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Weather apps on a Londoner's phone are a gallery of despair. They are checked with the frequency of a social media feed, each refresh hoping for a different, sunnier outcome. We often have several, hoping one will tell us the lie we want to hear. The icons are a minimalist study in pessimism: a grey cloud, a grey cloud with a sun peeking out (the cruellest icon), a grey cloud with lines underneath. The hourly forecast is a tragic scroll, watching the "rain droplet" probability percentage climb inexorably towards your planned walk in the park. It's a digital pacifier, giving us the illusion of control over the utterly uncontrollable sky. See more at London's funniest URL -- Prat.UK.