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<p>Cecilia Lenzen is a freelance writer for the Daily Dot.</p>


Cecilia Lenzen

homeless persons tent setup with lit newspaper on fire on it (l) woman pointing finger up caption "This is someone attempting to murder a homeless (unhoused) person, by lighting their tent on fire." (c) Newspaper on fire close up caption "This is actually a pretty common phenomenon known as social cleansing, it happens all the time."(r)

homeless tent fire

TikToker brings awareness to ‘social cleansing’ violence against unhoused people

happy couple smiling white woman african american man (l) Walmart employee talking rubbing hands scared caption "This customer told me I was too pretty to be with a black man and was holding the" (r)

customer harassing walmart employee

‘I’m too pretty to finish this conversation’: Man tells Walmart worker she’s ‘too pretty to be with a Black man’ in viral TikTok

Woman and toddler on couch caption " hey marten, you want leche? yeah ok, where do your hands go? which one? that one! this one?" (l) Woman and toddler on couch caption "breastfeeding my toddler: a boundaries conversation" " hey marten, you want leche?" "is this "gross" to you?" (c) Woman and toddler on couch caption " honestly I know this probably looks weird to a lot of people but I ALMOST quit because this was so hard to accomplish without any good extended breastfeeding models" (r)

breastfeeding

‘I know this probably looks weird to a lot of people’: Viral TikTok shows mother breastfeeding her toddler, sparking debate

Costco food court with people sitting (l) Man in food court with woman next to him caption "Random lady decides to sit next to us" (r)

food court seating

Unclick

TikToker tries to put woman on blast for sitting next to him at Costco food court, sparking debate

people gathered in lobby with caption "Bach Party in Austin emergency evacuating our VRBO in the middle of the night cause we realized we were being set up to be robbed and/or worse when the doors didn't lock, alarm didn't respond, and Vrbo listing had been taken down :-)"

bachelorette party rental house

‘New fear unlocked’: Woman says she was set up to be robbed at party house rental during bachelorette trip in viral TikTok

man in drive-thru with caption "when you want sonic chili but they don't know how to ring it up Part 1" (l&r) sonic sign (c)

sonic chili drive thru

‘She was definitely panicking wondering how to ring it up’: Man orders just Sonic chili from drive-thru, sparking debate in viral TikTok

Woman on phone in airplane seat (l) Woman on plane flipping off camera upset caption "When you pay $5 for airplane wifi just to get in trouble by the attendant bc apparently you cannot video or go live while in the air" (r)

rude passenger

TikToker gets in trouble on a flight for going live on social media and gets flamed in the comments

you name 2

Delivery driver tells Black customer their ‘name is so white’ in viral video

Vacuum cleaner on hardwood floor cleaning (l) Vacuum contents emptied into good will bin (r)

vacuum dirt

Woman allegedly dumps vacuum contents in Goodwill bin, sparking debate

Hooters employees dancing in tiktok (l) Hooters sign and building (c) Hooters worker caption "They all got fired" (r)

hooters

‘I feel like they have rules like high schools do’: Hooters worker shares reasons why her co-workers got fired in viral TikTok, sparking debate

Woman brushing hair behind ear caption "NO WHERE IN THE LEASE DOES IT SAY WE CANNOT HAVE THESE" (l) Woman with curtains behind her (r)

curtains

‘Nowhere in the lease does it say we cannot have these’: Property manager cites TikToker for curtains in viral TikTok, sparking debate

Chilis table with family bowl of chips and salad caption "maggots in our food chili's?" (l) Chili's Bar and Grill building with sign (c) Close up of food caption "maggots in our food chili's?" (r)

maggots at chilis

‘Wouldn’t be the first time’: TikToker allegedly finds maggot in their meal at Chili’s

Woman holding text messages to screen with man who is engaged and he wants to cheat on his fiancé with her (l) Woman holding other messages caption "i will never "hey girl..." another woman again, even if she begs for it" (c) Up close screenshots of her messages with the man 's mom (r)

hey girl…

‘I’m going to beat the f*ck out of you’: TikToker exposes friend for trying to cheat on his fiancée—then his mom sent her threats

Woman over greenscreen video caption "someone please tag me when she reposts it" (l) Resume being filled out on table (c) Woman caption "resume reveal" (r)

resume poster

‘I think they sent that reply back to scare me’: TikToker shares unconventional email from hiring manager, sparking debate

Allergy medication behind a locked display (L), CVS Pharmacy (M), Pushing customer service button (R)

cvs-help-button

‘Public humiliation button’: TikToker pushes help button to unlock allergy meds at CVS and triggers store announcement