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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.

Anna Good

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‘Growing up ugly’: The girlies are sharing their ‘Girl Canon Events’—26 relatable moments

Ilana Gordon is a culture and entertainment writer based in Los Angeles. Ilana&#8217;s writing has been featured in places like: the A.V. Club, the Takeout, Atlas Obscura, Huffington Post, McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency, the Belladonna Comedy, Reductress, Mashable, the Second City Network, RedEye Chicago, ART + marketing, the Muse, Dose and OMGFacts.

Ilana Gordon

The second bridesmaid must run. TikTok has accepted the mission.

Rebecca Leib

3 panel image: on the sides are Teslas leaving garages and in the middle is Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift becomes the anthem for Tesla trade-ins in growing #ByeTesla trend

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

Aimee Lou Wood hopes fans don’t file down their teeth to look like hers amid growing TikTok trend

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

‘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".

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

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

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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

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'".

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