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The Daily Dot

Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

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Scrolling In The Deep: Are you aura farming?

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

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Culture

‘Why does it feel like everyone gambles now?’: Gen Z debates the rise of Esports betting and crypto

Rebecca Leib

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All the cool girlies are wearing drop ponytails. Here’s what that is and how to do 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.

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Anna Good

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Kids on TikTok are dropping increasingly heavy objects on their feet—here’s why it’s more than just a weird trend

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Scrolling In The Deep: ‘Are you reheating someone’s nachos?’ 

Leqi Zhong was a fall intern for the Hi-Res division. Besides writing about business, tech, and the internet, she enjoys road trips and watching sunsets. Leqi graduated from UC Berkeley Journalism in May 2023 and had written for CNN, Palo Alto Daily Post, Berkeleyside, and Oakland North.

Leqi Zhong

A screenshot of Tiktok user @jake_amazing with the caption "Luigi"; a photo of Luigi Mangione with the Fox logo; a screenshot of Tiktok user @jake_amazing with the caption "they put my new song on Fox, and I'm like whyyyy".

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‘The voice of a generation’: Fox News aired his Luigi Mangione song. So this Gen Zer sent the network a $500 invoice

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

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Rachel Kiley

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

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Scrolling In The Deep: Are you serving face?

Katka is a journalist who is chronically online. She uses her background in social media to surface trending content and commentary shaping contemporary internet culture. Previous bylines include HelloGiggles, Best Life, Lonely Planet, HuffPost, SheKnows and more.

Katka Lapelosa

Screenshots of a tweet by @danishacarterr that reads "no, your terribly trained stinky little dog shouldn’t be allowed everywhere babies are allowed. babies aren’t shedding fur and peeing on produce, nor are they lunging at and biting waitstaff." over a screenshoot from @SubwayTakes of a woman with her dog and the caption "Dogs should be allowed everywhere that babies are allowed."

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‘I take my dog everywhere!’: Woman sparks controversy over whether dogs should be allowed everywhere babies are

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Scrolling In The Deep: Oh, that’s not–

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Gen Z is crocheting giant worms. Sure, why not

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Scrolling In The Deep: Your favorite slang of 2024

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Scrolling In The Deep: Is 2025 going to be mid?

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Memes

‘Yeah bro I got fluffy hair’: Explaining the teen boy fluffy hair meme

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Declaration that ‘Uptown Girl’ brought ‘sinister vibes’ to the Uber ride has everyone worried about Gen Z

Gen Z