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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

Left: Woman looking into the camera sitting in her car, text overlay reads, "you do NOT have to make a purchase to play McDonald's Monopoly." Right: Thousand Oaks, CA, USA: 2024 Oct. 5. 2024 McDonalds, McDonald's burger fast food restaurant. Sign, logo, angle view

“Just got free small fries!”: McDonald’s MONOPOLY is live again, and TikTok’s already figured out the loophole

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

“The problematic YouTuber-to-wrestler pipeline needs to be studied”: Ex-Try Guy Ned Fulmer has apparently pivoted to wrestling

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

Man holding his head in despair. Text overlay reads, My brother has been sober for 5 years. My sister bought a RUM cake for her 5 year old's bday and she purposefuly didn't tell him it had rum until after he ate it."

“This is abuse”: Family slammed for “pranking” their sober brother by secretly feeding him rum cake

most popular cakes for women according to uk bakery

“Astonishingly rare”: Bakers trigger a bunch of men by revealing the “most popular” cake dudes buy for their partners

Should you create password with close family and friends to prevent deepfake tricks? Launch of Sora 2 sparks safety concerns

timpsons key cutting before and after kiosk

“Cutting corners as well as keys”: Video shows a “dystopian” look at what happened to Timpson kiosks

Left: Nathan's Famous Hot Dog location at night, caption overlay reads, "I'm still in shock... we found a razor blade inside the hot dog and they claimed it didn't come from them." Right: Half-eaten Nathan's Famous hot dog next to a razorblade.

“I’m still in shock”: Tourists say they found a razor blade in a Nathan’s Famous hot dog

Toronto Canada, June 10, 2022; Quarter view of Westjet Boeing 737 jet airliner arriving for landing at Toronto Pearson airport

“I personally don’t mind this”: Airline to start charging extra for the privilege of reclining your seat

panda express employee benefit surcharge on reciept

“The audacity to ask for a tip on top of this”: Panda Express customer shocked to find the location added a 5% employee benefits surcharge to his bill

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

Small child in school wearing a backpack.

Video of teacher singing “monkey” version of “Happy Birthday” ignites racism vs ignorance debate

Rebranded Domino's Pizza box in black with gold font. Text overlay reads, "Wait. What’s this? A brand redesign that actually goes hard in the big ‘25?"

“Actually goes hard:” Domino’s Pizza just rebranded for the first time in a decade—and even design snobs are on board

Woman looking into the camera while sitting in a hotel room, text overlay reads, "Beware NYC hotel smoking fee scam."

“We weren’t even in the room”: Traveler warns of alleged $500 “smoking fee” scam at popular New York City hotel

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

“End times for sure”: Man believes he was fired from dealership job for social media video saying the Nissan Leaf is the least sellable car on the lot

“You gotta unplug sometimes”: Twitch streamer Fandy just gave birth on a livestream, and viewers can’t believe what they just witnessed

Amine Mojito, known online as Ilan M, sneaking up on random people outside and stuck them with an empty syringe.

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