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

Susan LaMarca

3 panel: Three different men in a Costco store.

“Zero, that’s why I’m by myself”: Husbands asked how much they “love” shopping at Costco with their wives. It’s bleak

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

Comfort, consoling and crying son with father on sofa in living room of home for empathy or support. Emotions, love and sad boy child with single parent man in apartment for trust or understanding. Text overlay from AskReddit reads, "what's something you thought was normal growing up that you now realise was actually very special?"

“I thought everyone’s parents did that”: 18 small things that made kids realize they grew up loved

“Backbone of the establishment”: College football mascot Pudge the Cat comforts grieving a son, saves his team, and goes viral

Motorcyclist rides on the highway on Harley Davidson. Text overlay from Reddit reads, "My dad secretly paid off my student loans, but I found out how he did it and I don’t know how to feel."

“He traded his dream for my freedom”: Dad sells beloved Harley-Davidson he spent decades restoring to pay off his kid’s student loans

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

Memes

“You can’t see me”: The best John Cena memes of all time

Left: Woman standing in a doorframe, text overlay reads, "POV: survivors of Delta DL45 from Dublin to JFK." Right: Woman in an airplane, text overlay reads, "Survivors of flight DL45 with Delta."

Delta flight’s engine fails over the Atlantic—passengers “trauma bond” during emergency landing

An American tourist filming the inside of her Japanese hotel room, confused, looking for the bedroom.

“Where do I sleep?”: American tourist baffled by Japanese room with no bed learns what a ryokan is

Left: Woman in glasses walking outside looking at the camera, finger pointed up, text overlay reads, "PSA tp any girls taking Ubers/ride shares." Right: A motion blur image of an Uber logo branded car speeding in traffic on a street.

“Trust your gut”: Woman issues warning after Uber driver sped, ignored warnings, and scared her to tears

HBO Max category reading "Six Seveeeeeen" (6 7), referencing the viral "6 7" meme. Caption overlay reads, "Oh **** off, HBO."

Culture

HBO Max adds “six seven” category to appeal to Gen Alpha, kills the meme

Left: Work continues on the demolition of a part of the East Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin). Right: Contractor Sarah Boardman above text reading "they do not have permits."

Viral Politics

“This building is full of asbestos”: Veteran contractor stunned at Trump’s “next level” demo of the White House East Wing for his ballroom

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 Rob Schneider reading, "FYI… There were NO Children’s Hospitals when I was a kid. Because kids weren’t sick." Right: Rob Schneider attends premiere of the The Week Of at AMC Loews Lincoln Square.

Rob Schneider gets dragged after claiming there were “NO Children’s Hospitals” when he was growing up

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

the sims creators quit ea creator network

Popular “The Sims” YouTubers suddenly cut ties with EA Creator Network: “Stepping away is the strongest action”

Left: Paula Abdul surrounded by four men doing the "Whitney Houston Challenge" on TikTok. Right: Band Simple Plan standing around a drum doing the Whitney Houston Challenge on TikTok.

Can you hit the beat? The Whitney Houston challenge is humbling TikTok

Left: NBA player Ben Simmons' sister Liv Simmons looking into the camera. Right: Kendall Jenner on a podcast speaking into the mic.

Entertainment

“They dated years ago…”: NBA player Ben Simmons’ sister dragged his ex Kendall Jenner over cookies in profanity-laced video and it totally backfired

Left: BlueSky post from Patrick Cosmos (@veryimportant.lawyer) reading, "“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy." Right: Department of Homeland Security tweet recruiting for ICE showing knights holding swords. Tweet overlay reads, "You wanna dress up like a knight and play swords? Of course you do, you’re twelve."

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