nature

You thought hot girl summer was all about splitting your time between rooftop bar happy hours, numerous f*ckboys, and occasionally breaking a sweat against your will. And it totally is. However, there also happen to be some granola-eating hippies out there that think summer represents becoming one with nature and going on hikes?! And the worst part is that some of your friends identify with these freaks! The horror! Last you checked, you didn't sign up for this Kumbaya sh*t. However, you're a team player, so you're willing to go on one hike. But that's it. You know your limits, and you can't handle more than one. Alas, what if you don't make it through this one hike? Mercury seems to always be in retrograde, so you really never know what can go wrong when the stars are always out to get you. Not to worry, Cheezcake babes - we got you covered with top-notch tips to make it through that one hellish hike. 

It's no secret that being an adult is hard. But it's important to remember the little things in life that make it worth living, whether it be a family road trip, a surreal sunrise, or a hot cup of coffee on a cold winter day. A Redditor started an awesome thread about the most pleasant human experiences that are unrelated to sex or drugs, and the responses range from hilarious to wholesome. Check 'em out below, and let us know if the people of Reddit missed integral and awesome experiences in the comments. 

Personally, I'm big on camping - as long as other people are doing the work for me. But camping isn't just getting nice and toasty in front of the campfire with some delicious s'mores under the stars. There's every single type of bug in the world, packs of raccoons, unruly fires, and even lions and tigers and bears - oh my! Okay, so maybe I'm exaggerating, but an old Reddit thread I discovered showed me just how crazy spending a night out in the wilderness can get. After you read these camping horror stories, you'll never want to step outside ever again. Camping might seem like a good idea at first, but make sure you know what you're doing before you brave the woods. 

When 'nature is healing' first started trending, it was wholesome, earnest, and genuinely about how the planet was less polluted as people started spending more time in their homes. Of course, the internet can't let things stay wholesome forever, and people hijacked the phrase to troll people that took it way too seriously. As we approach Summer 2021, this trolling trend is still going strong on Twitter, and these days has literally nothing to do with nature. Scroll down for the best of 'nature is healing' tweets from this week. 

Unless you've been living under a rock, you'd know that this past year was a total hot mess dumpster fire. When people ask why my hair, skin, and entire essence looked like garbage, it's definitely because of the apocalypse we endured this year. Now that we're somewhat bouncing back, the people of Twitter can't stop sarcastically celebrating how nature is healing, because as we know, nature will never heal as long as we're here to destroy it without fail. On that super jaded note, scroll down to read all the hilarious ways people believe nature has been getting an upgrade as of late. 

I'm a pretty outdoorsy girl. I love hiking, working up a sweat, and setting up camp, and cracking open a cold one with my closest friends under the stars. The bugs may be a pain in the butt and my back might hurt the next day, but that's what bug spray and air mattresses are for. In the end, it's all worth it. Alas, not everyone on the internet has the same opinion as me, and unfortunately, they don't share the same passion for the great outdoors. The people of Twitter have never been shy about going on daily rants, and this week's topic of choice is why going outside absolutely sucks. Scroll down for these super honest and hilarious tweets. 

Nothing is inherently erotic, we all have different tastes. However, sometimes we will come across things in our everyday lives that make us go, "...hold up." If you ask Freud he might say it is due to something we experienced in our childhood. If you ask me I would say we've all just been cooped up in our homes for way too long. Enjoy some 100% innocent photos that might just not sit with you right.

Art is a difficult topic to dicsuss because it's all a matter of taste; what one person finds beautiful, another person finds vulgur. It's all relative. But you know what isn't as relative? Humor. OK, it is, but what you're about to see is objectivally funny. Artist Hank Schmidt in der Beek and photographer Fabian Schubert have started a project where they travel to beautifully scenic locations, set up an easel and begin to paint. But Hank doesn't paint what he sees. No, he paints the design of the shirt he is wearing, while Fabiamn photographs him doing it. This hysterical take on classic outdoor painting gave us a laugh, so we thought we'd share it with you. Enjoy!

Some people pay a lot of money to have collagen injected into their lips and look ridiculous. Others get stung by bees (for free) and get the same result. Here is a collection of pictures of people's lips after being stung by bees, and they are hilarious. I bet they wished they had got lip fillers after these disasters. For a creature so small, bees sure do cause a lot of damage!

Nothing beats spending time outside in nature and the fresh air. With all the beauty all around us, it can be easy to miss the incredible lifecycles of the things we are surrounded by, some of which are right under our noses. Unfortunately, most of us miss the natural, mesmerizing processes that plants and fruits go through from start to finish, but thanks to the people who captured the pictures below, you can now gain some insight into the beautiful transformations within nature. 

If you don't know much about bird's nests, then wonder no more... Ferris Jabr, a science writer has written some hilarious guide to bird's nests and the reviews are absolutely amazing. Grab a cuppa, sit down and read through these and we promise you'll be laughing until the end. 

Being stuck inside is difficult for everyone right now. But when you have a beautiful view to gaze at from your window, it makes things a little bit easier. A Facebook group called View From My Window is a place millions of people are submitting the sights they see out of their windows, allowing people to connect with each other from all over the world. From people's back gardens to the sprawling African plains, some of these pictures are truly magnificent. Here's a selection below. 

We were all too busy with uploading our personal photos for the 10 year challenge, but what about the nature surrounding us? Here are some photos that show how our planet has changed in 10 years. And it's not always a pretty sight.