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

Susan LaMarca

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Culture

“Fire and ice” theory states that Gen Z sees Millennials as failures. Millennials fight back: “It’s not that easy anymore”

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.

Charlotte Colombo

3 panel image of Oliver Widger and his cat Phoenix as they sail from Oregon to Hawaii and receive an air dropped package.

Man who quit his job to sail with his cat got PR package dropped to him in the middle of the ocean

Ljeonida is a reporter and writer with a degree in journalism and communications from the University of Tirana in her native Albania. She has a particular interest in all things digital marketing; she considers herself a copywriter, content producer, SEO specialist, and passionate marketer. Ljeonida is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ljeonida Mulabazi

2 panel image of a shelf showing the old and new box designs for Sleepy Time Tea from Celestial Seasonings.

Did Celestial Seasonings replace the Sleepytime Tea Bear with AI?

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

Donald Trump speaking at a press conference. And a tweet over that reads: LMAOOO, trump just lost his (expletive) because a reporter told him Wall Street created a new phrase, TACO: trump Always Chickens Out "Don't ever say what you said. That's a nasty question."

Wall Street’s “TACO” nickname enrages Trump at press briefing. Now everyone’s making the same joke

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The slicked back bun is making “clean girls” bald

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

2 panel image: a stock photo of a zoom call on the left and the person explaining on the right. Text over: I was let go after 69 days, as well as my coworker who’d been there for 9 months.

Woman humiliates her boss after being fired on Zoom in viral video: “My biggest frustration was working with you”

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

2 panel image: on the left is an interior car door handle covered in duct tape. On the right is Lili Reinhart riding in the car. Text over: If you never see me again, show this to the police.

“If you never see me again, show this to the police”: Lili Reinhart orders an Uber. Then she gets in, sees the door handles

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Gen Z is making fancams of their high school outfits on TikTok. 2017 is vintage now

3 panel image showing the Holy Airball trend.

“Holy airball” is Gen Z’s new favorite term for painfully public Ls

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

hurricane tiktok On the left is a rain-soaked parking lot and on the right a person explains. Text over: My neighbor knocked on my door and woke me up to tell me to move muy car bc it was raining.

“Wow”: Neighbor knocks on woman’s door and says to move her car. She’s so glad she did

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

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New United Airlines policy means you have to get to the airport even earlier

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

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“Mechanic” admits to scamming Toyota RAV4 customer out of $45K

3 panel image showing the Parke logo and a person explaining on the sides.

“So shady”: Viral fashion brand Parke accused of reselling factory-made clothes with markups

3 panel image showing images from @ariellelorre on TikTok's story about this event. Some of the example images are generated by AI.

Podcaster’s likeness used for skincare ads on TikTok without her consent: “Dilutes my brand and affects the trust I’ve been building”

New spherical object with UFO beams coming out

TikTok