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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: 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?"

Culture

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

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

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

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

Amine Mojito, known online as Ilan M, sneaking up on random people outside and stuck them with an empty syringe.

“6 months is not enough”: French influencer gets jail time for stabbing strangers with a syringe for views

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

Susan LaMarca

Gen Z woman wearing glasses and a floral top looking intot he camera and crying.

“Most heartbreaking thing ever”: Zoomer cries after learning about web 1.0 and the internet we lost

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: Black man with a beard looking into the distance, text overlay reads, "Day 15 of women's health." Right: Black man with a beard making confused/disgusting face, text overlay reads, "Women have told me too much."

“Women should be madder”: Man spends 2 weeks researching women’s healthcare and can’t believe how broken it is

Left: Comedian Caroline Timoney (@carol.in3) explained in a recent video posted to the platform that she was the first person to come up with the phrase “girlbossed too close to the sun” in 2021. Right: Taylor Swift in a blue costume in a music video.

Comedian says she coined “girlbossed too close to the sun.” Now it’s in a Taylor Swift song

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

“Keep an eye on that escape artist”: Workers at a Virginia Lowe’s store find beloved missing cat after a multi-state search

Left: TikTok doctor superimposed against public toilet paper roll with visible puncture holes from needles.

“Okay, so this is a real thing”: Doctor explains why you should always check public toilet paper rolls

Screenshots of patrons at Elbo Room bar in Florida.

People are binge-watching strangers at a Florida bar like it’s reality TV

Left: Salad-making machine at a Sweetgreen location, caption overlay reads, "I Just watched a machine make my entire Sweetgreen order." Right: Sweetgreen sign is seen at one of its restaurants in San Francisco, California.

“Still costs $22 for a salad”: Sweetgreen’s salad robot goes viral (again) as users ask why prices haven’t dropped

Left: Man sitting meditating in a leather chair. Text caption reads, "Rawdogging for 1 hour to fix my attention span (day 1). Right: Man sitting meditating in a leather chair. Text caption reads, "Rawdogging for 1 hour to fix my attention span (day 7).

“Gen Z discovers meditation”: Man “rawdogs boredom” an hour every day for a month—and swears it’s changing his brain

Tyra Banks in a black chef uniform eating ice cream.

Entertainment

“What in the Willy Wonka?”: Tyra Banks is hawking “hot ice cream” and everyone is confused

taylor swift life of a showgirl in theaters

“We just realized how stupid this is”: Taylor Swift fans react to her movie theater takeover for “The Life of a Showgirl”

Left: Woman looking into the glasses wearing Meta glasses. Right: Woman at a cooking class in a red apron, text overlay on the image reads, "Unfortunately, I didn't realize it until now, months later, as I'm going through our vacation footage."

“My stomach dropped”: Woman who wore Meta glasses on vacation realizes her mistake after looking through footage later

taylor swift ai life of a showgirl visuals

TikTok