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


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Susan LaMarca

Left: six-pound dumbbell taped to an iPhone. Middle: Man sitting in a chair outside holding a six-pound dumbbell taped to an iPhone. Right: 3d prototype of six-pound phone case.

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“I’d be so ripped if I had this”: Man 3D-prints a 6-pound phone case to fight his screen addiction—and it’s working

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“Wait, that’s not washer fluid leakage?”: Subaru expert shares trick for driving in bad weather

Left: Woman inside of a Walmart store holding a box of press on nails locked in a box. Right: Walmart store exterior.

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“It’s so annoying”: Walmart is now locking up fake nails behind glass

Left: A McDonald's table swarmed by DoorDash orders in paper bags. Right: Woman pointing inside a McDonald's.

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“McBoss”: DoorDash overload leaves McDonald’s in shambles—until one customer steps up and locks in

Woman looking into camera under text reading "Millennial things."

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Culture

“Being everyone’s frontal lobe”: From parenting to managing boomers, millennials feel they’re doing the emotional work for all generations

adam mosseri instagram wall of teen terms algorithm

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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.

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“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.

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“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.

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“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.

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

women hanging off of a crosswalk sign with one arm

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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.

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“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."

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“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).

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“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)."

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