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The Daily Dot

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

tree law womans neighbor bulldozes all trees in backyard

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“I truly just feel so violated”: Woman’s neighbors bulldoze all of her trees, sparking a discussion about tree law

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

Susan LaMarca

Handwritten note on lined paper in all capitals reading, "Hey. Its day 1 for you and you've already interrupted ALL of your neighbor's lives."

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“Install a Ring cam ASAP”: New renters stunned by threatening letter taped to their door hours after moving in

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“It’s really simple”: The “Antipasto Salad Mom” shares her recipe after going viral on TikTok

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

Braden Bjella

hurricane tiktok On the left is a rain-soaked parking lot and on the right a person explains. Text over: My neighbor knocked on my door and woke me up to tell me to move muy car bc it was raining.

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“Wow”: Neighbor knocks on woman’s door and says to move her car. She’s so glad she did

Parks Kugle is a writer and reporter based in San Antonio. His work has appeared in Lumina Literary Journal, Wicked Local Newspapers, and various publications across the U.S. He enjoys comics and gardening.

Parks Kugle

Two panel design with a shot of a park car in a neighborhood in one. next to an image of a nosy neighbor

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‘I am so annoyed’: Woman calls out her neighbor for where he parks his Nissan. Who’s in the right here?

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Coach storefront(l), Coach bag(c), Woman opening door slightly with text that says "I ordered a Coach Tabby 20 and it was delivered to my neighbor. (UPS attached proof of delivery but the apt shown in the phone was not mine). And yes, the address of the package was correct. This is how she reacted when I knocked on her door inquiring about my package"(r)

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‘Hello 911’: Woman’s $370 Coach Tabby 20 bag gets delivered to her neighbor’s apartment. She refuses to give it back

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‘That refund check is going to look amazing’: Woman finds out she’s been paying for her neighbor’s electricity for 5 years

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, Playboy, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

Racist woman(l+r), Air Conditioning unit in window(c)

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‘What would the charge be??’: White neighbor threatens to call cop on Black woman for leaving her A/C on

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

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‘They jumped the fence’: Homeowner says neighbors paid to have her trees cut down without permission

Uber Eats customer confronts neighbor who took her order

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‘The no pants is WILD’: Uber Eats customer confronts neighbor who took her order

Grace Fowler is freelancer reporter and past summer media fellow with the Daily Dot. She&#8217;s a graduate of Texas State University, where she studied mass communications.

Grace Fowler

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‘We’re gonna go to the front office’: Police bust tenant for stealing neighbor’s packages. Then they threaten to evict her

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

snow fence ziptied to gutters caption "Our new neighbor decided to zip tie her snow fence to our gutters today" (l) neighbor's window with motion detectors caption "Update: this morning the neighbor put these two things in her window facing our house where the snow fence is" (r)

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‘Looks like we got Karen as a neighbor’: Man says neighbor zip-tied her snow fence to his gutters

You can find her byline in Vice, Teen Vogue, Epic, and the Independent, among other publications. You can find her on Twitter @GagliardoSilver.

Victoria Gagliardo-Silver

Man in chair at desk caption " My upstiars neighbors are being loud again and I'm still able to connect to their bluetooth speaker" (l) Computer screen "Neighbor Song 3" on screen (c) Man in chair odd expression (r)

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‘If this came through my Bluetooth I would accept defeat forever’: Man connects to ‘loud’ upstairs neighbors’ speaker in viral TikTok prank

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

car on fire karen

‘Nah, we ain’t helping’: TikToker refuses to help her ‘Karen’ neighbor whose car is on fire, sparking debate

Kathleen is a Honolulu-based freelance writer, editor and communications strategist who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Hana Hou!, and more. She&#8217;s worked in the communication departments at the Honolulu Museum of Art, ACLU of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Foundation. When she&#8217;s not writing, she can be found in the ocean, walking her rescue poi dog or oil painting.

Kathleen Wong

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