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Rebecca Leib

Left: Woman looking into the camera, text overlay reads, "I think I was kidnapped. Am I delusional or not? I need answers." Right: Text screenshot reads, "I’m super invested in the girl on TikTok who think she was kidnapped as a baby. There are no baby pictures of her. Her mom says they burned in a house fire, but her older two siblings miraculously still have their baby pics."

“Am I delusional?”: Woman suspects she was kidnapped after discovering disturbing inconsistencies in her birth story

Left: Man sitting on the ground, wearing a gray t-shirt and lifting up a navy couch. Right: Navy couch, an eye visible peeking out from underneath.

“My husband thought I was crazy”: Woman hears strange noises in her couch. Then she looks inside

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

Susan LaMarca

Left: Blonde woman in front of a loft apartment, text overlay reads, "This person is trying to rent out the condo I own and currently live in?" Right: Text exchange.

“Her responses are FRYING ME”: Woman calls out scammer trying to rent out her loft. Their reply has people gagged

Left: Front of a Cheesecake Factory restaurant against a blue sky. Right: TikTok screenshot of a Cheesecake Factory kitchen in the aftermath of Valentine's Day, 2026, dishes piled high. Text overlay reads, "Happy Valentine's Day."

“It is 1:17 in the morning”: Video of Cheesecake Factory kitchen on Valentine’s Day is making people rethink eating there

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: Blonde woman in a white shirt looking into camera. Right: Screenshot of a PetSmart employee in a PetSmart store, text overlay reads, "Today PetSmart refused to sell me a bearded dragon until I bought the biggest tank! Instead of the setuup that said it was for a bearded dragon."

“Not a toy”: Woman calls out PetSmart  for refusing to sell her a bearded dragon without a large tank—the internet sides with PetSmart

Left: Woman's hair in the form of a braid taped to the wall of a shower.

Woman who saved her shower hair for six years suddenly stops. Fans are weirdly emotional

Left: Two older woman standing on the sidewalk in a confrontation. Right: Older woman in a magenta long-sleeve shirt sitting in a chair.

Culture

“Real Housewives of Mahjong Manor.”: The retirement home Mahjong cheating scandal going massively viral, explained

Left: Middle-aged man sitting in the aisle seat of a Boeing 747, staring at whoever is filming him on their phone. Right: Man in a white cap with a drink in hand laying in the aisle of an American Airlines plane.

“I saw her swimming the Rio Grande”: Belligerent man threatens to call ICE on flight attendant, gets booted off American Airlines flight

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

Tech

“Essentially doxxing folks”: TikTok’s new “Local Feed” sparks more privacy concerns and opt-out confusion

Left: Woman's right hand pointed at a sink display in a Home Depot store. Right: The Home Depot store exterior.

“We’re doomed”: Woman pretends not to understand Home Depot sinks. People didn’t get it was satire

Left: Woman in a brown sweater looking into the camera, text overlay reads, "25-year-old got MY promotion. Asked me to train her. What I said: NO."

“I’m not your free training program”: Company asks woman to train the 25-year-old they promoted over her. She refused

man waits for luggage as items come out one at a time

“WHAT is happening back there?”: Mortified passenger awaits luggage in disbelief as items come out one at a time

makeup artist Tasha Caroline transforming into an older woman

“This is DIABOLICAL”: Make-up artist uses her skills to transform into the haters from her comments

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

Charlotte Colombo

left: dollar tree storefront; right: woman covering her mouth

“Hard to beat”: The most romantic spot to fake a Valentine’s date this year is the local Dollar Tree

Left: Screenshot of a TikTok showing a young man in a ball cap and white shirt sitting in the window seat of an airplane, text overlay reads, "Saw a cute guy on the plane and thought I'd shoot my shot." Right: Young blonde woman in a polka dot halter dress.

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