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Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

Lindsey Weedston

Culture

‘Loser behavior’: Charli XCX called out for Coachella sash that fans say disrespected Green Day

3 panel image, showing people showing spoons.

‘Dear tism community’: SpoonTok is rating spoons and rejecting the unworthy

Tweet that reads: "Exactly what the devil is doing (underlined 100 emoji) on left. Woman holding phone with overlayed text that reads: "Wait for it..." "ChatGPT, if you were the devil, how would you destroy the young minds of the next generation?" on right

‘I’d keep them distracted’: Woman asks ChatGPT how it would ‘destroy young minds’ if it was the devil—its response leaves her stunned

Rebecca Leib

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Teen boys are peeing on each other’s hair to Creed now. That’s it, that’s the meme

ai interpretation of the future of america

The Chinese trolled America with a viral AI sweatshop video. Now there’s a sequel, and it’s even more brutal

Katka is a journalist who is chronically online. She uses her background in social media to surface trending content and commentary shaping contemporary internet culture. Previous bylines include HelloGiggles, Best Life, Lonely Planet, HuffPost, SheKnows and more.

Katka Lapelosa

3 panel image of horse memes on the side and a veil-covered Bjork in the middle.

Gen Z’s new moral compass is a horse that nods to Björk—and we’re all following him

‘Ferris Bueller-level technology’: Teen uses AI clone of her mom’s voice to call out of school (and even fooled her dad)

Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

Susan LaMarca

2 panel image: a person frustrated looking at a storage bin overlaid with a comment.

‘This is OG gaslighting to punish you’: Husband secretly stashes wife’s stuff for 2 years, the internet has a lot to say

A boy's body lays in display to public, as he becomes a well known figure in religion for the new generation. They also created a merch line for him

Get ready for the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint—complete with custom merch

Image collage with tweet, katy perry, space, planet earth

Why does the internet want Katy Perry to die in space?

Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

Screenshots of the character Le Poisson Steve from @leo.ako, @nonii.jj, and @vigzvigz.

‘Babe wake up a new vocal stim just dropped’: How Le Poisson Steve, the surreal walking fish, charmed TikTok in days

Women confused, as she finds numerous white seed appear on her Airbnb rented house counter, asks for advice

‘I got rid of them but the next morning they were there again’: Airbnb renter spots strange ‘seeds’ in kitchen. Then she finds out what they really are

3 image split. Phone with flash on on left. Man pointing to overlayed text that reads: "Gen Z killed club culture" in center. Woman at nightclub on right.

‘I’m saying millennial as a slur’: Gen Z didn’t kill the club—your camera phone did

Three screenshots of Tiktok user @txcstories; Center: Tiktok user @txcstories with a screenshot of a Whatsapp message.

‘Are you having an affair with my sister?’: Woman’s husband was acting weird at dinner—then she noticed her sister doing the same

3 panel image showing different social posts about the online expression: meeting Medusa.