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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

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Culture

‘They think I went too far’: Man finds out wife is cheating—then makes a brutal toast at their anniversary dinner

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

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‘You escaped’: Woman calls off engagement after fiancé won’t stop saying she’ll ‘give him a baby’

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

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Chart splitting Gen Z into ‘1.0 and 2.0’ goes viral—and now everyone is arguing

Screenshot of a tweet from user @Richard_Vixen that reads "Is this a safe enough space to say I find this deeply off-putting on a gut level" over a photo of a man jumping and clicking his heels.

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‘Roommate’s girl got an IUD, safe to say he’s pretty excited’: A man cheered for his girlfriend’s IUD, and now everyone is fighting about it

2 panel image: on the left we see a bust of Homer the author of The Odyssey, and on the right a screenshot of a tweet about knowing what the Odyssey is.

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‘The humanities are in trouble’—Apparently, a bunch of people have never heard of ‘The Odyssey’ and the discourse has reached a fever pitch

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Memes

Wifejak discourse rages after Nick Fuentes calls meme ‘pathetic’

Angela Andaloro proudly serves as a scribe, documenting all the shenanigans happening online. Her writing has been featured across Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, BuzzFeed, and more.

Angela Andaloro

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Entertainment

Ryan Reynolds responds to Martha Stewart’s dig on X, sparking discourse on all sides

David Covucci was the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications.

David Covucci

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Threads is old enough to have age gap discourse

Mike Hadge

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Capri Sun promises they aren’t phasing out pouches after reports of a switch to bottles ruined childhoods everywhere

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TradWife

Men think they’ve finally found the perfect tradwife: an AI woman feeding  chickens in her underwear

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The best ‘Do you guys think this will be any good’ memes

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‘Destroy on sight’: Tesla’s Cybertruck just arrived in ‘Fortnite,’ and just like in real life, reactions are mixed

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‘It’s not that hard’: People are sharing their controversial opinions about adulthood

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The 2024 Emmy nominations have dropped, and the internet has reactions

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‘Yassified Tinder’: People are joking about all the things the Paris Olympics logo looks like

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