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Eilish O’Sullivan was the Daily Dot&#8217;s associate managing editor. Her work has appeared in Mashed, the Austin Chronicle, and the Daily Texan.

Eilish O’Sullivan

2 panel image of a person buying a pineapple at a typical super market and a TikTok user holding a pineapple and explaining.

“If your mom didn’t teach you this”: Here’s how to tell if a pineapple is perfectly ripe

“This might be 5 pounds”: P. Terry’s customer shows how to order secret menu item the “P. Scary”

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

2 panel image: an Amazon delivery driver smiling. The exterior of a nothing Bundt Cakes store.

“Every time I come here”: Amazon delivery driver shows the “Nothing Bundt Cake method” to get free cake

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

2 panel image of a person explaining and the Domino's Pizza logo.

“All they had to do was give u a refund”: Customer places pizza order with Domino’s. She gets charged more than $7,000

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

Susan LaMarca

3 Panel image of Man, Mcdonalds logo and Ccdonalds food in front of a man

This guy used ChatGPT to scam McDonald’s into giving him 100 free meals, and people aren’t too happy about it

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

“A loyal customer for over 20 years”: Woman cancels T-Mobile service to switch to Mint Mobile. Then they quietly charge her $500

2 panel image. Woman looking shocked on left. Uber app on right.

“If it aint a Lincoln Navigator i dont want it”: Woman orders Uber Black. Then she sees what car came to pick her up

2 Panel Image of For logo and diagram of car trunk opener

“Love the attention to detail”: Ford driver pops open trunk, notices a potentially life-saving lever

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

2 panel image of a jar of nail dust and a person explaining about it. Text over: Nail dust is just microplastics lol.

Sorry, but that nail dust you’re collecting is actually microplastics: “Just tiny plastic particles”

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

American man eats spicy sandwich against all advice, nearly lands in the hospital. He gives it a 10 out of 10

3 panel image showing scenes from a Walmart checkout. Text over: real ones know almost all great value items have hidden barcodes.

“Real ones know”: Walmart worker scans Great Value cheese, tater tots, and rice using hidden barcode trick

2 panel image: a loaf of bread and a person explaining.

“What is in the food that they are feeding us?”: Walmart shopper buys loaf of Great Value white bread. Then he performs a “test”

Natasha Dubash is a freelance writer and editor based in Los Angeles. She loves reporting on entertainment, television, and pop culture.

Natasha Dubash

2 panel image: Two Target employees and a hooded figure in a Target.

“Ask her. Ask her”: Shopper asks 2 Target employees for help. Then she sees an opportunity to set them up

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

3 panel image of a person fixing a dent and the Enterprise rent-a-car sign.

“The people at Enterprise was genuinely impressed”: Enterprise customer dents rental. She goes to AutoZone, Dollar Tree to avoid $500 fee

images of a person looking shocked in a car. Text over reads: pov me and my best friend crashing out after realizing how much our permanent bracelets cost after they were already on our wrists...

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