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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

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‘I would’ve walked out as well’: Women leave nail salon without paying $250 bill

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

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‘Not me trying to memorize this’: Waffle House worker exposes the jelly packet ‘hieroglyphics’ used to track your order

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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‘One bite and my body would shut down’: Workplace vending machine draws criticism for containing twin chili dog pack

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

Braden Bjella

person at Best Buy parking lot holding box with laptop inside (l) Best buy sign on building (c) man speaking at Best Buy parking lot (r)

‘I guess it worked’: Best Buy customer walks out holding ‘$3,200’ in purchased goods because he didn’t want to pay 11 cents for a bag

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

man speaking in car caption "Ordering 5 pounds of Roast Beef at Arbys so my girlfriend's mom is making French dip sandwiches today" (l) woman opening Arby's container of roast beef in car caption " so we got a few of these but she's gonna open up reveal the oh my God" (c) man speaking in car caption "and her dad requested that he only wants to roast beef if it comes from Arby's" (r)

‘No bread. No nothing. No sauce’: Customer orders 5 pounds of just roast beef at Arby’s

Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

man carrying Cracker Barrel box in driveway (l) view of Cracker Barrel sign from car windshield caption "I don't cook for Thanksgiving; never had and never will. We've always ordered from Cracker Barrel. No need to sweat cooking." (c) Cracker Barrel Thanksgiving meal in box (r)

‘We get so many of the preorders every year’: Customer gets whole Thanksgiving dinner from Cracker Barrel, sparking debate

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‘Not suspicious at all’: Worker shares hack to never going idle on Microsoft Teams

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

Brooke Sjoberg

McDonald's employee taking customer's order caption "Just seconds earlier this employee refused to take our counter order and pushed us to the kiosk. Then this happened." (l) McDonald's order kiosk on wall (c) McDonald's manager speaking at counter with arms out (r)

‘We don’t have enough staff to do front counter’: McDonald’s manager sends employee home after she sent customers to order at kiosk

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‘Our job is to make new hires feel welcome’: Manager criticizes female worker who corrected new hire’s ’inappropriate’ comment

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‘I would never in a million years [have] picked that up and read the ingredients’: Shopper says Stove Top pork is ‘accidentally’ vegan

‘It’s so sad’: Woman says ex got jealous of her cuddling with her male dog

Man in Forever 21 store speaking caption "I'm recording myself because I make TikToks and I have a social media platform" (l) Police in Forever 21 with Forever 21 logo above caption "don't want me in the store" (c) man in Forever 21 store speaking caption "I'm not yelling at you" (r)

‘I can’t believe this happened to me’: Forever 21 employees call the cops on Black TikToker for recording in store

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‘This isn’t OK’: TikToker says ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ account sexually exploited child

‘Blatant racism is still a thing’: University of Miami students call Black professor a ‘gorilla’ in viral TikTok

woman sipping coffee caption "WHY is no one talking about the fact that an 8 hour workday in the office does NOT equal an 8 hour workday at home?? Like we're taking away office conversations, long lunches, constantly being pulled away, less sleep, being drained from the commute, etc. I can get an 8 hour office day done in 4 focused hours at home. So why are we still working 8?!?" (l) woman working from home on laptop (c) woman sipping coffee caption "WHY is no one talking about the fact that an 8 hour workday in the office does NOT equal an 8 hour workday at home?? Like we're taking away office conversations, long lunches, constantly being pulled away, less sleep, being drained from the commute, etc. I can get an 8 hour office day done in 4 focused hours at home. So why are we still working 8?!?" (r)

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