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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.

Lindsey Weedston

Left: Screenshot of a Tiktok with the caption: "YES we're a millennial burger Joint/ YES we overprice EVERYTHING / YES out truffle fries are MEDIOCRE at best / YES we're two guys with a crazy idea / NO we don't offer comfortable seating / YES we serve water in mason jars"; ; Screenshot of a Tiktok comment section

Culture

Gen Z is dragging the ‘millennial burger joint’—and every detail is painfully accurate

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

Left: girl eating a handful of spinach Right: girl eating a handful of spinach underneath text overlay reading: Pregaming before girl's night out

People are eating handfuls of raw spinach in new health-conscious TikTok trend. Is it a good idea?

3 panel image showing different TikTok users discussing the February 26th trend.

February 26 is ‘Slime Your Homeboy’ Day—why TikTok is freaking out

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

Person pointing at small crack on while(l) shoes hanged on wall(c) finder pointing at cracked wall(r)

Memes

What are the Cave Diver memes all over the internet? Here’s why people are mocking extreme spelunking

Rebecca Leib

Woman with high pony(l), Man with high pony and text "trying the viral drop pony ponytail hairstyle"(c), Woman with ponytail and text "trying the cool girl 'drop ponytail' ha ha ha"(r)

All the cool girlies are wearing drop ponytails. Here’s what that is and how to do it

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

3 panel image of different people dropping objects on their feet.

Kids on TikTok are dropping increasingly heavy objects on their feet—here’s why it’s more than just a weird trend

Women are exposing how useless their boyfriends can be in this ’emergency contact’ TikTok trend

Screenshot of Tiktok user @andoej's living room; Screenshot of Tiktok user @haleys.turn's living room with the caption "boy and girl home"; Screenshot of Tiktok user @annaredman with the caption "I think I have the best boy/girl apartment".

The youths are rebranding cohabitation as ‘boy girl apartments’

Screenshots of Tiktok users @ brennanyoungin, @savernelive and @averykatherinewood.

What is gleeking? The gross trend returns to dampen TikTok

Screenshots of @detneee's Tiktok with the caption "'sigh name cuff'"

Why are people on TikTok challenging each other to say ‘sigh name cuff’?

3 panel image: in each panel a person is shown and text appears over them. Text over says: You're so funny. Thanks."

‘You’re so funny…thanks, my husband left me for my own mom!’: The best ‘You’re so funny’ memes turning trauma into gold

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

Charlotte Colombo

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‘But the lamp is starting to look weird’: This dreamy trend is captivating the internet

Man gardening with text "Somewhere on google maps, it's august 2011 and my grandpa is out gardening with a smile on his face only a few months before passing away at age 90. Sun is shining life is good, forever frozen in time. (l), Woman in barbershop through blinds with text "somewhere on google maps in 2009 my mum is still alive frozen in time in her little barber shop cutting hair"(r)

‘I miss you so much dad’—This new Google Maps TikTok trend has people sobbing with nostalgia over old photos

bed nesting is the new hurkle-durkling, is the new bed rotting

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