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Rebecca Leib

Left: Screenshot of a TikTok showing a young man in a ball cap and white shirt sitting in the window seat of an airplane, text overlay reads, "Saw a cute guy on the plane and thought I'd shoot my shot." Right: Young blonde woman in a polka dot halter dress.

Woman throws love note to “cute guy” on a flight, and it pays off…kinda

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

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Rachel Kiley

Left: Close up of dark gray helmet with slain athletes depicted on it. Right: Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych.

“Sport shouldn’t mean amnesia”: Olympics bar Ukrainian racer over helmet tribute to athletes killed by war, President Zelenskyy responds

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

Staples employee dubbed the "Staples baddie" working in a Staples store, holding up a planner with text overlay reading, "Planners with the Staples baddie."

The “Staples Baddie” is doing better marketing than Staples ever did

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“Straight-up insult”: Landlord offers $50 off rent to shovel snow, mow lawn, and buy gas

Jamie Jirak has been working as an entertainment journalist since 2017. In addition to The Daily Dot, you can find her latest work at SlashFilm and That Hashtag Show. Jamie resides in Los Angeles and co-hosts two podcasts, Phase Hero and Love in the Time of Hydra. She loves moderating panels and has done so for Marvel, Disney, Netflix, and more. Follow her on Letterboxd: @JamieJirak.

Jamie Jirak

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American Girl releases “modern era” versions of its classic dolls, and people hate the “ozempic” redesign

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Left: Woman with her hair up looking into the camera. Right: Red/pink burning candle on a white table.

“This is so offensive omg”: Guy’s baffling reaction to woman’s candle instantly ends the date

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Left: U.S. Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu holding up her gold medal in one hand, and the lanyard it was attached to before it broke in the other. Right: German biathlete Justus Strelow surrounded by teammates, bent over picking up his broken Olympic medal from the floor.

“Do not jump in them!”: Olympians keep winning medals—and then watching them break. Why?

Left: Man holding his hands up in front of his young daughter's face. She is wearing a blindfold and smiling. Right: A heart-shaped red cake, a lit candle sits in it in a dark room, white icing reads "period!"

“Hit me hard”: Parents surprise their daughter with a “period cake”

Left: Screenshot of woman looking into camera, text overlay reads, "Chipotle says they will keep raising prices b/c most of their customers make over $100K." Right: chicken rice bowl from Chipotle.

“But the quality ain’t $100K”: Chipotle basically admits it’ll keep raising prices because customers won’t leave, and the internet laughed

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.

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