It’s the literal bane of our existence: getting into our PJs, reaching for the laptop and letting our human body just vegetate in its own juices for a long-awaited evening in, then PING! A f**king WhatsApp notification.
Who is it this time? The boyf wanting to know an ENTIRE FIVE DAYS EARLY what you’ve got planned for the weekend? Your best mate expecting the low-down on your office enemy, whose tea you snuck a surprise teaspoon of coffee in when she wasn’t looking? Your actual boss, who somehow found you on WhatsApp and now won’t leave you alone?
WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE? All you wanted was to be left alone to get your shit sorted and now everyone’s encroaching on your time. AND you’ve used up your allotted human interaction quota today, FFS.
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Because getting ‘sApped can be a bit like being bereaved, can’t it. You go through the same five stages of grief: denial (“I didn’t hear that, it was nothing”), anger (“I TOLD them I was watching Making A Murderer and sorting my hoofy feet”), bargaining (“if I don’t reply, maybe they’ll think I’m asleep, or possibly dead, and therefore in no fit state to respond), depression (“I literally can’t”) and, finally, acceptance (“Fine, Mum, I will tell you about my Christmas 2016 plans, even though you’re being completely ridiculous bringing them up in January”).
But wait! What’s this? A way of reading your WhatsApp messages without turning those double ticks blue? Cue the angelic music…
Reddit user Fr0zn, who is already winning heat’s vote for next President of the United States, shared this super-helpful hint on the site after another poster said the only way to check a message without it generating a read receipt is to read it in the notifications panel.
Nah mate, said Fr0zn – it’s all about flight mode.
“Activate flight mode and then check the message,” they said.
“You can read it without it showing up as seen to the other person, even after deactivating flight mode.”
Amazingly, this tip also works for Facebook messages – so if you’re not quite busy enough to eschew Facebook altogether but can’t be arsed to get back to your mates just yet, flip on that flight mode and scroll through your Facebook inbox to your heart’s content.
Your me-time just got even more blissful. YOU ARE WELCOME.
15 celebs with weird body parts! From freaky fingers to tiny tails (yes, really), here they are in all their glory
15 celebs with weird body parts! From freaky fingers to tiny tails (yes, really), here they are in all their glory
1 of 15Lily Allen - feeling nippy
Lily proudly showed off her third nipple (on her left breast) on The Friday Night Project yonks ago
2 of 15Harry Styles - titillating
We don't even care that Harry has a third nipple - we're too busy looking elsewhere
3 of 15Ke$ha - the tattle tail
The singer revealed exclusively to us: "I had a tail when I was born. It was a tiny tail, about a quarter of an inch, then they chopped it off and stole my tail. That was when I was little. I'm really sad about that story." So are we. We want to see pictorial evidence!
4 of 15Andy Garcia - twin peaks
Andy was born with a conjoined twin (an unformed foetus) attached to his shoulder, which doctors removed at birth.
5 of 15Vince Vaughn - Thumbelina
The actor lost the tip of his right thumb in a car accident when he was 17. Where it must have been pretty painful, he jokes about it now, saying it resembles a penis with a fingernail. Well if you say so, Vince.
6 of 15Megan Fox - going clubbing
Meg was born with clubbed thumbs, meaning they are misshapen slightly although perfectly functional. She still gets a hand double to stand in for her sometimes, though.
7 of 15Karolina Kurkova - belly up
Look a little closer... the Victoria's Secret model doesn't have a belly button! For modelling jobs, some clients apparently have a collection of belly button photos on file to Photoshop on. As you do
8 of 15Kate Hudson - like toetally normal
Kate appears to have six toes. We imagines that means she balances really well
9 of 15Oprah Winfrey - keeping on her toes
Not just content being a millionaire, Oprah has more than the average number of digits - she's a six-toed lady just like Kate
10 of 15Ashton Kutcher - swept off his feet
Ashton's so proud of his webbed feet he even got them out on The Jonathon Ross show five years ago. We're sure Wossy appreciated that on his couch
11 of 15Matthew Perry - Regina Phalange
Chandler Bing lost the tip of his right finger in a door-shutting accident when he was a young'un. That must have been one heavy door...
12 of 15Denzel Washington - finger'ickin good
Denzel broke his pinky when he was a young lad, and never had it corrected. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, eh? Oh wait, it is.
13 of 15Gemma Arterton - pointing the finger
Gem was born with a condition called polydactyly, which affects 1 child out of 1,000. The unofficial term is extra fingers, and it appears to be hereditary as her dad and grandad also had them. The doctors tied off her extra fingers at birth and they fell off. Ouch!
14 of 15Gerard Butler - a right earful
Apparently Gez realised her had a deformed ear from early ear surgery when he had to shave his head for the Tomb raider sequel - his right ear had to be pinned back to save his hearing. We heart you Gerard, and we didn't even notice!
15 of 15Daryl Hannah - finger on the pulse
Daryle lost part of her extra index finger when she was a child after getting it stuck in a pulley of a well at her granny's house. Eek!