lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_post_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_post_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_16x9_full_width

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_3x2_full_width

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_1x1_full_width

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_featured_flexible_full_width

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

lede_leaderboard

Main Header Menu

The Daily Dot

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

Ulta employee sitting in car on left. Ulta storefront on right.

‘In front of his wife!’: Ulta Beauty worker says man came up to register with his wife. Then he says something out of pocket

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

Split image. Woman looking shocked and disappointed on left. Sam's Club logo on building on right.

Woman buys swing set from Sam’s Club. Then she looks at what’s inside the box

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

Couple on a date with red illustration background

Culture

‘Floodlighting’: The new relationship infodumping term, explained

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

Woman(l), Inside car with text "the way I found out about the other woman"(r)

‘I swear sometimes a girl’s detective skills are better than those investigators’: Woman sits in man’s passenger seat. Then she uses this windshield trick to learn she’s the other woman

photos of Viral TikTok of a Woman's note from pilot

‘A pilot just left this on my table and walked away’: Pilot’s mysterious note to woman at the airport sparks debate online

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

Brooke Sjoberg

Left: Tiktok user @shayleealyse holding a jar of Sea Moss Gel; Center: @shayleealyse with the caption "I have the Happy Relationship Uglies"; Right: @shayleealyse with a box of Electrolyte supplements

‘Relationship uglies’: Why some women feel ‘less hot’ in healthy relationships—and what they’re doing about it

Car mirror with man approaching car and text overlaying that reads: "*LADIES* Prime Example" on left. Car being filled with gas and hand holding pump on right.

‘She putting him in danger meanwhile she was in potential danger’: Woman catches man staring at her while pumping gas at 7-Eleven. Then she has her man confront him

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

Woman with shocked and confused faces on left and right. Plated enchiladas with lime and cabbage in center.

‘First red flag is asking what enchiladas are’: Man invites woman over to his apartment after dinner. Then she sees what’s in his room

Hands passing ids(l), Woman talking(c), Bartender making drink(r)

‘Not gonna lie…’: Woman hands her ID to bartender while on date. Then the bartender tells her date something shocking

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

Bride looking scared in two split with text "my body literally rejecting him on my wedding day"

‘I SHOULD HAVE RAN’: Bride shows signs her body was ‘rejecting’ groom on her wedding day

Tangie Mitchell is a creative writer, journalist, and editor based in New York. Her interests include pop culture and entertainment, poetry, and morning cups of herbal tea.

Tangie Mitchell

‘This only works if both parties are willing’: Expert says science can predict whether your relationship will last or not. Here’s the X-factor

Ljeonida is a reporter and writer with a degree in journalism and communications from the University of Tirana in her native Albania. She has a particular interest in all things digital marketing; she considers herself a copywriter, content producer, SEO specialist, and passionate marketer. Ljeonida is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ljeonida Mulabazi

Couple Hugging(l) Bumble app opened on phone(c) Man shares how to tell if your bumble match is into you(r)

‘I’m not the type’: Man reveals the one major way to tell that your Bumble match is just not feeling it

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

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

3 Panel Split image. Wife with palm over face, looking disappointed, with text reading: "Please help. This can not be how men shower, crying emoji." on the left. Image of a sudsy soap bar, surrounded by bubbles, in the center. Husband looking up looking slightly confused, on the right.

‘This can NOT be how men shower’: Husband’s ‘triangle’ shower routine has women everywhere questioning men’s hygiene

Photo collage image of a couple watching a sunset and vials of blood.

Relationships