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The Daily Dot

<p>Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.</p>


Susan LaMarca

Author Jeff Pearlman’s video about aging

“This hit me HARD”: Author brutally nails what getting older actually feels like in viral video

Passengers on an airplane lifting their hands in the air doing plane yoga

“Definitely a Spirit thing”: People are doing plane yoga now—and yes, there’s a catch

3 panel: Women wearing pearls and talking about the viral TikTok "pearl earring theory"

Culture

“No wonder I’m single all the time”: Viral “Pearl earring theory” is making women rethink their entire vibe

Left: Woman drinking out of a cup under text reading: "Sore throat virus 2025" Middle: Woman drinking tea under caption reading "Does anyone else in June 2025 have a mystery virus that makes your throat hurt SO BAD" Right: Man looking at camera above caption reading "Sore throat virus 2025"

The “mysterious illness” that feels like swallowing razor blades is actually the new COVID Nimbus variant, say doctors

TikToker discussing how she ate her own rib

Woman says she cooked and ate her own rib meat after surgery and people are losing it

Cuban man reacts to being in a Costco for the first time

Man from Cuba experiences U.S. Costco for the first time and can’t hold back his emotions

3 panel: Left: Hand holding a tea bag under caption reading "What Americans know as tea" Middle: Tea dust Right: Hand holding tea dust

Apparently American tea sucks, is known as “tea dust” internationally

Left: Woman speaking to camera under caption reading: "The monasteries are full of the summer girls" Right: Woman speaking to camera under caption reading: "When someone takes a vow of silence at a monastery in the forest to drink wine and reflect with the nuns"

Gen Z women are fleeing society and checking into convents this summer

3 panel: Woman pointing at baby formula prices at the grocery store

“And they wonder why people aren’t having babies”: New mom stunned by baby formula prices

3 panel: Left: Woman biting into a raw red onion Middle: Woman eating the viral onion snack Right: Woman holding prepared plate of viral raw onion snack

People on TikTok are eating raw onions and arguing over who did it first

Strava Fridge Trend: 3 panel: Women taking beverages out of a fridge then posting their Strava run stats

From top run times to top drinks: Inside the viral Strava fridge trend

Left: Woman holding seashell under caption reading "Be careful with pretty shells" Right: Same woman picking up the deadly cone snail under caption reading: "She doesn't know it yet but she's about to pick up the world's deadliest shell that leads to full paralysis in minutes"

Woman picks up a pretty seashell. Then she learns it’s poisonous enough to kill 700 people

Left: Woman walking on a treadmill under caption reading "Attention my 12-3-30 girlies" Middle: Woman walking on treadmill wunder caption reading "Doing 12, 3, 30 every day of my pregnancy" Right: Woman on treadmill under caption reading "day 1 of 30 of doing 12 x 3 x 30 every day"

Yes, the 12-3-30 fitness routine is still hard—and still going viral

3 panel: Left: Woman threatening camera under caption reading "My husband wants to show you some of his Pokemon cards collection. You BETTER be nice" Middle: Woman threatening camera under caption reading "My boyfriend wants to show you more of his plants so you BETTER say nice things" Right: Woman threatening camera under caption reading "My husband wants to show you his Labubu collection and you better say something nice"