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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

2 panel image showing a pair of boots appearing in mint condition, and the same pair of boots looking scuffed and worn. Text over: Am I Overreacting - my dad's new girlfriend wore my ariat boots

Culture

Dad’s girlfriend ruins daughter’s treasured boots without asking to borrow them: “I feel like they’ve been disrespected and ruined”

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

Susan LaMarca

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“You aren’t property to be exchanged between men”: Should you change your married name socially instead of legally?

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“Feel ugly?” Gen Z is boosting their self-esteem by making fan cans…of themselves

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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Why is everyone making fun of this Cher and Future Gap commercial 7 years after it came out?

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“Fire and ice” theory states that Gen Z sees Millennials as failures. Millennials fight back: “It’s not that easy anymore”

Donald Trump speaking at a press conference. And a tweet over that reads: LMAOOO, trump just lost his (expletive) because a reporter told him Wall Street created a new phrase, TACO: trump Always Chickens Out "Don't ever say what you said. That's a nasty question."

Wall Street’s “TACO” nickname enrages Trump at press briefing. Now everyone’s making the same joke

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The slicked back bun is making “clean girls” bald

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

A photo of the new actors cast to play the 3 leads I the upcoming Harry Potter TV show. A tweet over reads: black incel snape is going to bully a little white boy over his failed swirler fantasies and malfoy about to call a brown girl a filthy mudblood. this gonna be worse than a tyler perry production.

“Protect them from the fandom”: HBO reveals new Harry Potter trio. Fans already have strong opinions

2 panel image a of a person explaining and text that reads: Ryo Tatsuki. The Future I See is predictive dreams she had between 1985 and 1999.

The internet believes a 1999 manga is predicting a massive July earthquake—and it’s tanking tourism to Japan

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Woman humiliates her boss after being fired on Zoom in viral video: “My biggest frustration was working with you”

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Gen Z is making fancams of their high school outfits on TikTok. 2017 is vintage now

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“Holy airball” is Gen Z’s new favorite term for painfully public Ls

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“So shady”: Viral fashion brand Parke accused of reselling factory-made clothes with markups

New spherical object with UFO beams coming out

Is it art or aliens? Buga, Colombia “UFO sphere” draws conspiracy theories

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