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10 simple things you’ve been doing wrong your whole life

Everyone’s favorite ‘Internet Grandad’ has died at age 86

EJ Dickson is a writer and editor who served as the Daily Dot’s IRL editor from January 2014 to July 2015. Her work has since appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Mic, Bustle, Romper, and Men’s Health.

EJ Dickson

Tech

Here’s what WSJ headlines look like in emoji

Ukrainian women’s sex boycott goes viral in Russia

These guys are wearing nothing but socks to fight cancer

The sweet agony of having an Internet crush

How a mom’s experiment in social media shaming backfired

A lonely doge is looking for love on Tinder

Which subreddit has the filthiest mouth?

Whisper has a surprising amount of secretly gay frat bros

Gamer uses ‘Minecraft’ to pay tribute to his late wife

Mike Fenn is a former contributor to the Daily Dot whose beats included Reddit, YouTube, and all things WTF. His work has also appeared in Forbes and News.com.au.

Mike Fenn

What happens when 20 strangers make out for a YouTube experiment

Miles Klee is a novelist and web culture reporter. The former editor of the Daily Dot’s Unclick section, Klee’s essays, satire, and fiction have appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Vanity Fair, 3:AM, Salon, the Awl, the New York Observer, the Millions,  and the Village Voice. He&#8217;s the author of two odd books of fiction, &#8216;Ivyland&#8217; and &#8216;True False.&#8217;

Miles Klee

A very personal history of getting fired over a blog

Chase Hoffberger reported on YouTube, web culture, and crime for the Daily Dot until 2013, when he joined the Austin Chronicle. Until late 2018, he served as that paper’s news editor and reported on criminal justice and politics.

Chase Hoffberger

How Adam Savage and ‘MythBusters’ tell stories through science

A college student tricked the Internet into believing he poisoned his friend

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