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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

Left: Woman sitting in a car under text reading "Might delete later." Right: Text reading, "Sis just aired out YEARS of friendship tea. Her own friends ghosted her after her divorce and side with her ex-husband. So she’s throwing her loyalty out the window too. This one’s about to get MESSY."

Culture

“Normalize calling people out”: Woman puts ex, in-laws, and best friends on blast in viral takedown watched 3.5 million times

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

“I betrayed my spouse, coworkers, friends, family”: Ex-Try Guy Ned Fulmer launches podcast years after “wife guy” cheating scandal

3 panel: Left: Mariachi performer playing the guitar in a living room. Middle: Man sipping champagne as a Mariachi performer plays guitar and sings behind him. Right: Two men moving a TV. Caption overlay reads, "This is your sign to hire a Mariachi performer while your cheating ex moves out."

“Whatever you paid him, it wasn’t enough”: Petty king hires Mariachi performer to trail cheating ex during move-out

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

Susan LaMarca

Left: Man messaging other women while at dinner with his wife, sitting across from him. Right: screenshot of text conversation, text reads "I sent the video to my mom this morning it's 12:40pm here."

Husband caught messaging women during dinner with his wife. Then her daughter finds the viral TikTok

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

Screenshot of r/AIO post reading, "AIO for assuming my husband had someone over at our condo after I saw a 120 lb weigh-in when I wasn’t there?" next to screenshot of weigh-ins

“Expert-level sleuthing”: Scale records mysterious late-night weigh-ins while wife is gone, and now she’s suspicious

Close up, business woman using mobile smart phone on glass table with AskReddit caption overlay reading "What’s something you found on a partner’s phone that instantly changed the relationship forever — but they never knew you saw it?"

20 times someone peeked at their partner’s phone and never saw them the same again

simpsons predicted coldplay couple debunked

Too many people are convinced “The Simpsons” predicted the Coldplay couple, sparking a discussion about media literacy in the age of AI

coldplay audience camera fan cam after affair couple

“We’d like to say hello”: Chris Martin warns the crowd at his next Coldplay shows before the camera starts panning around the audience

Memes

“What a time to be alive”: The internet is filled with “Coldplay Couple” memes—here are 30 of the best

affair exposed at coldplay boston concert

“You know that company Slack board this morning is on fire”: Did the fan cam at Coldplay’s Boston concert expose a company’s CEO and the head of HR’s affair?

Left: Woman in glasses looking into camera Right: Pink stanley cup in truck door

“Am I being tóxica???”: Woman spots pink Stanley Cup in husband’s truck. Then she starts questioning everything

“Even Freud would be stumped”: Man cheats on human girlfriend after falling in “in love” with, proposing to AI girlfriend

A shirtless Trace Cyrus points at the camera in an Instagram video. An old photo of Brenda Song and Trace Cyrus as a couple. Brenda Song stuns on red carpet.

“Love seeing women in male-dominated fields!”: Internet praises Brenda Song after ex Trace Cyrus alleges she lied about being terminally ill, stole thousands from him

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

Left and right panels' Woman films her nose and above as she tells a story. Center panel; woman with dark hair and a blonde streak looks into the camera

“Ghosted…literally”: Her father died. She still hasn’t told his mistress of 30 years

2 panel image. Tweet that reads: "I found out my girlfriend was cheating on me through her spotify wrapped...and now I can't even listen to music anymore." on left. Spotify on phone on right.

Cheating