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The Daily Dot

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

Susan LaMarca

Zara Larsson is in a war with whoever keeps changing her Wikipedia picture: “Stop doing it!”

Left: Two-year-old Czechoslovakian Wolfdog named Nazgul sprinting during the cross-country ski events at the 2026 Olympics, seen behind a skier crossing the finish line. Right: Close-up of Two-year-old Czechoslovakian Wolfdog named Nazgul on the ski slopes.

Random dog crashes Olympic cross-country race and becomes instant legend

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

Left: Screenshot from grainy footage of Amazon delivery driver dropping package over a fence as two large dogs jump up at her. Right: Bitten-up blue Hydroflask.

“Girl that’s all on you”: Homeowner posts “proof” of bad Amazon driver—it quickly backfires

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Left: Woman looking into the camera, text overlay reads, "I think I was kidnapped. Am I delusional or not? I need answers." Right: Text screenshot reads, "I’m super invested in the girl on TikTok who think she was kidnapped as a baby. There are no baby pictures of her. Her mom says they burned in a house fire, but her older two siblings miraculously still have their baby pics."

“Am I delusional?”: Woman suspects she was kidnapped after discovering disturbing inconsistencies in her birth story

Left: Man sitting on the ground, wearing a gray t-shirt and lifting up a navy couch. Right: Navy couch, an eye visible peeking out from underneath.

“My husband thought I was crazy”: Woman hears strange noises in her couch. Then she looks inside

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

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“They got goth chick news in Alabama now”: Local news anchor goes viral over tattoos and piercing

Left: Blonde woman in front of a loft apartment, text overlay reads, "This person is trying to rent out the condo I own and currently live in?" Right: Text exchange.

“Her responses are FRYING ME”: Woman calls out scammer trying to rent out her loft. Their reply has people gagged

Left: A screenshot of Hello Kitty Island Adventure gameplay; Right: A blue pizza with star-shaped cheese

Creative fans attempted to bake the pizza recipes from “Hello Kitty Island Adventure”

Left: Front of a Cheesecake Factory restaurant against a blue sky. Right: TikTok screenshot of a Cheesecake Factory kitchen in the aftermath of Valentine's Day, 2026, dishes piled high. Text overlay reads, "Happy Valentine's Day."

“It is 1:17 in the morning”: Video of Cheesecake Factory kitchen on Valentine’s Day is making people rethink eating there

Left: Blonde woman in a white shirt looking into camera. Right: Screenshot of a PetSmart employee in a PetSmart store, text overlay reads, "Today PetSmart refused to sell me a bearded dragon until I bought the biggest tank! Instead of the setuup that said it was for a bearded dragon."

“Not a toy”: Woman calls out PetSmart  for refusing to sell her a bearded dragon without a large tank—the internet sides with PetSmart

Left: Woman's hair in the form of a braid taped to the wall of a shower.

Woman who saved her shower hair for six years suddenly stops. Fans are weirdly emotional

Sad blonde woman in an orange sweater leaning on a table and looking at her phone, despondent. Text overlay from Threads reads, "A guy who ghosted me 6 mos ago texted me “hey, you up?” At 10pm on a Friday night. I was gonna just ignore it but I was feeling froggy."

Man texts woman he ghosted 6 months later. She makes sure he regrets it

McDonald’s is getting into the trading card game with fan favorites like Grimace, Fry Girl, and Ronald McDonald

Left: Top half shows China's Lunar New Year robots dancing in 2025, bottom half shows China's Lunar New Year robots dancing in 2026. Right: China Unitree Robot holding katana during Chinese Spring Festival Gala.

“Totally bonkers”: China’s humanoid robots went from clumsy to backflipping Kung Fu masters in one year

Left: Middle-aged man sitting in the aisle seat of a Boeing 747, staring at whoever is filming him on their phone. Right: Man in a white cap with a drink in hand laying in the aisle of an American Airlines plane.

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