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The Daily Dot

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


Susan LaMarca

Left: Young Italian man wearing glasses, text overlay reads, "My host mum took me to Olive Garden." Right: Young man standing in front of an Olive Garden restaurant looking disgruntled, text overlay reads, "Alessandro is trying Olive Garden for the first time."

“He’s hilarious”: Olive Garden trip becomes Italian exchange student’s worst nightmare

Left: Redheaded woman smiling into the camera while wearing glasses, text overly reads, "My 'are they in love' radar." Right: Redheaded woman looking into the camera, text overlay reads, "Signs your relationship is gonna flop: photoshoot edition."

Wedding photographer explains how she can always tell when a couple is doomed within the first hour

Left: Blonde woman in a black blazer speaking into a microphone. Right: Con Edison electric power plant with two smoke stacks in Manhattan, New York City.

“We’re getting screwed”: Con Ed tells freezing renter to cut $400 bill by using an electric blanket

Woman sitting in the car with her hair pulled back, text overlay reads, "normalize not liking dogs."

“YOU guys are the crazy ones”: Woman’s “normalize not liking dogs” rant unleashes hidden army of dog haters

L: box of crayola crayons; R: woman saying she is processing

“It’s back for good this time”: Fan’s campaign to bring back discontinued Crayola crayon color actually worked

Entertainment

Fans are picking through Jack Harlow’s Letterboxd account, and the reviews are on point

Left: HomeGoods shelf of dried pasta, text overlay from TikTok reads, "HomeGoods pasta secret." Right: HomeGoods store location, red sign lit up in the darkness.

“Gatekeeping or embarrassed?”: HomeGoods shoppers are begging people to stop hyping its imported pasta selection

Left: Bouquets of flowers at Whole Foods, text overlay reads, "Going to Whole Foods to pick up my floral 'too good to go' order." Right: A sign for Whole Foods Market on the facade of a building.

“I gasped”: Shopper buys $24 worth of Whole Foods flowers for just $7.99—here’s how to do it

a mother and daughter try on vintage Calvin Klein

Culture

Gen X women who worked at Calvin Klein are telling stories about the ’90s fashion world—and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

Young blonde woman pointing at a YouTube video thumbnail on a computer screen.

“Guys, I’m in danger”: Woman checks boyfriend’s YouTube history. Then she immediately realizes she has to leave

Left: iPhone 18 phone being charged using a MagSafe-style charging cord. Right: Woman's hand holding a MagSafe-style charging cord, texting overlay reads, "Yesterday I got the iPhone 18 and this the charger."

“I’m switching to Samsung”: People keep “unboxing” the new iPhone 18 charger—but it’s all a bit

Left: Photo of a woman holding a phone on a computer screen, speaking into it, text overlay reads, "POV: You call to cancel your Spectrum wifi and the lady goes crazy on you." Right: Spectrum van.

“This is crazy”: Spectrum rep screams and berates customer trying to cancel service

Man sitting in his car looking into the camera, text overlay reads, "not getting invited to a wedding."

“I thought I’d made the cut”: Man says he ended 10-year friendship after not getting invited to the wedding

“Nature sure is POWERFUL”: Social media tributes pour in after Iceland’s famous black sand beaches are swept out to sea

Left: Burger King President Tom Curtis inside of a Burger King restaurant. Right: Signboard with the logos of Burger King and its brand King Drive against blue cloudless sky.