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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.

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‘Made him feel disrespected’: Woman gets a memorial tattoo for her ex—her current boyfriend asks her to cover it up

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.

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‘That’s your meet cute girl’: Woman signs for UPS package at work. But was the driver really hitting on her?

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

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‘A committed person would never respond like that’: Woman asks her husband if he’s cheating. Viewers say his instant response is telling

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‘His wife deserves better’: Woman’s male co-worker asks her a question. It sends her running to the bathroom

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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‘Would you be able to get over this?’: Woman discovers boyfriend weighs his poop daily in a Rugrats bowl, asks if she should dump him

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‘This could’ve been an email’: This awkward engagement proposal went massively viral—now the couple is speaking out

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‘Get your gift and go home!!’: Woman shows up to wedding. Then the bride intervenes over her outfit

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‘Cut the corners off the fitted sheets’: Woman’s breakup video sparks a flood of hilariously petty revenge tactics—20 of the best

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.

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Man takes Tinder date out for dinner. Then he sends her a Venmo request. He didn’t expect this ‘nuclear’ response

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Woman gives man her Ray-Ban Meta glasses to vlog their date. Then she accidentally discovers she’s the other woman

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Main Character of the Week: The women who shared the best—and most toxic—ways to deal with an unfaithful ex

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‘The ‘you are my forbidden fruit’ has me’: Teen’s Mormon boyfriend dumps her via email. Then she monologues it

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Woman reveals the one clear way to tell who was done dirty in a breakup

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