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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.

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Anna Good

Three masked ICE agents at an ICE processing center in Broadview, Illinois, they are wearing armor and firearms and are squatting down restraining a man they have handcuffed on the pavement.

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Viral Politics

“Don’t expect much”: ICE agents are venting about missing pay and benefits on Reddit

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Tech

“Gave me a good laugh”: Reddit spotted a prefab tiny home seller using “The Sims” mockups instead of real photos

Jamie Jirak has been working as an entertainment journalist since 2017. In addition to The Daily Dot, you can find her latest work at SlashFilm and That Hashtag Show. Jamie resides in Los Angeles and co-hosts two podcasts, Phase Hero and Love in the Time of Hydra. She loves moderating panels and has done so for Marvel, Disney, Netflix, and more. Follow her on Letterboxd: @JamieJirak.

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Jamie Jirak

cutting chives every day on reddit kitchenconfidential

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“You’ll never get it perfect”: Reddit can’t stop critiquing this user’s daily chive-chopping posts

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

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Culture

From “AITA” to r/confessions, Redditors are sharing their true thoughts on the most annoying subreddits

Left: Text from Reddit reading "Suspected someone was stealing so I put a 2 20s and a $100 in my wallet along with these singles. Then my GF stayed over." Right: Wallet with dollar bills

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“Consider yourself lucky”: Man sets a trap to catch a thief. Then he realizes who’s been taking his money

Left: Fish dish - fried cod fillet with asparagus on wooden table Right: Worm parasite in fish

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Diner horrified to find parasitic worm in her fish—after she took the last bite

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“A hidden fee that takes people by surprise”: Restaurant’s “Living Wage Fee” sparks heated opinions online

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Mom gets dragged for accidentally naming her daughter after catastrophic disaster

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Man wonders if he’s wrong to hide his right-wing voting history from his progressive girlfriend: “Women are avoiding guys like this”

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Woman learns her boyfriend staged their “meet-cute,” and people can’t agree if it’s cute or creepy

Ljeonida is a reporter and writer with a degree in journalism and communications from the University of Tirana in her native Albania. She has a particular interest in all things digital marketing; she considers herself a copywriter, content producer, SEO specialist, and passionate marketer. Ljeonida is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ljeonida Mulabazi

An image of a hand holding a very old glass bottle of Coca Cola with a Reddit thread overlaid on it.

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Collector buys 100-Year-Old Coca-Cola bottle for $75. Then he learns what it’s worth

iata for being upset that i wont get tips

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“Am I a bad person?”: Service worker expresses guilt after being forced to give up their tips

2 panel image. Tweet that reads: "I found out my girlfriend was cheating on me through her spotify wrapped...and now I can't even listen to music anymore." on left. Spotify on phone on right.

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Man’s Spotify Wrapped exposes cheating girlfriend’s affair: “Our top artist was someone I’d never heard of”

A still from a promotional video advertising a Star Wars themed hotel, with a screengrab of a social post, over it.

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‘The ninth circle of hell’: Ex employee shares what it was like to work on the failed Star Wars hotel

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Man receives a 3-cent bill for his dead dad from insurance company—so he got petty (and creative)

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