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<p>Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.</p>


Susan LaMarca

Woman with long blonde hair looking into the camera wearing glasses, text overlay reads, "The last few years I have been waking up with basically deep flesh wounds on either side of my tongue."

“Whole missing puzzle piece”: Woman hears one comment from a stranger. Then everything about her symptoms starts to make sense

<p>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.</p>


Lindsey Weedston

“Nintendo’s lawyers will love this”: The Pokémon Company responds to White House Pokopia meme

<p>Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.</p>


Charlotte Colombo

“Testing the limits of our patience”: Bosch 500 dishwasher’s “sassy” notification has the internet debating smart appliances

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


Rachel Kiley

Left: Woman with long red hair holding a blue box of Cheese Club macaroni and cheese. Right: Woman holding a one-cup service size cup of prepared macaroni and cheese.

“That’s not 3 cups”: Woman measures boxed mac and cheese. The numbers on the package don’t add up

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Joyann Jeffrey

“You rich bro, stop this”: James Harden mocked after AI-generated career video gets his own name wrong

Blonde woman with a braid resting her chin in her hand, text overlay reads, "POV: You were always told that you were already too fat as a child and teenager."

Woman was told she was “too fat” growing up. Then she looked at her childhood photos

Left: View from the back, closeup of a man's head wearing headphones while seated in an airplane seat. Right: Airbus A320-232 operated by United Airlines taking off from Jackson Hole airport. Tweet text overlay reads, "YES!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

“Thank God!”: United Airlines’ new headphone rule unites the internet across political lines

Rebecca Leib

Left: Woman in a white jacket and sunglasses holding a garment bag, smiling as she walks down a NYC street. Right: Woman taking a selfie in a wedding dress in a mirror. Text overlay reads, "I might be single AF right now but if a $4500 wedding dress is marked down to a $100 at a bridal sample sale I WILL be bringing it home with me!!"

Influencer buys wedding dress while single. Now men are flooding her DMs

<p>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.</p>


Anna Good

“Football is life” in real life? “Ted Lasso” star trained and may sign with pro soccer team

“They’re not saving that baby”: Former Disney World safari driver says staff are trained to drive away if someone falls into crocodile pit

Left: Fashion stylist Law Roach laughing on the red carpet while speaking into a microphone, text overlay reads, "Zendaya is married!": Right: AI-generated photo of Tom Holland and Zendaya at the altar, a priest behind them, getting married.

“Peak PR strategy”: Did Zendaya and Tom Holland secretly get married? Fans think it may be movie promo

“Why would you ever do this?”: TikTok psychic ordered to pay $10M to professor she defamed

Man sitting in his car, tears in his eyes, speaking to the camera. Text overlay reads, "This broke my heart."

“I was dumbfounded”: Man breaks down after friend admits he’s not invited anywhere because he’s “poor”

Left: Taco Bell quesadilla being unwrapped, fingers showing were tortilla is stuck to the paper wrapper. Right: aco Bell Drive Thru fast food restaurant and big signage in Downtown Portland.

“This crashout is so valid”: Man’s Taco Bell wrapper rant hits 11 million views. Now everyone’s demanding new packaging

Left: Woman holding a box of sunglasses, wearing a hooded sweatshirt and maroon t-shirt. Text overlay reads, "Secret shoppers are so obvious." Right: Shopper in a face mask walking inside of a store in a shopping mall.

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