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Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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“He should’ve just left it be”: Comment  asking for a “description of the video” left on Chris Appleton’s book announcement post sparks debate over purchased bot followers

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

Susan LaMarca

3 Panel of essie, a language teacher and creator of the Chinese with Jessie YouTube channel, decoding Westerners' bad Chinese tattoos.

“More failure”: This teacher is translating bad Chinese tattoos and everyone’s losing it

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: Bride in a Vegas chapel in the middle of singing a song, caption overlay reads "When you decide to surprise your camera-shy husband with a wedding song and you had to chase him down the chapel because he disappeared on you."  Right: Bride holding groom's hand in chapel, caption overlay reads "found him."

“It’s like a car crash, I can’t look away”: Bride’s Elvis serenade gets painfully awkward when groom slips away mid-song in Vegas wedding

3 panel: Left: Linked in search bar. Middle: TikTok creator Matty McTech pointing to his computer monitor, text overlay reads "I was today years old When I found this out." Right: Finger pointing to job listing for Financial Planning Analyst on LinkedIn.

Creator shares secret LinkedIn search filter to see new jobs before anyone else. Here’s how it works

Left: Claire's manager looking into camera wearing a Claire's lanyard and nose mask, caption overlay reads: "POV: All Claire's workers sad we're closing but we get to use all our PTO & sick time in the next month." Middle: Claire's manager looking into camera wearing a Claire's lanyard, caption overlay reads "POV as a Claire's manager/employee after reading the documents." Right: Two Claire's employees in front of a Claire's store, caption overlay reads "Since Claire's is closing here's our outro."

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“Why not just walk out?”: Claire’s managers are posting goodbye videos as liquidation sales begin

Makalah Wright has written articles for various publications based on mental health, relationships, and Gen Z-related topics. She is currently a senior at the University of West Georgia, where she studies public relations and music. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with loved ones, shopping, traveling to new places, and playing the clarinet.

Makalah Wright

“Good luck to that guy”: Eminem laughs off being called “the guy from Fortnite” at event

“Flying Delta from now on”: Anime fans reacts to Crunchyroll’s addition to Delta Airlines in-flight entertainment with delight

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: 4 YouTube profile photos (PFPs) of Clippy the paperclip. Right: YouTube comment reading "Clippy says NO to AI age verification! Clippy says NO to new paywalls on platforms you've purchased! Clippy says NO to exploiting troubled teens!"

Clippy the paperclip is taking over profile pics across the internet in protest of big tech

British tennis star Emma Raducanu paused her match at the Cincinnati Open on Monday after a baby’s cries rang out for 10 minutes, disrupting play against world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka. Caption overlay reads "crowd cheering because she told the ump to kick a child out….look at my sport dawg."

Tennis star stops match to complain about crying baby, crowd says “yes!” to booting it from courts

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

Rachel Kiley

Left: Tweet from actor Kevin Sorbo reading "I’ve been a Vikings fan all my life… sigh. I need a new team now." Right: Screenshot of the 2025 male cheerleaders for the Minnesota Vikings Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn on the football field in their uniforms holding pompoms.

“I call for a boycott”: Minnesota Vikings add two male cheerleaders and the usual suspects can’t cope

Cans of Arizona brand ice teas in various flavors isolated on black. Caption overlay from tweet reads: "Life won't be worth it when AriZona Iced Tea costs more than $0.99."

“Like DEFCON 0”: AriZona Iced Tea’s iconic 99-cent cans may soon see a price hike thanks to Trump’s tariffs, and people aren’t happy

“Getting on the outrage marketing train”: Matt Rife stars in a new e.l.f. commercial, and fans of the brand aren’t loving the collaboration

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

What to know about Wplace, the social art experiment taking over the global map one pixel at a time

Left: Couple standing side by side, text overlay reads "Golden Retriever girlfriend (shaking hands emoji) black cat boyfriend" Right: Man sitting in the backseat of a car in a green crewneck looking incredulous, text overlay reads "My black cat boyfriend."

“Black cat boyfriends” are dethroning “Golden Retriever boyfriends” as the new internet crush archetype

Left: Man standing next to woman, caption reads "Roommates that get Hinge men to build things in our apartment >>>" Middle: Man putting together furniture, caption reads "Find yourself a man on Hinge to build your furniture" Right: Woman patting man's head as he builds furniture, caption reads "POV: You get your hinge date to build your new TikTok shop furniture."

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“He should’ve just left it be”: Comment asking for a “description of the video” left on Chris Appleton’s book announcement post sparks debate over purchased bot followers