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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

Left: Man sitting in his car looking into the camera, text overlay reads, "Nonchalant guys." Right: Woman doing her makeup looking into the camera underneath text caption reading, "Nonchalance culture is preventing people from yearning."

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Daters are rejecting “chill” culture and demanding something new: “chalance”

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Left: Woman looking into camera, text overlay reads, "This is no tea no shade. But for my girls who didn't change their last name, I want to hear your reason why. I never considered it because this was my given name, I never understood why I should change it for someone else. But curious for other reasons."

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“The bird theory is legit”: Woman captures the devastating moment she realizes her marriage is over mid-cruise

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“High value” guy dumps girlfriend because she wore heels and looked taller

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“I didn’t know you had a girlfriend”: This guy invented a male friendship quiz. The results were bleak

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“I am no one’s person”: Woman explains what coupled people just don’t get about being “chronically single”

Instagram model and TikTok creator Gianna Wulf standing next to her husband at her gender reveal party. Caption overlay reads, "Pov your mom had to make your gender reveal about her."

“Jealousy is an ugly thing”: Pregnant influencer’s mom sabotages gender reveal with a confetti “prank”

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