[Couple's romantic engagement photos look like they're in Italy. Sorry folks, it was Olive Garden.]( Thereâs a lot of pressure for people these days to live the perfect Instagram-worthy life. People place so much emphasis on their social media image that it ends up running their lives. This social anxiety is keenly felt by young couples planning their weddings. A U.K. survey from 2019 found that 42% of couples feel the pressure to make their weddings look great on Instagram. Social media has pushed people to spend more on their weddings so that they can look gorgeous as a couple and make sure there are plenty of Instagrammable moments for their guests. The pressure is probably why a TikTok video of a couple who took their engagement photos at an Olive Garden has more than 260,000 views. The coupleâs photos were so good that they fooled a lot of people into thinking they were shot at an exotic locale, but for those who got the joke, it was hilarious. Itâs a total win-win.
[Winners of the USA Mullet Championships are being crowned and it's as epic as you'd imagine]( Those of us who lived through the '80s remember well the heyday of the mullet, that business-in-the-front, party-in-the-back hairstyle many feel should've been left in the annals of history under category of "humanity's bad decisions." However, the mullet has apparently been making a comeback in recent years. For some, it's a kitschy statement, for others it's a morbid curiosity and for some ⦠well, for some it's a lifestyle. #mulletlife In fact, since 2020, the USA Mullet Championships has crowned winners for the best mullets, offering cash prizes and a whole host of bragging rights to the child, teen and adult who sport the ultimate mullet. Say it with me now: "Yeee hawww!" The child and teen category winners have already been named for the 2022 contest. Prepare to be amazed, impressed and maybe a little mortified.
[Verdant Tea: a simple and delicious choice straight from the farm to your home]( Verdant Tea has a simple tea challenge: take tea leaves, put them in your favorite mug, pour in hot water and enjoy. No steep-timers, no scales, no worries. Just a simple love for sweet, fresh, aromatic tea leaves. Ones with complex flavors and aftertastes. Seems like an unimaginable thing to do with the old blends that are tucked away in little mesh baggies in the back corners of your cupboard, right? Thatâs the Verdant Tea difference. Verdant Tea takes a new business model and applies it to an often-outdated industry: By partnering with small farmers and skipping the middlemen, teas that have never left China before can be delivered straight to your door. This new model gives clean, organic, sustainable farming practices an opportunity to flourish. Every batch of tea is crafted by hand. And thatâs why brewing Verdant Tea is no fuss â their farmers already got all of the hard work out of the way so that all you have to do is sit back and savor the goodness that they created. With a healthy, biodiverse landscape, deliberate farming practices and dedicated craft, each of these family farmers delivers a product thatâs unlike any tea on the shelves. And thatâs because their teas never make it to âshelvesâ where they become overly dry and stale. Instead, they ship directly to your door so that you can experience and enjoy the incredible flavors of farm-fresh tea leaves. Verdant Tea was founded in 2011 after David and Lily visited China on a research grant to collect the folklore and tradition of tea. After realizing the true taste difference of tea straight from the farm, they partnered with a tea farmer, He Qingqing, to bring her familyâs teas to people all over the world.
[Uber driver stopped his fare to save people from a burning building in New York City]( It's not every day your Uber driver stops the car to don a cape and become a hero. OK, there wasn't a cape, but there was certainly a hero. Recently, Fritz Sam was driving for Uber and he was on his way to drop his passenger off at LaGuardia Airport when he noticed flames spilling out of a brownstone window. Instead of continuing his route, he stopped to help. You may be thinking, "What about the passenger?" Well, Sam consulted with his passenger before leaping into action. The passenger was Jemimah Wei, a 29-year-old writer, and she helped Sam yell up to the second story window to check for people still inside. Sam told PIX11, âTogether we just started shouting, âIs anyone inside?â Screaming at the top of our lungs, âCome out, come out, thereâs a fire.â I think I just made a decision at that moment to just go inside.â According to The Washington Post, when Sam made it into the building he saw a man and a woman, but the woman refused to move when he urged her to evacuate.
[Dancer merges 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' elements with traditional Indian dance and it's amazing]( Bharatanatyam is the oldest form of traditional Indian dance, dating back thousands of years. âAvatar: The Last Airbenderâ is a beloved animated series from the mid 2000s. A dancer merged the two together and itâs pretty much the coolest thing ever. Naomi Namboodiripad has trained for several years in a variety of styles, including Bharatanatyam. Originally only performed by solo female temple dancers as a sacred devotion, this traditional form is dramatic, expressive and meant to tell a storyâusing rhythmic movements, pantomiming or a combination of both. These aspects lend themselves well to recreating the iconic opening sequence to âAvatar: The Last Airbender,â which uses different martial arts techniques symbolizing the four fictional elemental tribes of earth, water, air and fire. Hereâs a refresher of what that looks like. I bet you canât just watch it once. Find us on the World Wide Web: [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [LinkedIn]( Copyright © 2022 GOOD | Upworthy, All rights reserved.
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