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The Daily Dot

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


Susan LaMarca

the word speed next to a woman reading a book

Viral speed reading video challenges viewers to achieve 900 words per minute

makeup artist Tasha Caroline transforming into an older woman

“This is DIABOLICAL”: Make-up artist uses her skills to transform into the haters from her comments

Left: Woman with her hair up looking into the camera. Right: Red/pink burning candle on a white table.

“This is so offensive omg”: Guy’s baffling reaction to woman’s candle instantly ends the date

Left: Man's hand holding a pen and a clipboard with documents about "HIPAA Compliance." Right: Woman with her hair in a bun looking into the camera, consternated expression on her face.

“You’re not gonna believe who they called”: Woman’s OB-GYN reveals her pregnancy to her husband’s ex

Left: Man holding his hands up in front of his young daughter's face. She is wearing a blindfold and smiling. Right: A heart-shaped red cake, a lit candle sits in it in a dark room, white icing reads "period!"

“Hit me hard”: Parents surprise their daughter with a “period cake”

Left: Woman wearing glasses sitting in her car, text overlay reads, "Everyone who says this always dies."

“Everyone who says this always dies”: ICU nurse warns of a spiritual “shift” before patients die

Left: 1982 yearbook photo of a male student, circled multiple times with a blue pen and the word "fox" with an arrow pointing to the photo. Right: TikTok comment reading, "That's my dad!!!!!!!!" above a photo of a man standing in a kitchen with a dog.

Daughter exposes mom’s 1982 yearbook crush as a “total fox.” Then his kids find the video

Culture

“Let people live”: Sedated dematting videos go viral, raising safety questions

TikTok screenshots: Man inside of a Home Depot store using a screwdriver. Text overlay reads, "Me coming to Home Depot to use a niche tool, put it back, and not purchase it."

“And I’ll do it again”: Man opens a tool at Home Depot, uses it, and puts it back. Ethics discourse follows

Left: Black man in a durag inside of a Target, TikTok screenshot, text overlay reads, "So this is what Target does for BHM??" Right: Sweater hanging on a Black History Month display inside of a Target store, it is blue and covered in a white combs and picks design.

“First mistake was going there”: Customer mocks Target’s Black History Month display

Left: Canadian Olympic Ice Hockey player Natalie Spooner holding a molten chocolate lava cake dessert in one hand and a spoon in the other while sitting at the Olympic village. Right: Chocolate lava cake

Has the Olympic village found its next chocolatey dessert obsession?

Food delivery robot "Akira" seen wheeling around a homeless man laying on the sidewalk in Miami.

“Nothing right about this reality”: 3 million people watched a delivery robot sidestep a homeless man in Miami

Left: Text from Reddit reading "What the f is this" on a background of Italian inspired dishes featuring fresh cantaloupe melon, savory prosciutto, creamy feta cheese, and fragrant basil, seen from bird's eye view perspective. Right: Restaurant receipt from Burdell in Oakland, California.

“Tipping in the US has an ugly past”: Diner upset over a 20% no-tipping fee

people trying mcdonalds caviar on chicken nuggets

McDonald’s is launching limited edition “McCaviar” kits to pair with chicken nuggets. How will it taste?

Left: Woman in a bathroom wearing a bathrobe, with her fingers interlaced, looking into the camera. Right: Woman tossing Oura Ring into a trashcan, text overlay reads, "People online will try to convince you to buy an Oura Ring, it's very important you do not listen"