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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

3 Panel: Woman in bed under caption reading, "let's make the VIRAL potato bed." Middle: Potato bed. Right: Woman in bed with iPad, text overlay reads, "Trying the potato bed for the frist time."

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Culture

“10/10 would recommend”: TikTok swears by the “potato bed” sleep hack

Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

Susan LaMarca

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The meaning behind “analog bags,” social media’s latest minimalist obsession

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: Notes screenshot from Kanye West of his "Betrayal List." Right: Woman doing her makeup, parody of West's "Betrayal List" text overlay, including "Chick fil a iced coffee, high rise skinny jeans, my weak angles, pilates ring, and mezcal."

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The “Betrayal List” trend turns a Kanye West meltdown into group therapy

Left: Paula Abdul surrounded by four men doing the "Whitney Houston Challenge" on TikTok. Right: Band Simple Plan standing around a drum doing the Whitney Houston Challenge on TikTok.

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Can you hit the beat? The Whitney Houston challenge is humbling TikTok

Left: Man standing in a baseball cap and white tank top under text reading, "How I figured out I was part of Group 7." Middle: Singer Sophia James looking into the camera under text reading "You are in Group 7." Right: Girl smiling widely under caption reading "How it feels being in Group 7 (I have no idea waht this means.)

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“Is this really what we’re doing?”: Explaining the massively viral “Group 7” phenomenon taking over TikTok

Left: Woman standing in an elevator next to Travis Scott. Right: Woman standing in an elevator with Brad Pitt.

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Want your own “celebrity elevator selfie”? Here’s how TikTokers are doing it

3 panel: Left: Man perched on woman's arm in TikTok's bird arm trend. Middle: Woman perched on man's arm in TikTok's bird arm trend. Right: Woman perched on man's arm in TikTok's bird arm trend.

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Everyone on TikTok is perching like birds on their partner’s arm. Here’s how it works

women hanging off of a crosswalk sign with one arm

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People are hanging off crosswalk signs to take part in the Kid Cudi-inspired “Maui Wowie” trend

Left: Woman holding up phone showing an AI-generated shirtless plumber in the bathroom, caption overlay reads, "Pranking my bf with the AI shirtless plumber." Right: Screenshot of a text conversation between a woman and her boyfriend after she sent him a photo of an AI-generated shirtless plumber sitting on their couch.

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“He was ready to FIGHT”: The AI shirtless plumber prank is giving boyfriends jealousy meltdowns

Laura Holliday is a freelance internet culture journalist covering online communities, digital aesthetics, and internet rabbit holes. She lives in London with her cat, Luna.

Laura Holliday

Left: Man showing a binder with a printed "Freakbob meme" to a woman in a grocery store, caption overlay reads, "Showing brainrot to strangers." Right: Man showing a binder with a printed "Freakbob meme" to a woman in a clothing store, caption overlay reads, "Showing brainrot to strangers."

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“Bro leave her alone”: Gen Alpha is showing printed brainrot memes to strangers and the results are hilarious

Left: AI-generated homeless man standing outside of a front entryway, caption overlay reads, "POV: I convinced my parents a homeless man is in our house to see how they would react." Right: Text exchange between a person who sent an AI-generated image of a homeless man brushing his teeth, text underneath asks, "He asked to brush his teeth, is it cool if he uses your toothbrush?"

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“PICK UP THE PHONE”: The AI “homeless man in my house” prank is traumatizing parents on TikTok

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The “watch my egg” TikTok challenge brings back the old-school internet prank

Before and after of a man going from overweight to jacked. Caption overlay on both images reads, "heard we were showing our husband's glow up."

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“Respectfully, jaw dropped”: The “husband glow-up” trend has wives bragging and the internet thirsting

Left: Woman looking into the camera under text reading, "he is stable (team Jacob) you are deep (team edward). Right: Woman eating a block of jelly under text reading, "He is stable (making jelly normally) you are deep, (eating it by the block)."

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“He is stable, you are deep”: How a song lyric became a relationship test

Left: woman looking forlornly under text reading, "when I complain about my cramps but forgot that boys have to go through chained up all the time or something." Right: Man wearing airpods looking into the distance under text reading, "Remember having to be chained up all the time or something and knowing I have 2 sons."

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How “being chained up all the time or something” became the funniest bit on TikTok

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