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Makalah Wright has written articles for various publications based on mental health, relationships, and Gen Z-related topics. She is currently a senior at the University of West Georgia, where she studies public relations and music. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with loved ones, shopping, traveling to new places, and playing the clarinet.

Makalah Wright

signs for the cat mayor race in somerville mass

“Finally, some real candidates that deserve our attention”: Massachusetts town’s “Cat Mayor” tradition has residents campaigning for their cats

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

chris appleton on the red carpet next to tiktok comments

“He should’ve just left it be”: Comment  asking for a “description of the video” left on Chris Appleton’s book announcement post sparks debate over purchased bot followers

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

Susan LaMarca

3 Panel of essie, a language teacher and creator of the Chinese with Jessie YouTube channel, decoding Westerners' bad Chinese tattoos.

“More failure”: This teacher is translating bad Chinese tattoos and everyone’s losing 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

Left: Bride in a Vegas chapel in the middle of singing a song, caption overlay reads "When you decide to surprise your camera-shy husband with a wedding song and you had to chase him down the chapel because he disappeared on you."  Right: Bride holding groom's hand in chapel, caption overlay reads "found him."

“It’s like a car crash, I can’t look away”: Bride’s Elvis serenade gets painfully awkward when groom slips away mid-song in Vegas wedding

3 panel: Left: Linked in search bar. Middle: TikTok creator Matty McTech pointing to his computer monitor, text overlay reads "I was today years old When I found this out." Right: Finger pointing to job listing for Financial Planning Analyst on LinkedIn.

Creator shares secret LinkedIn search filter to see new jobs before anyone else. Here’s how it works

Left: Claire's manager looking into camera wearing a Claire's lanyard and nose mask, caption overlay reads: "POV: All Claire's workers sad we're closing but we get to use all our PTO & sick time in the next month." Middle: Claire's manager looking into camera wearing a Claire's lanyard, caption overlay reads "POV as a Claire's manager/employee after reading the documents." Right: Two Claire's employees in front of a Claire's store, caption overlay reads "Since Claire's is closing here's our outro."

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“Why not just walk out?”: Claire’s managers are posting goodbye videos as liquidation sales begin

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: 4 YouTube profile photos (PFPs) of Clippy the paperclip. Right: YouTube comment reading "Clippy says NO to AI age verification! Clippy says NO to new paywalls on platforms you've purchased! Clippy says NO to exploiting troubled teens!"

Clippy the paperclip is taking over profile pics across the internet in protest of big tech

Left: Man standing next to woman, caption reads "Roommates that get Hinge men to build things in our apartment >>>" Middle: Man putting together furniture, caption reads "Find yourself a man on Hinge to build your furniture" Right: Woman patting man's head as he builds furniture, caption reads "POV: You get your hinge date to build your new TikTok shop furniture."

The “Bob the Builder” dating trend has women turning Hinge intro a free handyman service

Man with clown emoji hiding his face holding the airplane seats in front of him with both hands to prevent them from reclining.

“Can’t work out whose side I’m on”: Man holds hands against seat for 8 hours to stop recliner. Some are calling him a hero, others, a villain

Left: A woman holding up two takeout bags. Right: A woman holding up two takeout bowls filled with salads.

“There’s a big difference”: Viral Chipotle “hack” claims a quick name swap could get you bigger portions. TikTokers say it works

Red dot stickers at Dollar Tree store pasted on various items, including plastic kitchenware

“Two Dollar Tree”: Shoppers call for boycott after spotting red dots all over store shelves

jon gosselin blocked on social media by kate

“Not like I was looking or anything”: Jon and Kate Gosselin are still having drama all these years later, this time over being blocked on social media

Left: Blonde bartender doing a thumbs up and smiling under caption reading, "Bartending a wedding and they just told me I'm not allowed to have a tip jar." Right: Same blonde woman responding to a TikTok comment calling tip jars at weddings "tacky."

Bartender says she was banned from having a tip jar at a wedding. People said good, “it’s tacky”

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

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