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

Cecilia Lenzen

Vacuum cleaner on hardwood floor cleaning (l) Vacuum contents emptied into good will bin (r)

Woman allegedly dumps vacuum contents in Goodwill bin, sparking debate

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

Braden Bjella

Starbucks barista holding bag caption "When they ask for a pastry" (l) Starbucks logo on gray brick wall (c) Starbucks baristas working caption "When they ask for it warmed up" (r)

Starbucks workers roast customers who ask for pastries warmed up

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

Brooke Sjoberg

Female in car holding tito's bottle (l) Starbucks sign with sky background (c) Starbuck drive thru worker and woman in car caption "What you did'nt see in the video is her response when she realized I left her a bottle of Tito's and not cash... she said "ohhhhkayyyy"" (r)

‘Nah I don’t like this. Just tip money’: Customer tips Starbucks worker with bottle of vodka, sparking debate

doordash logo on white background (l) doorbell cam recording caption "When the door dash driver takes 32 minutes to drive 5 minutes" with red circle with line through it in center (r)

‘This is just an L for you my guy’: TikToker tries to flame DoorDash driver—it backfires

Grace Stanley was the Deputy Editor of Passionfruit, a site for creators, covering the latest creator news, labor issues, tools, and community resources. Grace’s work has been seen by millions on the Daily Dot. Starting as a reporter covering trending internet culture stories, they have become a go-to resource on all things related to the creator economy.

Grace Stanley

young woman and man in front of door (l) text message that reads "Good! There's a really nice guy I want to introduce u to" (c) young man at door with cat sticker covering face and caption "The 'really nice guy'" (r)

‘His gf is caught up and we are friends now’: TikToker allegedly finds out her date has girlfriend through doorbell camera

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

Woman making peace sign caption "Me excited to host my friends and cook for them" (l) MiYKO'S butter with red circle highlighting cashews (treenuts) csption "What are your allergies again" "Just tree nuts" (c) Girls in hospital bed caption "Somehow we made it to an ER She survived I simply cannot make this up"(r)

‘I hope you’re paying for her er visit lmaoo’: TikToker shares story of how she accidentally fed nuts to her friend with allergy, sparking debate

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TikToker says roommate poisoned them and cut power cords to the appliances before moving out—but they refuse to expose her (updated)

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

Woman greebscreen tiktok caption "You need to knock it off before I have you terminated. It's very unprofessional and immature. Thank you." (l) Chili's restaurant (c) Woman greenscreen video caption "I think she stated all her info and useded the photo from her linkedin to intimidate me and prove that what she was saying was true" "actually i think she might get fired because she is talking on behalf of the company" (r)

Person pretending to be a Chili’s manager gets exposed after threatening to get TikToker fired for ‘bad-mouthing’ restaurant

young man with caption "The barista looking into my soul as I look at 3 inflated tip options on their filthy iPad and choose no tip" (l&r) empty tip jar (c)

‘Would you like to tip 25%, 35%, or 50%?’: TikToker puts ‘inflated tip options’ on iPads blast in viral video, sparking debate

walmart sign over diapers (l) man in kitchen (c) baby food on shelves (r)

‘Did I care? No, because I was making $11.50’: Former Walmart door greeter says he would ignore customers who stole baby formula, Pampers (updated)

Woman on livestream man face in corner caption "watch me expose a convicted kidnapper for trying to speak on bodily autonomy" (l) Wooden gavel and handcuffs on wooden table (c) Woman livestream holding laptop up with the man's mugshot caption "watch me expose a convicted kidnapper for trying to speak on bodily autonomy" (r)

‘No wonder you have no regard for bodily autonomy’: TikToker exposes man as convicted kidnapper during their live-stream debate about abortion

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

appreciative starbucks employees in tik tok (l) Silhouettes of group of people (r)

‘Let us unionize’: Starbucks video flooded with pro-union comments on TikTok

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

Tricia Crimmins

Best Buy parking lot (l) Man in car with door open woman's face next to open car door caption "Karen called me Black" (r)

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‘How is she that upset’: Karen calls the cops on Black YouTuber filming in Best Buy parking lot

Hooters employees dancing in tiktok (l) Hooters sign and building (c) Hooters worker caption "They all got fired" (r)

‘I feel like they have rules like high schools do’: Hooters worker shares reasons why her co-workers got fired in viral TikTok, sparking debate

Dog having his dna swabbed from his cheek (l) Paper about owners not picking up their dogs waste caption "THEY'RE DNA TESTING ALL DOGS WTF"

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