone who would listen."

The idea was originally a gimmick, with every post being exactly 22 words long.

"In my defense, or perhaps to my shame, I hadn't heard of Twitter yet," Piper told Business Insider in an email. "This schtick obviously required concision — a constant value online no matter what year it is. So the content was always extremely easy to consume. If it was good, readers got what they wanted quick. And if it was bad, no harm done. I mean, how much time can be wasted by a sentence or two?"

Piper knew he was onto something when 22 Words started getting a million pageviews a month. Today, it has 4.8 million fans and a post reach of 50 million.

Piper gave Business Insider some tips for people who are working on their own blogs on how to turn them into profitable businesses. Here they are:

1. Don't be precious about your work.

Some people are lucky enough to build a business out of their work, with people being interested in their identity from the beginning. However, this isn't the case for everyone. Piper says this approach requires too much luck.

"You're a blogger, not Picasso," he said. "Most of us need to adapt, tweak, and even compromise how we create if we want to turn our efforts into money."

He says that at 22 Words they try things out and obey the results — even if that means using Comic Sans on the homepage.

2. Spend a ton of money on Facebook.

For a blog to go anywhere, it needs traffic. Sometimes blogs take off of their own accord, but that happens rarely. If a post does happen to go viral, you can't guarantee it will happen for all others. That's not a great way to start a business, so don't be precious about spending some money.

"Always strive for organic traffic, but to fill in the gaps, buy traffic," Piper said. "That sounds bad, though. That's why you'll usually hear it called 'marketing.'"

Most importantly, make sure you're spending less per click than you make from each person who visits your site.

3. Don't be an early adopter.

It might be thrilling to be the first to adopt a new trend, but that doesn't necessarily mean you'll get the credit for it. It can also be expensive to hop on new things before they are proven, which makes it a risky business move.

"Let other people adopt early; let other people test new, risky strategies; let the big players with all kinds of funding spend money hand over fist on R&D," Piper said. "Then do what they do."

It's almost as good to follow fast as it is to be the first on the bandwagon.

4. Capitalize on your good fortune.

Piper says there's a lot of value in admitting you're lucky, because good fortune is part of every success story.

"You have to take luck when you can get it and wring success out of it for all you're worth," he said. "In my story, meeting my business partner Josh Sowin was good fortune; Stumbleupon 'discovering' 22 Words in 2010 was good fortune; Facebook deciding they were going to take over the world completely revolutionized 22 Words."

5. Remember you can't do this by yourself.

Finding a partner is important, especially if you know someone who can offset your weaknesses. If you have a blog, you are probably a creative type. This could mean you don't necessarily have the best business mind, so it's a good idea to find someone who does to help you out, Piper says.

"This will take a healthy dose of humility," he said. "And a mega-dose of trust, because business partnership is almost as risky as marriage."

6. Treat your site like it already is a business.

Don't treat something as your hobby if you want it to be more. Blogging may have started as something to fill your time, but if you're passionate about turning it into a money-maker then you should treat it as such.

Dedicate the same amount of time to it you would a job, and put the same effort in as if you were looking to be promoted. You only have yourself to answer to, so motivation is key.

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The INSIDER Summary:

• Women are sharing their body-shaming experiences with the hashtag #TheySaid on Twitter.
• Some of the tweets are heartbreaking.
• One woman was told "you're so fat" when she was just 10 years old.
• "You have such a pretty face if you just lost some weight," another woman was told by her father.

Whether it's on Instagram or in person, many women receive negative comments about their body.

Twitter user Sally Bergesen started a hashtag that encourages women to share their experiences of body-shaming to put the power back in their hands.

The hashtag #TheySaid has been trending since June 2 on Twitter, where many users are opening up about the comments they have received. Some of the tweets are heartbreaking.

It's a sad reality that women get body-shamed regardless of their body type, height, or weight.

It happens to women who are deemed too big ...

... and too thin.

Tall women are shamed for their height.

A woman with an athletic physique was told she wasn't "attractive."

Body-shaming happened to a number of women from a young age.

Often, family members make comments about the women in their family, monitoring what they eat and judging their appearance.

Women are even shamed for having hair on their body (which we ALL have).

It's not just negative comments that constitute body-shaming. Sometimes, what seem like compliments are the culprit.

Of course, people are coming up with some brilliant comebacks to shut down body-shamers.

Some users are posting selfies to respond to the comments they have received.

 And Twitter users are drawing comfort and inspiration from sharing their experiences.

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• Tumblr user LaurLaurrDraws wore swimming goggles to protect her eye makeup while she washed her hair in the shower.
• Surprised at how well it worked, she took to social media and shared her hack with others.
• So far, her post has seen over 113,000 likes and reblogs.
• Her hack may not be the best idea, though; bacteria can grow in warm environments, and wearing makeup under goggles could cause breakouts or eye irritation.

If you've already done your eye makeup but your hair really needs a wash, one woman came up with the perfect solution for keeping your makeup in tact in the shower.

Rather than run the risk of ruining her perfect brows and eyeliner, Lauren, aka LaurLaurrDraws, wore a pair of goggles while she washed her hair.

Impressed with the results, the 22-year-old shared the simple makeup hack in a Tumblr post that has since gone viral with over 113,000 likes and reblogs. 

In the caption, she wrote: "when u have to wash your hair but ur makeup is fly af."

In the photo on the left, Lauren is seen wearing a pair of swim goggles with her makeup fully protected. The picture on the right offers proof that the trick worked; her makeup appears to be smudge-free. However, she was left with red suction cup marks that eventually faded.

In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Lauren said a lot of critics have asked why she didn't use dry shampoo instead.

Her response? "Guess what, not a good idea when you have a perm."

As Lauren proved in her Tumblr post, technically you can wear goggles to save your makeup when taking a shower.

But it might not be the best idea. Bacteria is known to grow in warm environments, and breaking out or experiencing eye discomfort — which could both happen by sweating in goggles — just isn't worth the hassle.

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The INSIDER Summary:

• Rihanna was recently body-shamed in a viral blog post that claimed the singer made being fat "the hot new trend."
• The author of the post, former Barstool Sports writer Chris Spagnuolo, has been "indefinitely" suspended from the satirical site.
• Rihanna hit back at body-shamers on Instagram, where she posted a hilarious Gucci Mane meme with a single-tear emoji.
• "If you can't handle me at my 2007 Gucci Mane you don't deserve me at my 2017 Gucci Mane," a quote on side-by-side photos of the rapper says.

Even the busiest celebs have time to shut down body-shaming trolls. Rihanna is no exception. 

In a recent Instagram post, the singer had an epic response for anyone who has commented negatively about her weight: a before-and-after meme of rapper Gucci Mane.

Rihanna captioned the post with a single teary-eyed emoji.

Many fans believe Rihanna's message was intended to shut down sports blogger, Chris Spagnuolo, who went viral for his body-shaming post on Barstool Sports that claimed the singer was responsible for making "fat the hot new trend."

Spagnuolo received serious flack and criticism from Rihanna fans as well as Barstool Sports founder, Dave Portnoy. In his late May announcement to delete the controversial article, Portnoy accused Spagnuolo of not being "funny" enough to defend. Less than a week later, he was barred from writing for the satirical site indefinitely, Revelist reported.

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The INSIDER Summary:

• There's a viral video on Twitter of a person going down a water slide perfectly.
• Instead of plunging into the water, he skims across it.
• Then he just stands up on the edge of the pool and puts his shirt on like it's nothing.

The hardest part about going down a water slide is sticking the landing. Going down as fast is you can is fun. But when you get to the bottom, will you plunge into the water and flail around like a confused dolphin? Can you sleekly go in with as little splash as possible?

Or, if you're like this guy you can skip across the water like a flat pebble and — in one fluid movement — step out of the pool and put your shirt back on.

Now, I know what you're thinking: That's fake, right? There's no way anyone could do that. That's what people said on Twitter, anyway, accusing the Twitter user of faking the video.

But he posted another video of the same thing — although not as successful an attempt — from a different angle.

In a Twitter direct message, the user told INSIDER in a Twitter direct message that he spotted the Water Slide King and "a couple of other guys doing it" in Legoland California, indicating that the viral video was just one successful effort of what was probably many, many failed ones. Practice makes perfect.

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The INSIDER Summary:

• Jacinda, a 19-year-old Instagram star, recently went viral for calling out cultural appropriation with an ingenious meme.
• It includes a collage of a her naturally full lips with text that reads: "When you realize having big lips is a trend but it took you a while to love your natural ones..."
• Not only does the meme appreciate a "flaw" she once disliked, it is also meant to combat stereotypes and help black children cope with racism.
• It has over 123,000 likes on Instagram.

If you scroll through 19-year-old Jacinda's Instagram account, where she has more than 11,000 followers, you'll see flawless selfies and outfit appreciations, but interspersed among them are honest revelations she's had on her own journey to loving every part of herself.

"I love how now I'm slowly discovering every flaw I once disliked and slowly loving it," she wrote in May.

Indeed, for years she struggled to love various parts of her — from her body to her lips — partly because she simply never saw black beauty being celebrated.

Now she wants to ensure that no other black children go through what she went through, thinking they aren't worthy or beautiful. And since it's 2017, Jacinda's using Instagram– and memes.

In May, she posted a meme that read"It took me a while to love my beautiful natural lips for the longest."

That one got more than 60,000 likes.

Over the weekend, she posted another that read "When you realize having big lips is a trend but it took you a while to love your natural ones..."

And that one's now gone viral, with 120,000 likes and counting.

"I wanted people to be aware that black children grow up living in a world where the media and society constantly reminds them that black beauty isn't beautiful," Jacinda said in an email. "Black children need to be surrounded and see representation on various types of black people when it comes to skin, hair type, appearance, etc. Not just one."

For Jacinda especially, people finally appreciating bigger lips not when they're just on white women like Kylie Jenner, is a major step in people understanding that there's more than one (very white) definition of beauty. As she reminded us, when MAC Cosmetics showed model Maryse Kye wearing their lipstick, she got called horrendous, racist names.

Jacinda doesn't want that to happen again, so these memes and encouraging posts may be a step in the right direction.

"When I woke up and realized my post had gone viral, I was really shocked," Jacinda said. "I was baffled that over a million people had viewed my post. I believe some people loved it because they could relate."

But still, even in trying to promote a more diverse definition of beauty, Jacinda has gotten hate similar to that of Kye.

"Not everyone agreed with what I was putting out there and trying to shed light on," Jacinda said. "You still had disrespectful people calling my lips racial slurs, inappropriate names, telling me my insecurities about my lips are fake because now I love my lips now. Just in general people were making horrible assumptions about me."

Obviously, there's work to do. But in the face of all that, she remains resilient, and only hopes that more people understand that not only is the journey to loving yourself a long one, but a necessary one too.

"I hope they understand that self-love in general is a journey that takes patience," Jacinda said. "Because you start discovering yourself and uncovering these layers of hatred you had for yourself for so long time, and realize the thing you've been hating for awhile is the thing that turns out to be your missing puzzle piece to your self-worth. The biggest weapon you can use against those who feel obligated to comment something negative about you is your confidence. Because trust me, they find it intimidating finding someone not self-loathing and letting people's judgment not get to them."

You can hear more of what Jacinda has to say about her lips and her journey here:

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• Justin Taylor wore the same Billabong t-shirt in yearbook photos from sixth through twelfth grade.
• He posted all of the yearbook photos on Twitter to general amusement.
• Now 34 years old, he says it still fits.

When Justin Taylor accidentally wore the same Billabong t-shirt for his yearbook photos in sixth and seventh grade, he decided to just go with it.

“I thought it would be funny to watch how I looked just change over time while wearing the same shirt," he told The Huffington Post.

He wore the same shirt in every middle and high school photo for seven years. Years later, he posted his handiwork on Twitter.

At 34 years old, Taylor's yearbook days are behind him, but that fateful shirt still fits.

While he said his parents weren't amused by his antics as a kid, Twitter certainly was. 

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• Mother Ange Pickett has gone viral after blogging about how her eight-her-old son's school picture was Photoshopped.
• Rather than feature the boy's toothy grin, the photo company added "last year's baby teeth" to his smile, Pickett said. 
• Ultimately, the photo company apologized and delivered an unaltered photo upon Pickett's request.

In the age of social media, many people use editing tools like Photoshop to alter how they look.

But the latest story about Photoshop to go viral isn't about a celebrity or Instagram star—  it's about an eight-year-old boy, whose school photo was edited to make it look like he had a full set of teeth.

The photo company that took the picture allegedly straightened the boy's teeth and added baby teeth from his old smile, the Daily Mail reported.

South Australian mom, Ange Pickett, was shocked to find that her son's picture had been manipulated.

"At first, I thought they’d given us last year’s photo – but then I looked closer. Nope. His mouth had been Photoshopped with what looked like last year’s baby teeth swapped in," Pickett wrote in a blog post that has gone viral.

"Why would anyone think to do this? At what point did missing teeth [become] something to be 'fixed?'" she said. "Surely we have lost the plot when we start Photoshopping an eight-year-old's gappy grin."

Pickett added that teaching her son about body image didn't seem like a pressing concern yet.

"This is a kid who didn’t lose a tooth until he was almost seven. He’s not embarrassed by the gaps and wonky teeth, he’s excited because lost tooth = gold coin," she wrote. "He doesn’t notice the crooked new teeth because he’s a kid and he is more interested in basketball, hockey, Netflix, or finishing his collection of Marvel disks – and what he can eat next."

Rather than publicly blast the photo company for its mistake, Pickett sent a private email to settle the matter. Eventually, she received an apology as well as her son's unaltered photo.

"I want my son to be able look back over all his school photos and see how he has changed," she said. "Accepting the Photoshopped photo says to him that we think there is something wrong with how he looks."

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• Tasia Blackwell came up with a genius hack to help parents with teething babies: she froze her breast milk into a popsicle.
• She also posted photos to show how she made and stored the "milksicle." 
• Moms love it.

Teething is a rite of passage and a major milestone, but having a baby who's teething is difficult — not only because all the toys you buy get chewed up, but because it's hard to watch your baby be in pain.

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• Johnny Crow's father died unexpectedly two months ago, but had already bought his son a guitar for his 16th birthday.
• Crow's sister filmed his emotional response upon receiving the surprise gift, which went viral.
• The owner of the music store has collected over $16,000 for Johnny and his family.

Johnny Crow knew exactly what he wanted for his birthday. But when his father died unexpectedly two months ago, he had no idea that the electric guitar he had his eye on would still find its way to him.

Crow's father had purchased the guitar in February, but passed away before his birthday.

In a video posted to Reddit and Facebook, Crows's sister filmed his emotional reaction when he received the surprise gift at Port Huron Music Center in Michigan.

“Dad bought it for you before he passed away, for your birthday,” his sister says in the video as he freezes, then begins to cry.

Workers at the local music shop were touched, as well.

"It was a really emotional day for all of us," wrote Pete Kruse, the store's owner, in the Reddit thread.

The video went viral online, with over 10 million views on Facebook.

Many who saw the video began to ask how to donate to Crow and his family, so Kruse set up a fund via Paypal to go towards guitar lessons and gear. People chipped in from all over the world, and as of the last update, the fund has received over $16,000.

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• Instagram is obsessed with a stick-on push-up bra called the Sneaky Vaunt bra.
• The bra comes with a drawstring that allows you to adjust how much cleavage you want.
• The company says that the bra can be worn up to 40 times.
• It costs $39.

If you’re a frequent Instagram user, odds are you may have come across posts in your feed featuring a curious creation called the Sneaky Vaunt bra.

It’s the stick-on, strapless bra with a drawstring in the front that lets you adjust for how much cleavage you want.

So what’s the deal with this intimate?

Well, the idea is that it’s supposed to disappear under backless, strapless, and spaghetti-strap tops and dresses, all while giving you your ideal cleavage.

How? By sticking to your boobs and drawing them inward.

According to the folks at Sneaky Vaunt, their bra can be worn upwards of 40 times, and that includes a soapy hand wash after each use. At $39 (in black or nude), that may or not be a worthwhile purchase, depending on how often you wear skin-bearing styles and if it can support your cup size.

So who does it actually work for?

A cursory Insta-study shows us that the clever little cleavage creator may best be suited to smaller to medium sized busts.

While it’s kind of amazing how it stays on and enhances your natural curves, and it’s definitely an alternative to going completely braless, if you need more support, the Sneaky Vaunt may not be the best solution for you.

But, if skimpy styles are your thing and you want some extra oomph (without freeing the nipple), you may have just met your ideal match. Strappy, backless, and shoulder-baring styles for summer, here you come! 

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• Indie brand Beloved Shirts has raised eyebrows with a new swimsuit that looks like a hairy chest.
• The Sexy Chest swimsuit ($60) is available in multiple sizes and colors to match different skin tones.
• People on Twitter think it's ridiculous.

It’s swimsuit season, and if you’re on the market for a showstopping new look, we’ve just seen the one-piece to end all one-pieces.

Indie brand Beloved Shirts is here to give you some additional beach fuzz in the form of this Sexy Chest ($60) swimsuit, which is, essentially, a man’s chest emblazoned onto a skin-colored one-piece. Yes, really.

The fleshy/hairy suit (don’t worry, the hair is screen-printed) is available in sizes XS to XXXL, so it’s definitely got the inclusive sizing. Plus, it’s handmade and comes in multiple skin tones. Laugh all you want, but the look is definitely a head-turner — literally, the back is hairy too.

Needless to say, the internet has some *feelings.*

As for us, we’re at a loss. We can’t decide if it’s the most unique piece we’ve ever laid eyes on or something out of a beach day nightmare. We’ll go ahead and let you make up your mind!

Would you rock this hairy suit? Tell us over @BritandCo.

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