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The Daily Dot

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


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Susan LaMarca

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

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“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."

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Culture

“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

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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.

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“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.

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“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.

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“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.

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“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.

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“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

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“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."

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“Am I disgusting?”: Trader Joe’s cashier quietly shamed customer into washing her reusable bags

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Memes

Gen Z and Gen Alpha are saying “41” on the internet. Here’s why.

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“A really beautiful way to cherish someone”: Man honors his grandma’s legacy by creating a video game in her honor

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“This is legit my makeup everyday”: The “rising sign” beauty trend is taking over TikTok

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“Nearly Houdini’d”: YouTuber MrBeast fell to the ground after a punch from Mike Tyson, and it’s now a meme

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“Society is taught to disrespect labor”: Server explains why mocktails actually should cost more than an alcoholic drink