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


Susan LaMarca

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“How do you fix this?”: Adam Mosseri presented with a literal wall of code words teens use to circumvent Instagram’s algorithm during interview

3 panel: Left: Ruined stainless steel pan. Middle: Woman in a flannel holding a pan to the camera. Right: A destroyed electric stovetop from an exploded stainless steel pan.

“That red glow was your warning”: Woman’s stainless steel pan literally explodes. Then a welder explains the hidden science

Left: Woman in glasses walking, text overlay reads, "unexpected 'flight' to chicago." Right: Screenshot of phone screen showing American Airlines boarding pass.

“Would totally do it again”: Woman stunned to discover her American Airlines flight to Chicago was actually…a bus ride

Woman in a dark room in a baseball cap speaking into the camera.

“I am no one’s person”: Woman explains what coupled people just don’t get about being “chronically single”

Left: Barking hound dog, caption overlay reads, "Brought home a 100 year old oil portrait. Hung it... my dog took one look at it and said 'Absolutely not.'" Right: 100-year-old oil painting of a a woman dressed in black.

“Trust her instinct”: Dog refuses to go near 100-year-old painting and viewers are convinced it’s haunted

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People are hanging off crosswalk signs to take part in the Kid Cudi-inspired “Maui Wowie” trend

Gen Z woman wearing glasses and a floral top looking intot he camera and crying.

“Most heartbreaking thing ever”: Zoomer cries after learning about web 1.0 and the internet we lost

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).

“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.