<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5511847d69bedd176bd07f77-834-350/mission%20impossible%20plane%204.gif" alt="mission impossible plane 4" data-mce-source="YouTube/Paramount Pictures"><p class="source"><span>YouTube/Paramount Pictures</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div>Ever since the first trailer for "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" premiered, the one thing people can't stop talking about is that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-tom-cruise-did-plane-stunt-in-new-mission-impossible-rogue-nation-2015-3">insane airplane stunt that Tom Cruise pulls off</a>.&#xa0;<p>That stunt was not aided with CGI; Cruise was really hanging off the side of a plane.&#xa0;</p><p>A new behind-the-scenes video gives a closer look at how exactly they pulled this wild stunt off. He even had to pull the stunt off eight times in order to get it just right.</p><p>It took a lot of preparation, including putting something in Cruise's eyes. It is hard to tell what, but it could be contact lenses in order to keep debris out.</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55a694692acae78b0e8b6be1-1920-960/screen%20shot%202015-07-15%20at%2012.58.45%20pm.png" alt="Mission Impossible Tom Cruise" data-mce-source="Mission Impossible"><p class="source"><span>Mission Impossible</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>Here's Cruise getting strapped in and closed off:</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55a693ff2acae72c008b6e51-853-465/cruise%20plane%20ready.gif" alt="Mission Impossible Plane" data-mce-source="Mission Impossible" data-link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afS5ks54tms"><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afS5ks54tms">Mission Impossible</a></span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>Cruise said he "couldn't sleep the night before," but he doesn't look too scared.</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55a689722acae72c008b6e05-1381-690/screen%20shot%202015-07-15%20at%2012.24.34%20pm.png" alt="Mission Impossible Rogue Nation" data-mce-source="Mission Impossible"><p class="source"><span>Mission Impossible</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>The only thing keeping him attached to the plane was a rope and harness.</p><p>The stakes were high.</p><p>"If something went wrong, I can't get into the airplane until we land." Cruise said.</p><p>Here he is just as the plane is about to take off:</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55a68cf82acae7c7018b6ccf-855-354/cruise%20take%20off.gif" alt="Mission Impossible Plane GIF" data-mce-source="Mission Impossible" data-link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afS5ks54tms"><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afS5ks54tms">Mission Impossible</a></span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>And here he is, dangling in the air with very little support:</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55a68e0d371d22462c8b46e9-855-354/cruise%20plane%20gif.gif" alt="Mission Impossible Plane" data-mce-source="Mission Impossible" data-link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afS5ks54tms"><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afS5ks54tms">Mission Impossible</a></span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>"I'm feeling the force of the wind hit me and I'm actually scared s***less." 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<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/58f10be931fdc7f6258b470b-750/undefined.png" alt="Snapchat streaks" data-mce-source="Cassidy Hopkins/INSIDER" data-mce-caption="One teen's Snap streaks."><p class="source"><span>Cassidy Hopkins/INSIDER</span></p><p class="caption">One teen's Snap streaks.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div>On Friday morning, I woke up to realize I had lost a 159-day long Snapchat streak with a close friend of mine.<p>I don't want to be dramatic, but it was as if a part of me had died while I was sleeping.</p><p>Upon making this gruesome discovery, I was overcome by a rush of emotions: anger, disbelief, disappointment, and sadness.</p><p>My friend and I messaged back and forth, arguing over who was to blame for the disappearance of our streak, which we had begun in early March. He claims it was me who had neglected to snap him back. If he's right, I'll carry that regret with me for the rest of my life.</p><p>This wasn't the first time we'd lost a streak, mind you. A few weeks before this one began, we had lost another than was in the 100-day range. But this most recent streak might actually be the last. That's because after a few hours went by and I settled down to write this, I was no longer annoyed or upset. Instead, I was relieved.</p><h2><strong>Snapchat streaks cause nothing but trouble</strong></h2><p>I don't remember <em>when </em>Snapchat introduced the streak - a counter next to your most popular contacts that shows how many consecutive days you've exchanged snaps - but I remember being instantly hooked.</p><p>Suddenly, I didn't need to be doing something fun or noteworthy to send a snap to my friends. We were growing our streaks and, by extension, our friendships, just by using the app.</p><p>Snapchat encourages streak-building by putting special emojis next to your most-snapped contacts. If you have the determination to reach a 100-day streak, you're rewarded with a "100" emoji next to that contact's name.</p><p>But for me, streaks quickly went from a fun, novelty feature of the app, to one that caused me stress and anxiety (relatively speaking). Streaks became what separated my "real" friends from the rest of my contacts on the app. I had to maintain snap streaks not because my friends or I wanted to, but because letting it disappear would see that physical quantification of our friendship fall back down to zero.</p><p>This tweet sums up what it feels like when you lose a long streak:&#xa0;</p><h2><strong>Streaks defeat the purpose of Snapchat</strong></h2><p>Snapchat streaks are rarely organic. They may naturally get to 10 or 15 days without any effort, but once you realize you have an active streak, you feel compelled to keep it going.</p><p>And that's point. Snapchat wants users to feel compelled to return to the app over and over again for, say, 159 straight days.</p><p>But using Snapchat for the sake of keeping a streak alive sucks the joy out of what is otherwise a fun app. I can't count how many times I've gotten snaps from my friends that are simply a photo of a wall or the ceiling with the word "Streak" written on them.</p><p>A quick search on Twitter shows that this is a widespread phenomenon.&#xa0;</p><p>To make matters worse, if you <em>do </em>decide to end a streak, an hourglass icon will pop up next to it, informing you of its impending doom. It's anxiety inducing, especially when all it takes to make it go away is sending a single snap.</p><p>And though keeping my streaks alive has been bringing me back to Snapchat day after day, it has also been driving me away from it. I no longer look at my friends' stories, nor do I often use the face-changing lenses or location-marking geofilters. In fact, I don't use Snapchat much at all anymore. I've grown to resent the app and the way streaks have made me feel compelled to use it.</p><h2>Moving forward with my life</h2><p>I've completed the five stages of grief for my 159-day snap streak: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. I even apologized to my friend. With&#xa0;our streak gone, I don't feel resentful of having to snap my friend every day. Instead, we talk when we actually&#xa0;have something to say.</p><p>That said, I'm still totally hooked to Snapchat - I even have another, longer streak going with a different friend. Our streak is at 289 days and counting.</p><p class="tagline">Get the latest Snap stock price<a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stock/SNAP-Quote"> here.</a></p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>When one of your friends let's a Snapchat streak end: <a href="https://t.co/bIf5EyuN55">pic.twitter.com/bIf5EyuN55</a></p>- Patrick Donovan  (@PatrickSD10) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/877580036928413696">June 21, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>when someone sends you a snap saying "streak" <a href="https://t.co/d1giGzUIJt">pic.twitter.com/d1giGzUIJt</a></p>- Ken  (@Kndrck_) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/895010527059079168">August 8, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>If u snap me once a day just to say "streak" don't snap me</p>- 美容  (@bratton_cami) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/895717824815140864">August 10, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>if you're just sending me one snap a day and its a blank snap to keep a streak going Im obviously going to deliberately lose the streak 🙃🖕🏽</p>- Kim O'Neill  (@Kimoneill97_1) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/892606725936697344">August 2, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/spanish-scientist-making-sex-robots-end-human-sex-technology-trafficking-prostitution-ethics-2017-7">A Spanish scientist is making robots that he thinks could end sex between humans</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/NZmwXRuC-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

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Blue blocking glasses have become a popular way of protecting eyesight - but you probably don't need them

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53227a7cecad042a377bea3e-936-624/angelina-jolie-maleficent.jpg" border="0" alt="angelina jolie maleficent" /><p class="source"><span>Disney</span></p></div><p></p></div></div>After four years away from the big screen, Angelina Jolie returns to theaters this weekend as an iconic Disney villain in "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/maleficent" target="_blank">Maleficent</a>."</p>
<p>The estimated $175 million+, live-action version of its 1959 animated movie "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sleeping-Beauty-Two-Disc-Platinum-Costa/dp/B0013ND30M/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401291137&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=sleeping+beauty" target="_blank">Sleeping Beauty</a>" tells the story of why the Mouse House's most wicked villainess turned dark.</p>
<p>It's Jolie's first big role since her two successful 2010 movies, action-thriller "<a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=salt10.htm" target="_blank">Salt</a>" and Johnny Depp flick "<a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tourist.htm" target="_blank">The Tourist</a>."</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/maleficent_2014/" target="_blank">first reviews for the film</a>, out Friday, are finally coming out, and while they're not stellar - the most inconsistent feedback on the film is on its visuals that have been described as everything from "<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/maleficent/review/706491">exquisitely designed</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">" to </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"</span><a href="http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/review/a573570/maleficent-review-angelina-jolie-is-mesmerising.html#~oFz5ZizdwLtBMX">atrocious</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">" - every reviewer agrees that Jolie is both a scene-stealer and the glue that holds first-time director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834902/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Robert Stromberg</a>'s picture together.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><a href="http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-maleficent-1201194138">Variety</a>:<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">"Jolie is perfectly cast in the lead, and does excellent work despite substantial physical constraints. She spends the entire film wearing a prosthetic nose, cheeks, teeth and ears, with moon-sized contact lenses and a bulky set of horns atop her head … When Jolie is let loose to really bare her fangs, such as her nearly word-for-word re-creation of Maleficent's first scene from the Disney original, she strips the paint from the walls."<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table click-to-enlarge"><div><div class="image"><a title_source="Disney" title_caption="Angelina Jolie on set of " Maleficent.="" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5385fea26bb3f79e144e37db-960/angelina-jolie-maleficent-set.jpg"><span class="sprites click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5385fea26bb3f79e144e37db-1200-800/angelina-jolie-maleficent-set.jpg" border="0" alt="angelina jolie maleficent set" /></a><p class="source"><span>Disney</span></p><p class="caption">Angelina Jolie on set of "Maleficent."</p></div><p></p></div></div><br /></strong></p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/review/a573570/maleficent-review-angelina-jolie-is-mesmerising.html#~oFz5ZizdwLtBMX"><strong>Digital Spy</strong></a><strong>: </strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p3" style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>"Maleficent</em>'s only consistent element is Angelina Jolie's mesmerising portrayal of the titular character … With her piercing eyes, angular cheekbones and a voice that effortlessly flits between soothing and scything, Angelina Jolie is majestic as Maleficent and keeps the movie afloat during its worst segments."<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://www.thewrap.com/maleficent-review-angelina-jolie/"><strong>The Wrap</strong></a><strong>:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p4" style="padding-left: 30px;">"If you're expecting Jolie to deliver purring sarcasm in the pursed-lipped, raised-eyebrow mold of Agnes Moorehead on "Bewitched," fear not - she absolutely does. Rest assured, however, that she offers up this character in many moods and modes, turning what was a striking but fairly single-minded villain into a fully fleshed-out woman. She has known pain and she has felt anger, yes, but she is also capable of love and compassion."<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table click-to-enlarge"><div><div class="image"><a title_source="Disney" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5385fea1ecad0492764e37df-960/maleficent-angelina-jolie-1.jpg"><span class="sprites click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/May/27/review-jolies-a-fun-hero-villain-in-maleficent/2/?#article-copy"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5385fea1ecad0492764e37df-1200-800/maleficent-angelina-jolie-1.jpg" border="0" alt="maleficent angelina jolie" /></a></a><p class="source"><span>Disney</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/May/27/review-jolies-a-fun-hero-villain-in-maleficent/2/?#article-copy">Associated Press</a>:<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="p3" style="padding-left: 30px;">"… She's [Jolie] the best thing about the movie, and always worth watching. But it blunts the effectiveness of the narrative if we can never quite believe Maleficent is bad. That's because we know she's essentially good, and she seems to know that we know it …<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p3" style="padding-left: 30px;">"'Maleficent' is fun for its appealing visuals - especially in the forest - and for watching Jolie. But that's not enough to make the whole film interesting. As the minutes tick by, you might even start feeling a bit like Sleeping Beauty herself comes to feel: Drowsy."</p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/maleficent/review/706491"><strong>The Hollywood Reporter</strong></a><strong>:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">"Angelina Jolie doesn't chew the estimable scenery in Maleficent - she infuses it, wielding a magnetic and effortless power as the magnificently malevolent fairy who places a curse on a newborn princess."</p>

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