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


Susan LaMarca

Crocheted white purse. Printed note sitting atop it reads, "ROUND WHITE CROCHETED PURSE: Handmade by my mother. It was during WWII and she had to use a plastic chain and an old, user zipper. 1940's."

“Making me emotional”: Thrifter finds decades-old notes left by previous owner in vintage purses

Left: Man sitting meditating in a leather chair. Text caption reads, "Rawdogging for 1 hour to fix my attention span (day 1). Right: Man sitting meditating in a leather chair. Text caption reads, "Rawdogging for 1 hour to fix my attention span (day 7).

Culture

“Gen Z discovers meditation”: Man “rawdogs boredom” an hour every day for a month—and swears it’s changing his brain

Man in glasses sitting on a couch, text overlay reads, "WFH time tracking (dystopian)."

“I’d instantly quit”: Worker horrified after job forces super invasive time-tracking software

Woman looking into camera under text reading, "The exact script you'll need to save on your Internet bill."

“I have a 100% success rate doing this”: Budgeting expert reveals word-for-word script to get your internet bill reduced

Black tea kettle with boiling water on a black background. Text overlay from Reddit reads, "Yesterday I used an old adage with my 6th graders. It did not go well."

“She looked at me horrified”: Gen X teacher’s attempt at using old phrase backfires with 6th graders

Left: Scrub Daddy sign for the retail location next to the road. Text overlay reads, "I went to the scrub daddy smile shop in NJ, bring in your used scrub daddies and get $2 for each one." Right: Scrub Daddy and Mommy cleaning sponge

Customers are just learning Scrub Daddy will give you $2 for every old sponge you bring back

Left: Man smiling looking into the camera. Right: : Tweety Bird figure toy character form Looney Tunes.

“We’re still here”: Man wonders, what happened to the women who were obsessed with Tweety Bird?

Left: Two women looking into camera. Text overlay reads, "No spritz when you are siting down to have a main meal please." Right: Group of friends cheers with aperol spritz in restaurant. Italian wine-based cocktail.

“I’ll do what I want”: Italians say spritz is only for before dinner, not during, and Americans are getting pissy

Left: Woman with dyed red hair and glasses trying the Carnival Cruise Line and Van Leeuwen sunscreen flavored ice cream. Right: Blonde woman trying the Carnival Cruise Line and Van Leeuwen sunscreen flavored ice cream.

“Very refreshing”: Sunscreen ice cream? Carnival Cruise Line and Van Leeuwen say yes

Left: Bright room under LED light. Right: Dark room under same LED light.

“The seed oils of lighting”: Slowed-down clip of LED lights pulsing like a strobe has people swearing them off

Blonde woman crying, tearfully holding up empty 4-prong ring missing a lost diamond.

“Never met anyone who didn’t lose the stone”: Influencer’s PSA about 4-prong rings goes viral

Left: Blonde woman with a ponytail looking into the camera. Right: Jimmy Kimmel during a broadcast

“My heart is broken”: Family cancels Disneyland trip over Jimmy Kimmel suspension

Left: Woman in a car. Right: Woman holding Trader Joe's reusable grocery bags, text overlay reads, "Washing my grocery bags after getting flamed by 200 people in the comments on my last video."