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Angela Andaloro proudly serves as a scribe, documenting all the shenanigans happening online. Her writing has been featured across Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, BuzzFeed, and more.

Angela Andaloro

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What is dry yogurt? All about TikTok’s new favorite way to consume the dietary staple

Rebecca Leib

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The Blue Friendship Bracelet Movement on TikTok is making people feel hope, anger, and 2016 whiplash

Aimée Lutkin was a freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Aimée Lutkin

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Disturbing ‘Time Travelers Interrupting’ memes are freaking TikTok out

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What does ‘Face Card Never Declines’ mean?

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.

Lindsey Weedston

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What is an Emerald Birthday? A Golden Birthday? A Crown Birthday? What?

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The ‘Suspect Challenge’ provides hilarious police descriptions and absolute relationship chaos

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TikTokers look inward with the ‘I’m Locked In With Myself’ trend

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The internet thinks ‘Zimzimzalabim’ memes and rituals are proof that K-Pop group Red Velvet are, in fact, witches

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‘Fathers are voting for this man’: Gen Z reacts to Trump’s ‘Hollywood Access’ audio in new TikTok trend

What is the ‘To Be Loved Is To Be Changed’ trend on TikTok?

The ‘Contrast Makeup’ theory has TikTok users rethinking their entire beauty routine

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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‘At this point, I’m not sure I’m even breathing right’: Homeowner finds out the right way to put garbage bags in trash can. You’re probably doing it wrong

Explaining the ‘Hear Me Out’ cake trend on TikTok

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

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