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Rebecca Leib

3 panel image: showing 3 people dealing with the British Tea Time alarm.

Culture

‘I’m being gaslit by an entire country’: Our friends across the pond are taking the piss with the ‘British tea time alarm’ TikTok trend

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

Left: Screenshot from @dytzz88's Tiktok of an AI image of a skeleton with a Phone head holding a phone. Right: Screenshot from @frepyyyyy's Tiktok of an AI image of a crying burrito praying on a phone. Caption: Comment from @frepyyyyy "BROOOOOOOOOOOOO HOTSPOTTTTTTTTTT #fypage #hotspot #foryou #meme #funny".

Memes

What is the Hotspot Bro meme? TikTok roasts the friend who always drains your Wi-Fi

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

Left: Screenshot from Tiktok user @vsg_to_mj with the caption "She doesn't know it yet but he had a new baby with another woman 3 weeks before this"; Center: Screenshot from Tiktok user @twincrediblesfam with the caption: "She doesn't know it yet but she's about to find out both those babies on her hips have cancer"; Right: Screenshot from Tiktok user @racheljane8 with the caption "She doesn't know it yet, but in 5 minutes time, she's going to trip over a gate stopper, break her pelvis, dislocate her hip and find herself left permanently disabled".

‘She doesn’t know it yet…’: The TikTok trend about the curveballs life throws at you

Left: Screenshot of a cat with the caption "POV: my Muslim cat confused why everyone's up eatting breakfast at 4:54AM [laughing crying face emoji]"; Center: Screenshot of a cat with the caption "My muslim cat confused why everyone is suddenly awake eating a full meal at 4am"; Right: Screenshot of a cat with the caption "POV: the [sun emoji] is out and your confused Ramadan cat is now confused why you [sparkle emoji] did not [sparkle emoji] wake up for suhoor.

‘My Muslim cat is confused’: Ramadan cats are sleepy, baffled, and have totally taken over TikTok

Two panel design with a man's eyelashes being shaved on one side, and another man's eyelashes being cut with scissors on the other

Men shaving their eyelashes to ‘look manly’ is TikTok’s most unhinged trend yet

3 image split. Tik Tok creators doing "Anxiety" trend where their mirror self is looking at them while they are looking ahead.

The ‘anxiety’ mirror trend is haunting TikTok—here’s how it works

3 panel image of 3 women sharing on Tiktok about the trend.

Are we back to mocking bigger bodies? TikTok’s ‘Chubby’ filter has people worried

3 Split images. Woman looking into camera on left. Woman dancing with text that reads: "pro tip: always leave room in your schedule to dilly dally" in center. Woman applying lip gloss in car with overlaying text that reads: "Dilly Dallying" on right.

Why TikTok is embracing the trend of dilly-dallying this spring

Katka is a journalist who is chronically online. She uses her background in social media to surface trending content and commentary shaping contemporary internet culture. Previous bylines include HelloGiggles, Best Life, Lonely Planet, HuffPost, SheKnows and more.

Katka Lapelosa

3 image split. Espresso martini being poured over ice cream in glass on left. Espresso martini being poured into Guinness cup with overlayed text that reads: "When it's St. Patrick's day but you don't like Guinness" in center. Man pouring down espresso martini in Guinness cup on right.

Why people are ‘faking’ their St. Patrick’s Day Guinness with espresso martinis

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

Spongebob and patrick flipping burgers with text "subaru was always on some bs mf took spongebobs job"(l), Pagani just trying to do his J*b and subaru just be geeking"(r)

How a 4-year-old SpongeBob Wiki comment spawned the ‘I call Patrick Subaru’ brainrot meme

Screenshots of Tiktoks from users @hillzyeah, @adelinebrunini, and @heheheh331 with the captions "'Laugh with every stranger. The stranger the better'".

‘The world needs more of this!’: The viral ‘Laugh With Every Stranger’ trend has TikTok blissed out on pure joy

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

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

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

TikTok Trends