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The Daily Dot

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

Ben & Jerry's ice cream cartons in freezer(l), Walmart store(r)

Walmart shopper scans ice cream

‘I was wondering why it was so full’: Walmart shopper scans Breyer’s, Blue Bell, Great Value in the ice cream aisle. Then she notices Ben & Jerry’s

Chad Swiatecki is a 30-year journalist who relocated to Austin, TX from his home state of Michigan in 2008. He most enjoys covering the intersection of arts, business and local/state politics. He writes regularly for Austin Monitor, and has written for Rolling Stone, Spin, New York Daily News, Texas Monthly, Austin Business Journal, Austin American-Statesman and many other regional and national outlets.

Chad Swiatecki

Two panel design with a shot of someone grabbing ice cream out of the freezer section at a grocery store next to an image

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‘Turkey Hill is amazing’: Woman goes to ice cream section, spots Breyers. Then she takes a closer look

Mars Ramos is a museum educator and freelance writer. She loves long walks in nature, doing yoga, and baking brownies.

Mars Ramos

Two panel design with a woman looking at the camera from inside a grocery store, next to an image of ice cream

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‘I will only buy Häagen-Dazs from now on’: Publix shopper goes to ice cream section, spots Breyers. Then she takes a closer look

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

Friendly's restaurant(l), Woman talking(c), Ice cream carton(r)

Woman shops for Friendly’s ice cream

‘Frozen Dairy Dessert’: Woman shops for Friendly’s ice cream. Then she realizes not all of it is ‘Premium Ice Cream’

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

woman sharing what she saw at Target(l) Target Store Front(c) Target Ice-cream isle(r)

sherbet icecream

‘Ohhhhhhh, that makes sense!’: Woman goes to Target ice cream aisle. Then she tries to buy sherbet

3 panel image showing a person's story about buying ice cream from a gas station

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‘Never again getting ice cream from a gas station’: Customer demands answers after opening strawberry shortcake ice cream

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

Lina Khan over two hands holding McDona'ds ice cream cones

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Lina Khan praised for behind-the-scenes push to fix McDonald’s broken ice cream machines

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

McDonald’s customer orders M&M's McFlurry

McFlurry

‘At least they gave you m&m’s’: McDonald’s customer orders M&M’s McFlurry. She can’t believe how it came

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

Brooke Sjoberg

Woman with ice cream container(l+r), Breyers ice cream(c)

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‘False advertisement’: Woman calls out Breyer’s after buying Cookies and Cream ice cream and seeing what’s inside

Breyer’s customer shares how you're probably storing your ice cream wrong

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‘This is news to me’: Breyers customer shares how you’re probably storing your ice cream wrong

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

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‘It’s not ice cream’: Woman questions Drumstick ice cream after it never melted

Woman questions Carvel ice cream cake after it never melted

Carvel Icecream

‘This isn’t ice cream’: Woman questions Carvel ice cream cake after it never melted

McDonald’s customer gets told ice cream machines are broken. So he lies and says he’s a ‘secret shopper’

McDonalds Secret Shopper

‘I order online.. they can’t say no’: McDonald’s customer gets told ice cream machines are broken. So he lies and says he’s a ‘secret shopper’

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

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