But I know for a fact I’m not the only one, I mean who doesn’t want a glimpse at the good life, even if it means staring at a screen…that’s what Selling Sunset is really, isn’t it?

They show off some of the most elite properties on the market in the illustrious Hollywood, Los Angeles, and of course there’s a bit of drama in-between the real estate we see but it is a huge hit because of us nosey bunch.

Anyway, a YouTuber, BigBanksz, has shown off one incredible estate located in Branson West, Missouri. With sweeping views of Table Rock Lake, Evergreen Crystal Palace was built back in 1991 by Robert W. Plaster – a philanthropist and millionaire who made his fortune through founding Empire Gas.

Tragically, in 2008 Plaster died and wrote that he wanted the 25,000-square-foot mansion to be sold off with the money going towards college funds for students – and 13 years later the Robert W. Plaster Foundation placed it on the market for $80 million.

But years have since passed and there’s still no buyer, so the asking price has been slashed to $49 million.

The marble and glass property sits 200 feet above the artificial lake in the Ozarks of southwestern Missouri, while it also boasts of 365 acres of land surrounding it.

Those dates will mark 51 and 101 years respectfully since Evergreen Crystal Palace was built.

You could argue there are actually three time capsules, with the property itself looking as if it were teleported from the 1990s to the present day.

While it is spotless inside (there’s no dust, cobwebs or whatnot) it has remained relatively untouched, with towels even still dotted around the property bearing the Evergreen logo.

Selling the property for Evergreen Investments, real estate agent Ken Coleman previously said: “It’s really strange to go in the house today because it looks like it’s just a frozen time capsule.”

The property has 12 guest suites, two master bedrooms and four offices over five floors, while also offering garage space for more than 20 cars and a helicopter landing pad.

And for those gun enthusiasts… a shooting range too.

I suppose it’s back to daydreaming for the rest of us.

Luca Parmitano had embarked on EVA 23, a six-hour space walk around the International Space Station, in July 2013.

But his helmet soon began filling with liquid, stopping him from being able to hear or see.

And while you’d not usually associate space with water – let alone drowning – Parmitano almost met a terrifying fate.

While working with cables outside the ISS, 250 miles (400 kilometers) above sea level, he was surprised by the ‘unexpected sensation’ of water at the back of his neck.

The Italian astronaut, who was working on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA), struggled to communicate up to 1.5 liters of water – from a clogged pipe in the space suit – filled his helmet.

Parmitano explained: “My ability to see – already compromised by the water – completely vanishes, making my eyes useless.

“But worse than that, the water covers my nose – a really awful sensation that I make worse by my vain attempts to move the water by shaking my head.”

He continued: “By now, the upper part of the helmet is full of water and I can’t even be sure that the next time I breathe I will fill my lungs with air and not liquid.”

Parmitano was instructed to go back to the airlock, but, unable to see in front of him, he no longer knew which direction he should be heading.

He decided to follow his safety cable back to the airlock, where he had to wait for repressurization to take place before he could take off the helmet.

And as he made his way back, the water continued to rise until it ‘almost completely covered the front of [his] visor’.

Writing in his ESA blog, he described a back-up plan he’d thought up, explaining: “The only idea I can think of is to open the safety valve by my left ear: if I create controlled depressurisation, I should manage to let out some of the water, at least until it freezes through sublimation, which would stop the flow.

“But making a ‘hole’ in my spacesuit really would be a last resort.”

Fortunately, Parmitano made it to the airlock, but then had to wait while his colleagues secured it from the outside before they could come in and free him.

He considered removing his helmet, despite it being a risky move.

He reasoned: “I know that if the water does overwhelm me I can always open the helmet.

“I’ll probably lose consciousness, but in any case that would be better than drowning inside the helmet.”

Fortunately, he was freed from his space suit in time, returning back to Earth shortly after. The six-hour space walk was cut short after one hour.

Looking back on the experience, Parmitano described space as a ‘harsh, inhospitable frontier’, adding: “We are explorers, not colonizers. The skills of our engineers and the technology surrounding us make things appear simple when they are not, and perhaps we forget this sometimes. Better not to forget.”

There are lots of things to consider when choosing a name — Is the child being named after a relative? Are there alternate spellings? How does it flow with their surname?

One thing parents-to-be may overlook though is initials. Sure, it may seem like a minor detail but according to one TikToker, it’s not.

Emily Windham has shared a video which has gone viral with 1.2 million views about the reality of having unfortunate initials.

“When you’re deciding what to name your kids, look at what their initials are going to be,” she says at the beginning of her rant.

“Every time I have to initial a document, I have to write ‘EW’. All these little initial lines just say EW EW EW EW.”

The 23-year-old said her parents considered the name Alexia, which only adds to her frustration because her initials would have been AW.

“That’s so cute,” she said.

“Okay, well, you missed Easy Em,” she joked.

However, her dad did not want her to be teased with the nickname “sexy Lexy”.

Viewers weighed in and spoke about their own awkward initials. One woman named Erin Williams commented: “Same girl”.

Another person wrote: “My initials are BJ”.

Someone else said: “My initials are EGG.”

A woman named Madison shared: “Mine is ME & when I would sign out on duties at work someone goes, ‘can someone plz stop signing ME and sign your initials’, I’m like, those are my initials.”

And Michelle said: “Mine is MD so I feel smart yk even tho [sic] I’m definitely not a doctor.”

People have also discussed the reality of living with a name after it takes on a whole new meaning.

In first-person piece for Business Insider, a woman called Alexa explained how Amazon’s virtual assistant changed how she felt about her name.

“Growing up, I loved having the name Alexa. Aside from a brief first-grade obsession with the name Rebecca, I’ve always been happy with it and never had a reason to feel otherwise.”

However, when Amazon’s Alexa came onto the scene, everything changed.

At first, the references were ‘subtle’, with the vast majority of people asking if Alexa enjoyed sharing the name with Amazon’s new device.

“I’d say that while they [Amazon] should have gone with something more obscure, it hadn’t really affected me,” she added. “I was so naive.”

The jokes kept on coming for Alexa: “I worked at a department store in 2018, and at least once a day, a customer would make fun of my name. ‘What’s the weather today, Alexa?’ ‘What time is it, Alexa?’ Some would even say things like, ‘I bet you get those jokes all the time,’ as if they weren’t part of the onslaught themselves.”

Thankfully, Alexa has since come around to sharing a name with the speaker device more.

She resolved: “Despite the ups and downs, I’m still proud to be named Alexa.”