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Rebecca Leib

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

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: 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

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

Susan LaMarca

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.

“I saw her swimming the Rio Grande”: Belligerent man threatens to call ICE on flight attendant, gets booted off American Airlines flight

A man laying in bed talking to his Amazon Echo device Alexa. Reddit text overlay reads, "Watch out, Millennials... I got hit with my first "I had NO IDEA!" data privacy moment this weekend... and it was all my fault."

“I’m embarrassed”: Millennial dad unplugs his Amazon Echo after Gen Z daughter shows him something disturbing

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: Blue Tesla Model 3 on asphalt with trees and a blue sky in the background. Right: Camera footage taken from a Tesla at nighttime as it approaches a lake. Tweet text overlay reads, "My Tesla tried to drive me into a lake today!"

Tesla in “full self-driving” mode tries to drive former SpaceX engineer into a lake

Left: Woman's right hand pointed at a sink display in a Home Depot store. Right: The Home Depot store exterior.

“We’re doomed”: Woman pretends not to understand Home Depot sinks. People didn’t get it was satire

Left: Woman in a brown sweater looking into the camera, text overlay reads, "25-year-old got MY promotion. Asked me to train her. What I said: NO."

“I’m not your free training program”: Company asks woman to train the 25-year-old they promoted over her. She refused

Woman resting on the sofa in the living room in her brightly-lit apartment. Text overlay from Reddit reads, "I decided that I never want to live with a man again."

Woman lists 5 reasons she’ll never live with a man again. Older women say she figured it out early

man waits for luggage as items come out one at a time

“WHAT is happening back there?”: Mortified passenger awaits luggage in disbelief as items come out one at a time

Left: Pink service dog harness on a small apple head chihuahua being walked on a sidewalk walkway path. Text box overlay reads, "Stop bringing your phony service animal. You're an f-ing a**hole if you are still doing this." Right: Two cheerful Asian women are enjoying talking while watching a content on the TikTok application on an iPhone. Text box overlay reads, "Stop watching TikTok videos in the waiting room at full volume"

18 things customer service workers wish you’d stop doing immediately

the word speed next to a woman reading a book

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