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The Daily Dot

Rebecca Leib

Left: Man sitting on the ground, wearing a gray t-shirt and lifting up a navy couch. Right: Navy couch, an eye visible peeking out from underneath.

“My husband thought I was crazy”: Woman hears strange noises in her couch. Then she looks inside

Left: Front of a Cheesecake Factory restaurant against a blue sky. Right: TikTok screenshot of a Cheesecake Factory kitchen in the aftermath of Valentine's Day, 2026, dishes piled high. Text overlay reads, "Happy Valentine's Day."

“It is 1:17 in the morning”: Video of Cheesecake Factory kitchen on Valentine’s Day is making people rethink eating there

Left: "Stan Twitter Meme Girl" Arii in 2016 wearing white "realist" hoodie, red shoes, and Michael Kors purse. Right: "Stan Twitter Meme Girl" Arii 10 years later (2026) wearing the same white "realist" hoodie, red shoes, and Michael Kors purse.

Memes

Arii, the “Stan Twitter Meme Girl,” recreates her iconic hoodie photo 10 years later

Left: Woman in a brown sweater looking into the camera, text overlay reads, "25-year-old got MY promotion. Asked me to train her. What I said: NO."

“I’m not your free training program”: Company asks woman to train the 25-year-old they promoted over her. She refused

Left: Screenshot of a TikTok showing a young man in a ball cap and white shirt sitting in the window seat of an airplane, text overlay reads, "Saw a cute guy on the plane and thought I'd shoot my shot." Right: Young blonde woman in a polka dot halter dress.

Woman throws love note to “cute guy” on a flight, and it pays off…kinda

A photo of a text from the OP's landlord, asking him to do a bunch of things for 30 dollars off of rent

“Straight-up insult”: Landlord offers $50 off rent to shovel snow, mow lawn, and buy gas

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.