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Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

“Come on now”: Hello Kitty fan shares the AI-designed bedspread her “Temu victim” mother gifted her

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: Woman in a grocery store in Finland looking into the camera. Right: Woman's hand holding avocado to ripeness scanner in a grocery store.

“Would sell my soul for this device”: Americans can only dream of Finland’s avocado ripeness machines

dunkin donuts salem location decorated for halloween

“They should do this everywhere”: There’s only one Dunkin’ location in the country that decorates for Halloween, and the reason why actually makes sense

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

Susan LaMarca

Woman looking into camera under text reading "Millennial things."

Culture

“Being everyone’s frontal lobe”: From parenting to managing boomers, millennials feel they’re doing the emotional work for all generations

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

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.

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

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.

Alexandra Samuels

“This is happening all around the country”: Fairgoers are reporting the Texas State Fair is “empty” this year. Why?

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: Left: Man in his car in a burger king crown eating the orange Halloween Whopper. Middle: Woman in a hoodie showing the camera the orange Halloween Whopper. Right: Woman in a red sweater showing the camera the orange Halloween Whopper

Burger King’s orange and black “Jack-O-Lantern” Whoppers are back for Halloween—what do they taste like?

Left: Kim Richards in Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 2 episode of the fight in Amsterdam. Right: People sitting around a table for a birthday party, text overlay reads, "For my 30th birthday dinner I asked my friends to do a table read of RHOBH season 2 Amsterdam fight."

Entertainment

Birthday reenactment of *that* infamous “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” dinner fight was so legit, Bravo weighed in

bringing pumpkins to starbucks coffee cup

Influencers are bringing pumpkins to Starbucks instead of coffee cups and annoying workers: “Stop making us work harder than we get paid”

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Women are calling out straight men for  “ruining” club culture: “America really has become Ken’s mojo dojo casa house”

Left: Woman walking towards canal in Venice, text overlay reads, "Bad day? I had worse." Right: Woman gasping after falling into Venice canal.

“Are you American?”: Woman falls into Venice canal trying to roast Google Maps

youtubers dan and phil confirm relationship fans react

Fans react to YouTubers Dan & Phil revealing they’ve been in a relationship for 16 years: “Phan confirmed real”

woman demonstrating how gap leather pants make fart noises

“Haven’t been this embarrassed since 4th grade”: Woman hilariously calls out Gap for making leather pants that make strange noises

“Over a car?”: An influencer purchased a custom Mary Kay Cadillac. One of her haters called the dealership to confirm—the shocking message goes viral

3 panel: Left: Ruined stainless steel pan. Middle: Woman in a flannel holding a pan to the camera. Right: A destroyed electric stovetop from an exploded stainless steel pan.

TikTok