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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.

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3 Panel: Left: Blonde woman wearing glasses with text overlay reading, "When you find out the new 'Karen' will be 'Jessica.' Middle: Woman looking into the camera while wearing a green ball cap, text overlay reads, "To my Jessica's, apparently we are now the new Karens." Right: Screenshot of Rob Schneider with his mouth open and crying, text overlay reads, "Gen Z's new version of Karen is Jessica."

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Culture

“I am genuinely upset”: Gen Z has officially named the millennial Karen. Sorry, Jessicas

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Bad news if someone calls you a “choppelganger”—Gen Z’s favorite new diss

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

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“It only has to make sense to me”: The 365 buttons meme, explained

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“Passport bro” spotted in viral video can’t swipe right fast enough on women at the airport

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Is the “yellow font theory” an emotionally vulnerable expression online, or is it just fishing for likes?

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Women are “visiting the boy aquarium” to look for dates. What does it mean?

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“He’s losing his touch”: Trump pitches new name for “Trump Republicans,” and some critics think he’s lost it

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“It’s got wabi-sabi”: Social media turns a “King of the Hill” clip—and ancient practice—into a viral trend

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People’s life-altering stories about the time “the rabbit got me” are going viral online. What does it mean?

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“The way this could actually be our reality is terrifying”: Explaining “robophobia,” the theoretical robot insult from TikTok

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“Immediately using this”: What is a Slopper? The AI insult about people too obsessed with ChatGPT

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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”

Left: Woman sitting in a car looking into the camera underneath text reading, "2 ways I'm handing 6 7 in my classroom." Right: Woman sitting in a classroom talking to students underneath text reading, "POV: your students keep saying '6 7.'"

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Kids won’t stop chanting “6-7” in school, and teachers are done playing along

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“Do anyone else’s kids talk like morons?”: Mom utterly baffled by Gen Alpha daughter’s lingo like “so mid”

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“How do you fix this?”: Adam Mosseri presented with a literal wall of code words teens use to circumvent Instagram’s algorithm during interview

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