You’d think rocking a sweater would be a straight forward affair. Technically you’d be wrong.

The fashion rulebook dictates that one way to do this well is to match it with your sneakers. Now we don’t mean wearing clown shoes if you’re rocking tie dye up top (why are you even wearing tie dye?), but more so if the sweater motif features a striking primary colour, work that into your footwear for a very casual-cool look.

It simply works in the attention-grabbing department without going completely verging into hypebeast territory.

A good example of the sweater-sneaker match is Nick Jonas who paired his black sweater with a bright red rose motif with red slip-ons when he was spotted at a restaurant in California.

Eyes are focused on two areas: His torso and his feet. The rest is sported with tapered black chinos, a matching black watch and black fanny pack not worn around the waist like Dwayne Johnson.

If you need more evidence of this look at work, take a look through the gallery where we’ve included Michael B. Jordan as a great example of a sweater-sneaker-colour combo where white us used.

As John Connor once said, “easy money”.

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Do you even lift? Of course, you do. Perhaps even to a point where your body gives out.

Gym addiction is a growing problem amongst men in today’s aesthetic-driven culture. A 2012 study highlighted that 0.5% of the world’s population suffered from it. It might not seem like much but given the current wave of excessive health trends sweeping the globe, that figure will no doubt have increased its footprint.

When pushing the limits at the other end of the fitness spectrum, it’s important to see the clear and dangerous signs that could point to exercise addiction. We spoke to the experts to identify the tell-tale signs and how to treat them.

How To Know You’re Addicted To The Gym

Control freaks should pay attention now. There are very obvious signs that you’re addicted to lifting weights according to Dr. Clive Jones, who is a professor in sport and exercise psychology at Queensland’s Bond University.

“Getting anxiety when you’re not training is a big one,” he says.

“Agitation. Irritability. Feeling guilty. Not being able to have a break or seeing the importance of recovery is just the intrapersonal stuff. The interpersonal part is where it starts to affect your relationships; where spending time at the gym is more important than spending time with other people.”

More specifically, the Exercise Addiction Inventory by Mark Griffiths outlines the key behavioural characteristics of fitness addiction as:

Salience

Exercise becomes the most important activity in an addict’s life, completely dominating their thinking, emotions and behaviour

Mood Modification

Exercise produces mood changes such as stimulating highs or mental numbness or escape

Tolerance

Addicts require increasing amounts of activity in order to achieve their desired effects

Withdrawal Symptoms

Decreasing or stopping exercise results in discomfort, irritability, shakiness and other classic withdrawal symptoms

Conflict

Exercise obsession creates conflict in addicts’ relationships as it begins to take priority over other work, family and personal obligations

Relapse

Exercise addicts may respond to triggers by reverting back to the same patterns of activity, even after long periods of normalcy

When embarking on your regular fitness routine, look out for these key indicators mentioned. If you find yourself becoming overly obsessive with rigid workout routines, energy intake, calorie counting and weighing in multiple times a day then keep your head in check – it could be leading you down a very dangerous path.

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Psychological Effects of Gym Addiction

Where females often associate traits of an ideal body image with anorexia, males tend to lean more towards body dysmorphia, a mental disorder that harbours the mindset that one’s own appearance is severely flawed and requires exceptional measures to improve it.

Case in point, excessive levels of fitness or bodybuilding to achieve the perfect physique. Dr Jones explains that the psychological effects of this can often appear on a few levels.

“The addiction can be in relation to body image and sense of self. And so it can be symptomatic of low self-esteem or not feeling comfortable with one’s self.”

“There’s also the addiction to the natural body chemicals that are produced in the context of training such as endorphins.”

“It’s a feel good chemical so it can be a good way to deal with stress. Exercise is good for mental health, it’s just when it becomes an addiction that it has detrimental implications.”

So what kind of damage can it do to your body?

What Gym Addiction Does To Your Body

Professor Aaron Coutts specialises in sports and exercise science at the University of Technology Sydney. He says that these endorphins are often known as the ‘happy hormones’ to which people can get addicted too early on.

Fitness addiction tends to affect those who embark more on endurance training but professor Coutts warns that gym addiction can also be a real possibility.

“It can happen if you gym extremely hard twice a day, every day without recovery,” he explains.

More specifically this can happen with extreme resistance training or endurance training. There’s no set amount of time a person needs to spend in the gym before they’re deemed an addict though as it’s all relative.

“It’s not only the time spent in the gym, it’s the goals,” says Coutts.

“If somebody is competing towards an event, then there needs to be a certain amount of time committed to training for the event, otherwise you could end up hurting yourself.”

Unfortunately, there’s no way to put an objective figure on the time frame.

“You’re going to have athletes training two times a day, morning and night at the pool, but they’re not addicted. But you can have someone training once a day for far less time and they’re showing signs of addiction.”

The takeaway message is simple enough though. Those most at risk of gym addiction are men who carry out large volumes of exercise without matching it with an appropriate diet and recovery.

Professor Coutts outlines the effects on the body’s four key areas as:

• Physical changes: The body suffers from inadequate recovery to match the physical stress that you’re giving.
• Metabolism: In extreme conditions, a dysfunction to the body’s metabolism and the way it regulates fuel.
• Hormonal regulation: Hormones regulate how a body adapts to stimulus. The practice of overtraining can affect how these hormones would normally and healthily be released into the body. This in turn leads to lower testosterone and higher stress hormones.
• Immune system: The immune system can become poorly regulated due to overtraining. This leads to low defences to viruses and pathogen meaning you’ll get ill more frequently.
• Muscle mass: Healthy training can lead to lower body fat but excessive levels will cause a loss in muscle mass depending on the nature of exercise. It can potentially become an extreme disorder.

How To Fix It

There’s no magic pill when it comes to preventing the onset of exercise addiction and overtraining. Professor Coutts does however note that the critical things are simple things in regards to treatment.

Adequate Carbohydrate Intake Is Essential

Carbohydrate is an immediately accessible fuel source. Fitness trends currently favour low carb diets, but carbohydrate is an essential fuel for exercise.

“If you’re low on carbs and you exercise a lot, you’ll have low energy and that will lead to poor performance and increased illness – and that is a mechanism for overtraining.”

Change Your Thinking

Dr. Jones who specialises in sport psychology says that on a mental level, it’s always around modifying the thoughts and behaviours towards training.

“Curbing addiction starts with the behaviour,” he says.

“Stop and rest a few weeks to prove that you’re not addicted. When you’re going on holidays and looking for a place to stay, don’t chase up all the gyms around the local area. That’s a behavioural thing.”

Stress Management

On the emotional front, it’s all about training your mind to manage the stress in a positive manner.

“Having exercise is one way to deal with the stress but having other ways is just as important,” he says.

“The psychological thing is just making sure your sense of worth and value is not dependent on how good a six pack you’ve got.”

Know Your Own Goals

It’s also a good idea to be realistic about the body aspirations one looks up to in pursuit of their own fitness goals.

Competitive body builders who have balanced routines and are not addicted will have peak seasons and off seasons of training.

“This means they won’t have their body constantly trim and taunt,” says Jones.

“It’s unhealthy to have the body in the shape that’s portrayed in the media as a perfect body shape, it’s actually quite unhealthy.”

The Bottom Line

A good-looking body doesn’t necessarily mean a healthy body.

“What’s healthy about the body is in terms of biochemistry and heart function. Our perception of ‘healthy’ is something we need to reassess,” adds Jones.

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The most satisfying way to test your levels of fitness anxiety?

“Rock out, enjoy an ice cream every now and then to prove to yourself that you’re not addicted.”

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It was a short week of events going on around the world which meant many of the usual suspects were missing from this week’s style wrap.

Nonetheless a handful of men made it happen from Shawn Mendes’ dual toned Paul Smith suit at the VMAs to Henry Golding’s red carpet looks.

Joining the contingency of cool but not overly dressed guys this week was Queen actor Rami Malek, Michael Keegan-Key, Alex Rodriguez, Liam Payne and Justin Theroux in all his gun-slinging glory.

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What does your 30 year old stay-at-home son and a mollusc have in common? Evolutionary success!

It would be a stretch to say humans evolved to be lazy, but we can now say for certain that being sluggish (as in, “Slow metabolism,” sluggish, not, “I can’t be bothered to do the dishes,” sluggish) provides an evolutionary advantage.

So where does “survival of the fittest” go wrong? A recent study of bivalves and gastropods in the Atlantic Ocean suggests laziness is a fruitful strategy for survival of individuals, species and even communities of species.

Although the research was based on molluscs, the authors believe they may have stumbled on a general principal that could apply to higher animals, “Including land-dwelling vertebrates.”

small talk requires 100% more energy than making out

— so sad today (@sosadtoday) 15 August 2018

Looking at a time-scale of 5 million years, from the mid-Pliocene period to the present, scientists analysed 299 species’ metabolic rates (and the related amount of energy they need/would have needed to live their daily lives), finding higher metabolic rates to be a reliable predictor of extinction.

“Those that have gone extinct tend to have higher metabolic rates than those that are still living,” (Science Daily).

“Maybe in the long term the best evolutionary strategy for animals is to be lassitudinous and sluggish,” Bruce Lieberman, co-author of the study, said. “Instead of ‘survival of the fittest,’ maybe a better metaphor for the history of life is ‘survival of the laziest’ or at least ‘survival of the sluggish,” he added.

why go to a fiesta when you can go take a siesta?

— sam (@ssamoliverr_) August 22, 2018

The researchers also said their work could have, “Important implications for forecasting which species may be likely to vanish in the near term in the face of impending climate change,” (Science Daily).

Another question is whether this phenomenon is exclusive to mollusks, because given the size of the study’s data set (and the amount of time it covers), it’s possible that laziness could provide advantages in other species too.

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As a personal trainer I get insight into many human behaviours.

My early Wednesday can be spent with a stressed out mid-level manager of an small business who is having an identity crisis, didn’t sleep, and was late to training.

Mid-morning, a client who flew in the night before from North America on 4-5 hours sleep is going through our warm up whilst discussing access to pipe lines with an African politician.

The Mindset You Need To Have

These are perfect examples of clients who can show 110-percent focus on the session and then click into meeting preparation the minute we finish, as they head into the city to sign off billion dollar lease arrangements.

They are entirely different people living their reality, both intense in different ways, both busy. And that’s the type of person you need to become if you want to become fit, ripped, jacked or whatever your physical goals.

But Why Don’t You Ever Get There?

Intensity is self-perpetuating. As the trees disappear into the forest, our ability to focus on the task at hand becomes clouded by our to-do lists. Whether your office hours are from 10am-6pm or from 5am-12am, ‘busy’ is typically a term we throw around when we have lost control of our schedules due to external variables.

Your Choices Become Reactionary & You Lose Control

If you’re unfit it’s likely you’re using your downtime to numb rather than recover. As fitness Yoda once said, “Exhausted our good intentions, for healthy living go out the window”. In other words, get your shit in order outside of the gym and you’ll see results.

Your Weeks Don’t Magically Become Busy

Patterns are evident whether you work shifts, see clients all day or know that Thursdays are interstate travel day. We become stressed and busy when we push boundaries, overlooking these predictable patterns and make decisions that compromise our performance in the gym.

Overbooking Your Weekends Is Your Biggest Mistake

Doing this will ensure you have little down time for the body to rest. Allowing time for rest and rehabilitation is one of the most common scenarios. Similarly, over committing weeknights commonly leaves professionals exhausted come the weekend and looking for numbing behaviours such as poor food choices and too much alcohol.

These Habits Compound On Themselves

Someone that is struggling looks for reassurance. Whilst someone that is on top of his or her game looks confident and capable. Other people see the former as a mess, the latter as a leader. The mess looks for a drink on a Friday, the leader has goals to hit and gets up early for a run Saturday.

They have very different weekends and as the cycle perpetuates itself they are treated differently and grow into different outcomes. These outcomes are set in our day to day behaviour.

Overcome Excuses Through Resilience

It is always easier said than done, but performance is knowing where you want to get to and optimising your daily choices to get you there.

By sitting down and prioritising what’s important to you at your current stage of life, you can get an enormous amount of clarity on your day-to-day routine choices that you need to make. The first step is identifying what’s important to you and thus what needs to fit into your every week.

From there, goals can be set to eliminate your regressive behaviours, leaving time for more movement forward.

Beyonce, like you, only has 24 hours in a day. Drinking, television and social media when combined take up an enormous amount of time. ‘Numbing’ behaviours that distract the mind act as coping mechanisms for the intensity of the day-to-day.

As a simple case study, let’s say you do:

• 3-hours of drinking on a Friday and Saturday
• Combined with an hour of TV a night
• Checking Facebook and Instagram for 5-minutes three times a day.

This totals 14 hours and 45 minutes per week, equivalent to 22% or your awake time or 2 hours of exercise per day.

Having down time, exercise time and food preparation time is about creating space in your head for clarity.

Understanding your stage in life, your priorities and the repercussions of your choices are key if space is to make your dreams a reality.

In other words, to make time for fitness, balance your schedule against your priorities and stick to your guns. They’ll need your full mental and physical attention to grow.

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From hairpin bends and Alfa Romeos to Limoncello liquor, there’s more to the Amalfi coast than Jamie Oliver would have you believe. So before you fill your camera roll with cliches and deep fried ravioli, check out this guide to some of the more off-beat locations.

Disclaimer: there’s nothing wrong with a cheeky tourist pic. But travel snobs, people who’ve been before, and travellers in Amalfi long enough to see more than the Lonely Planet checklist should definitely take advantage of this list.

New fav pic I ever posted hahaa this mood every day for the rest of my life please

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Fornillo Beach

If you’re after something more laid-back than the VIP scene at Spiaggia Grande (Positano’s main beach), put Fornillo beach on your agenda. Get up early, do the 10-minute walk along Via dei Positanesi d’America (the route that connects Fornillo and the main town), and you’ll be rewarded with your own semi private beach.

Bonus: if you get blisters on your way there there’s a free boat shuttle between Fornillo and Positano’s main pier (for the return). The restaurants and deck chair rental merchants are also cheaper here (supply , demand, etc.).

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Conca Dei Marini

Quaint is the best word to describe Conca dei Marini; a fishing village often overlooked by tourists on their way to the more famous towns of Amalfi and Positano (Conca dei Marini sits between the two). Unlike its brother and sister, Conca dei Marini scarcely feels touristy—especially if you go in the shoulder or off peak season (i.e. avoid July and August).

For us the highlight is Grotta dello Smeraldo, a jaw-slackening 100-foot-high sea cave carved into the cliffs by the shore, named after the water’s translucent shade of emerald green (i.e. the shade of your friends’ eyes back home flicking through your latest Insta-story).

The village itself is a cluster of coloured houses (so old and picturesque they are UNESCO protected) hanging tight at the base of a cliff, winding down towards a bay that flows out into the Tyrrhenian Sea. There are also mouth watering local restaurants (many recommend Risorgimento for its excellent seafood risotto), a small church, a 16th-century watchtower, and a relatively tourist-free beach.

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Don Alfonso 1890

The town of Sant’Agata is not on everyone’s itinerary, but Don Alfonso 1890 makes it worth a squiz. The hotel (and ristorante) runs deep with family-run passion, which you will inevitably experience in some kind of health-conscious, organic explosion of flavour. But, as reported by Vogue, the fun begins well before you sit down in the tranquil dining room: “Guests enjoy a tour of the subterranean wine and cheese cellar.” Then when you come to eat, “The meal itself is a mosaic of flavours, thoughtfully paired and… grounded in tradition… date(ing) back generations.” Standouts include the baked egg with burrata and black truffle, the locally raised Laticauda lamb, and the “sinful” Concert of Lemon dessert.

Cantine Marisa Cuomo

Yes: Italy is brimming (if not overflowing) with world-class wine regions. But that just means there are some gems that fly under the radar. Cantine Marisa Cuomo is one such unicorn; a winery in the cliffs of Furore—a town tucked between Praiano and Conca dei Marini—that makes wines that rival the beauty of the landscape.

Cantine Marisa Cuomo is known for its crisp, fruity white wines, made from native grapes like Fenile, Ginestra, and Ripoli. It also plays host to vibrant, sun-smacked reds made with the local Per ‘e Palummo grape. This estate also features 25 acres of lush, terraced vineyards overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea. Grazie. Grazie indeed.

#positano #cantinemarisacuomo #furore #italy #panamahat #itsallaboutthehat #randomnightsofmeetingpeople #spectacularviews #takemeback

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Da Adolfo Trattoria

Da Adolfo is Italy’s equivilent of a Spanish Chiringuito, or an Aussie beachside cafe. Located on Laurito beach (a 10-minute boat ride from Positano), Da Adolfo will make up for every tourist rip off meal you’ve ever eaten. Although the 40-year-old restaurant is hardly spanking new, the authenticity of the experience makes it worth its weight in pasta. Think: barefoot waiters, sand-between-your-toes, and chalkboard menus.

Expect everything you need and nothing you don’t. The food bursts with Amalfi flavours: spaghetti with fresh octopus and zucchini, grilled mozzarella on lemon leaves, anchovies tossed in green peppers, mussels in a tangy tomato sauce—take your pick.

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Call it first world problems. Call it an arms race. Call it an illegal gun show. The truth is that Justin Theroux is getting well swole and his vintage gold Rolex watch can no longer cope.

The American actor and one-time Jennifer Aniston husband was recently spotted rolling around New York City on his signature gold-plated bike. This time was different though. Theroux was rocking some seriously jacked arms in his casual summer get up which comprised of a sleeveless Newport shirt, fitted white denim, suede boots and a Wu-Tang trucker cap.

The star of the show though was his 1971 18K gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner Date taking in every bump and shock sent up those newly polished tree logs. The watch itself isn’t anything astronomical in the Rolex world – it retails in the region of $30,000 – $40,000 – but it is good to see someone wearing a Rolex as it’s meant to be worn.

The only resistance Theroux will be facing down the track is whether or not his muscles will garner more attention than his wrist candy. We’ll let you decide that one.

For now we can offer you the chance to replicate Theroux’s gun show thanks to the good people at American Men’s Health.

According to the fitness publication who interviewed Theroux’s personal trainer back in June this year, there are no secrets – just classic weight-room exercises.

“We stick with the basics,” his trainer, Rob Piela told the magazine. But wait there’s more. It was revealed that Theroux works out five days a week with most sessions kicking off with 40 minutes of boxing training before ending with 20 minutes in the weights room where he works on his abs, does circuits or deadlifts.

Here’s the full Justin Theroux training program from Men’s Health.

Abs Blaster

Do 3 sets of each exercise, resting for 30 to 45 seconds between sets.

1) Hanging leg-raise: Hang from a pullup bar with an overhand grip. Keeping your legs straight, raise them as high as possible, then lower them. That’s 1 rep; do 20 to 40.

2) Decline situp: Lie on a decline bench with your feet firmly anchored, holding a weight plate over your chest. (Theroux uses 25- and 45-pound plates, but you should start with a 10-pounder.) Tighten your abs and raise your torso; as you do this, raise the plate over your head. Slowly lower yourself back to the starting position. That’s 1 rep; do 20 to 40.

3) Cable crunch: Connect a rope attachment to a high cable machine loaded with a medium weight and kneel beside it. Grasp the rope and lower it so that its handles are near your ears. This is the start. Without moving your hips, contract your abs; try to touch your elbows to your knees. Return to the start. That’s 1 rep; do 20 to 40.

4) Bicycle crunch: Start lying on your back, hands behind your head, legs off the ground, and knees and hips bent at 90 degrees. Press your lower back into the ground. Bring your left knee toward your chest; touch your right elbow to that knee. Return to the start; repeat on the other side. That’s 1 rep; do 20 to 40.

Strength Circuit

Do 8 to 12 reps of each move; battle through 2 to 3 rounds. Rest as needed between moves, but try to keep it short.

Squat > Deadlift > Pullup > Pushup > Shoulder lateral raise > Dumbbell biceps curl > Triceps cable pressdown

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‘Dating abundance’ – what does it mean? For a man, it means having the ability to meet and date the woman (or man) that he wants to date.It means being with her because he wants to, not because he couldn’t do better or because that was his only option.Now say it with us slowly. Dating abundance is about dating on your own terms – dating how you want with whomever you want. It may sound simple, but this concept still tends to escape many men out there.Dating abundance or having the freedom of options is essentially the pinnacle of dating; a place where all men would love to be…but very few are.The billion dollar question: Why can’t most men reach this pinnacle?

You Don’t Think You Can Score Dates

Sounds obvious but it’s true. We live in a society that considers a man actively working on their dating skills to be either desperate or some sketchy pick up artist. Improving one’s ability with women is often seen in the least as “unnecessary” and at the most, “creepy”.Men don’t go out and meet the women that they want to meet, or develop the skills required to do so, simply because they don’t think that they can. They’ve been brainwashed to think that approaching a woman in the wild is weird, and that asking a woman home is sleazy. Or worse, that showing genuine interest in a woman is desperate.Men are told to just be “themselves” and when the time is right, it will “just happen”. Okay Pope Francis, but is it “just happening” with the women that you really want? And try telling that to the man in his forties who has been waiting twenty years for some action.

You Don’t Commit To The Effort

Getting good with women takes time and effort. It takes months, years even. It means going out regularly, putting your balls on the line regularly. It means dressing better, working on your personality, working on your body. It means approaching a girl, confidently asking her out, and keeping your spirits up even if she tells you to f*ck off or has a boyfriend.More importantly it means working through your biggest insecurities, finding other men interested in doing the same and committing to doing whatever it takes until you get where you want. In short, it’s a huge effort. Most men wanting to meet women will generally go out only a few of times a year and maybe approach one or two women each time.Sorry to say, but that is nowhere near enough to elicit any real growth.

You Simply Don’t Approach

Most men just don’t approach. They never go to bars to approach, they never approach that cute woman in the supermarket, that cute girl at a work event, or that woman that they walk past every morning on the way to work. They never say ‘hey’ to that girl that smiles at them in their café. And that is why you’re still single.From my years of experience, maybe only a third of women will like you and maybe even less will give you their number and go on a date with you. So if you’re not approaching and you’re only meeting a few new potential dates a year, then you’re just not going to be developing any skills, or meeting the best women for you.

You Hide Your Intent

Fear of rejection means that most men hide their intent from those they’re genuinely interested in. That is to say, they’re afraid to show any interest in them. Women like men who are bold enough to own it, to show it, to not be apologetic for it. Anything good in life requires effort and has some risk. Let that sink in.If you start a business, it might not work out. If you ask a girl out, she might reject you. But it’s sure as hell better than pretending to be her friend for years on end, quietly and desperately hoping that something will eventuate (it won’t).And one bold move is a hell of a lot more attractive than years of creepy subtleties and innuendos that lead up to the dreaded “I only see you as a friend” line. Don’t be that guy.

You’re Not ‘Closing’

Some men do go out and actually have nice conversations with women…but then they don’t ever do anything more than that (following them on Instagram doesn’t count). They don’t ask for their phone number. They don’t try to take her home. They don’t ask her out.They talk to Susie in the office for years and never actually find out if she is interested. They talk to a woman in a bar for an hour and then bid her goodnight. They talk to that woman in the café every day and never ask if she’d like to go out sometime.Sometimes a woman will drop every hint under the sun, and be disappointed when the cute guy who just started talking to her walks away, unaware that she wanted the same thing as he did. So for a lot of men, most of their interactions don’t actually result in any dates.The closer for you? Stop being so precious and just ask her out. The reward will far outweigh the risk if she’s the right one.RELATED:How To Successfully Ask Out The Girl Of Your Dreams

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Self admiration is a valuable trait. There are some things we do though, that make us question whether esteem has maybe crossed over into vanity. And for those that take amour-propre seriously, looking at yourself in a mirror while you stroke your… ego… is nothing to be ashamed of. Until you get caught.

Now though, porn companies are offering an even more intense way to indulge your megalomania. The only problem? You are guaranteed to get caught (or at least, be seen). In fact that’s the condition on which your orgasm depends.

This is all down to ‘deepfake’ technology, which ‘came’ onto the scene last year, enabling people to (realistically) swap the faces of in-action porn stars with celebrities (or whoever the tech geeks had in their camera roll).

Now though, the porn company Naughty America is looking to reverse the trend, providing a “consensual” deepfake experience. How does this work? Basically, customers send images of themselves to Naughty America, who use the ‘deepfake’ technology to insert you into a porn scene with an actor and setting of your choosing.

“We’re customizing content using deep learning,” Naughty America CEO Andreas Hronopoulos told Mashable.

The “deep learning” he refers to is the process by which artificial intelligence learns to mimic actions (in this case, yours), based on the data (images, videos, etc.) presented to it. Without it, this this new kind of image-manipulation technology would not exist.

To star in your own Naughty America film, you would need to pay anywhere between a few hundred bucks to thousands of dollars, “Depending on how technical the customisations for the user’s fantasy are,” (Mashable). To achieve this, the customer would also need to provide the company with a lot of visual data, including photos and videos of facial reactions—and whatever else they want inserted into the video.

Naughty America also has a legal team involved making sure consent is obtained from the performers involved, as well as a stringent application process, to ensure people do not use the service to create high quality “revenge porn.”

“Any customers who want to use the customization service would have to submit the same documents they would if they were a performer. The identification would have to match the images of the person who wants to be inserted into a film. The end product would be provided to that specific customer directly, delivered in a format preferable to them,” Naughty America told Mashable.

So, could this new service redeem the reputation of “deepfake” technology, which is currently associated with slander and revenge porn? Only time will tell. To make up your own mind head on over to check out the company’s (NSFW) samples.

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