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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

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Culture

The meaning behind “analog bags,” social media’s latest minimalist obsession

Left: Man looking into the camera while standing on a treadmill in a gym. Right: Nintendo Switch propped up on a treadmill screen, man's hand holding the controller in front of it.

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“Big brain genius”: Gamer finds the ultimate “lazy” hack to trick himself into going to the gym

Left: Goodwill nonprofit retail thrift store supports people worldwide with charity projects, Danvers Massachusetts USA. Right: A pair of hospital scrub pants on a rack in a Goodwill store.

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“Unreal”: Woman “concerned” after finding disposable scrubs on a Goodwill rack

Left: Man standing below a purple-hued street light in Los Angeles, text overlay reads, "Why are our streetlights turning purple?". Right: A light pole in Los Angeles shining a purple light.

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Yes, the street lights in Los Angeles are going purple. Here’s why

Woman holding a newborn looking into the camera, text caption overlay reads, "Everything I charged my husband for the birth of our baby."

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“You’re UNDERCHARGING”: Mom sends husband a $175k “birth invoice,” and the response is unanimous

Man looking into camera, text overlay reads, "AI Psychosis Core."

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“I accused all my family of being Satanic”: Man goes public as an “AI psychosis survivor”

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Memes

“You know what time it is”: Ground beef o’clock takes over social media

3 Panel: Left: Man looking horrified under text reading, "Kidz bop needs to be stopped." Middle: Sabrina Carpenter with tears streaming down her face. Left: Man looking horrified in his car under text reading "Kidz Bop has really outdone themselves!"

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“UNRELEASE THIS”: Kidz Bop covered Sabrina Carpenter’s most suggestive track and the internet is begging them to stop

3 Panel: Left: Taco Bell Baja Blast Pie being cut into pieces. Middle: Taco Bell employee taking a bit of the Taco Bell Baja Blast Pie. Right: Taco Bell employee cutting the new Taco Bell Baja Blast Pie into pieces.

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“Fresh outta Chernobyl”: Taco Bell’s Baja Blast Pie is real and people are torn between “surprisingly good” and “radioactive dessert”

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“Performance $960, steak $40”: The internet drags Miami’s viral $1,000 steak—complete with dancing waiters

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“Nobody will be doing that”: People are just realizing why Cutwater drinks can hit you so hard and fast, and it’s all in the name

Left: Woman in glasses looking shocked in her car. Right: Woman's finger pointing to headliner damage in the car roof from a clogged sunroof drain.

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“This is new info to me”: Drivers with sunroofs need to watch out for this one feature that can ruin a car’s interior

Left: Blonde woman with long hair putting up blue and white wallpaper, text overlay reads, "Feeling so excited to put up cute wallpaper, until..." Right: Closeup of the wallpaper with digital errors, text overlay reads, "Realizing it's AI slop."

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“Don’t make this mistake”: Home decorator shocked to discover her new wallpaper is pure AI slop

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“I am being 100% real”: Man stunned to find out he’s named after a “South Park” character

Left: Woman looking into the camera telling a story. Right: View of couple getting married from behind a glass door.

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“We were the only Black people there”: Wedding guest says she was asked to leave mid-ceremony after being told she was only invited to the reception