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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

Scientists confirm the viral “Chicago Rat Hole” was made by a squirrel, not a rat

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

Smiling teenage girl playing board game with two friends at home or in school dorm and removing wooden block from tower. Text overlay from Reddit reads, "Do anyone else’s kids talk like morons?"

Culture

“Do anyone else’s kids talk like morons?”: Mom utterly baffled by Gen Alpha daughter’s lingo like “so mid”

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

“That’s why we go to Jersey Mike’s”: Viral video shows what $10 gets you at Jimmy John’s

Teacher in a Hello Kitty lanyard and blue blazer displaying an empty Hello Kitty Funko pop box, the figuring having been stolen by a student.

“Tomorrow it’s a laptop”: Teacher calls the cops after student steals her Hello Kitty Funko Pop, dividing viewers

A group of men sitting on a couch playing the "male friendship game."

“I didn’t know you had a girlfriend”: This guy invented a male friendship quiz. The results were bleak

Left: White rabbit with a clock meme above caption reading, "White rabbit with a clock meme." Right: White rabbit with a clock meme under text caption reading "when they randomly start being mean."

Memes

15 years later, the “white rabbit pointing at a clock” painting has become the internet’s new favorite meme

Left: Text box reading "I noticed there was a delay in your response...We have the 5 minute rule." Right: Blonde woman against screenshot of email from a job.

“I’d immediately quit”: Everyone unites against boss who makes remote workers “check in” every time they leave their desks

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

Susan LaMarca

Left: A McDonald's table swarmed by DoorDash orders in paper bags. Right: Woman pointing inside a McDonald's.

“McBoss”: DoorDash overload leaves McDonald’s in shambles—until one customer steps up and locks in

“Come on now”: Hello Kitty fan shares the AI-designed bedspread her “Temu victim” mother gifted her

Laura Holliday is a freelance internet culture journalist covering online communities, digital aesthetics, and internet rabbit holes. She lives in London with her cat, Luna.

Laura Holliday

Left: Woman in a grocery store in Finland looking into the camera. Right: Woman's hand holding avocado to ripeness scanner in a grocery store.

“Would sell my soul for this device”: Americans can only dream of Finland’s avocado ripeness machines

dunkin donuts salem location decorated for halloween

“They should do this everywhere”: There’s only one Dunkin’ location in the country that decorates for Halloween, and the reason why actually makes sense

Woman looking into camera under text reading "Millennial things."

“Being everyone’s frontal lobe”: From parenting to managing boomers, millennials feel they’re doing the emotional work for all generations

3 panel: Left: Man perched on woman's arm in TikTok's bird arm trend. Middle: Woman perched on man's arm in TikTok's bird arm trend. Right: Woman perched on man's arm in TikTok's bird arm trend.

Everyone on TikTok is perching like birds on their partner’s arm. Here’s how it works

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

“This is happening all around the country”: Fairgoers are reporting the Texas State Fair is “empty” this year. Why?

3 Panel: Left: Man in his car in a burger king crown eating the orange Halloween Whopper. Middle: Woman in a hoodie showing the camera the orange Halloween Whopper. Right: Woman in a red sweater showing the camera the orange Halloween Whopper

TikTok