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The Daily Dot

Rebecca Leib

Left: Domnhall Gleeson and Taylor Swift dancing in a music video; Right: YouTube Music app on a phone

Tech

“Just feels greedy”: YouTube Music’s latest “experiment” requires users to pay to see lyrics

Left: Bare-faced Filipina girl looking into the camera under text reading, "turning myself into a historically accurate bebot." Right: Two women in full-face glam makeup doing the "bebot girl" TikTok trend.

Culture

What is a “bebot” girl? The TikTok beauty transformation trend, explained

3 Panel image, woman with glasses and hat sitting in her car

‘This is modern day slavery’: Woman delivers two meals with Uber Eats. Then she looks at her pay

A person speaking with social post replies overlaid.

‘As a happily married woman I can still say you’re not wrong’: Even married women are cheering this viral anti-marriage lesson

3 panel image showing 3 different people enjoying frozen jalapenos in sauvignon blanc wine.

Frozen jalapeños in white wine? ‘Spicy sauvy b’ is apparently the drink of summer 2025

3 Panel image, Women in her car talking to man outside

‘I would be feral if I witnessed this’: Video of man berating wheelchair user has has been seen over 10 million times

Why are people saying ‘girls with eyebrow slits can’t eat ube cupcakes’?

Three panel image with people impersonating seagull sounds in each panel.

The European seagull screeching championship is the chaotic joy you didn’t know you needed

The internet can’t stop talking about the woman who went on a ‘no-touching date’ because she had scabies

bedroom with wall painted millennial green(l) woman looking disappointed(c) green chair(r)

Is millennial green the new ‘sad beige’?

Three panel image with a woman eating breakfast on left, two cooworkers at work in middle and man eating breakfast on right.

The ‘I’m so hungry I could eat…’ TikTok trend is unlocking dad lore and emotional damage

image showing scenes from the TikTok post and the text over: Elder Millennial

Memes

‘Just say expired’: She did the ‘rock on’ sign at a roller derby then said ‘elder millennial’—and the internet went feral

woman shares how she caught someone cheating(l) Banana bread slices on plate(r)

‘I nearly killed him’: TikTok is obsessed with this story of a cheating husband, a mutual friend, and a banana bread allergy

What does the ‘Some of y’all lack’ meme actually mean? It depends on who you ask

Three screenshots of Instagram user @inspiredmediaco with the captions "changes tone 21", "What a 1 minute video actually looks like [skull emoji]; fixes top 1", and "*is glitching**

‘I feel this in my soul’: Raw footage of what filming a 1-minute video for social media is actually like resonates deeply with struggling creators