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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

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‘Is that a real thing?’: Woman takes her Ford to mechanic for tire rotation. Then he tells her he can’t—and a surprising reason why

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

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‘I was just trying to be nice’: Aldi customer tries to pay her cart quarter forward. She can’t believe this customer’s response

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

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‘Seeing this the day my arm almost fell off’: Person shows a better way to grate cheese

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‘They didn’t want to pay it’: Woman tries to pay for Dodge Hellcat with debit card. Why did the workers respond like that?

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

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‘Keep it in your microwave for 5 minutes after’: Woman finds out why you shouldn’t ignore ‘keep in microwave’ frozen food directions

Natasha Dubash is a freelance writer and editor based in Los Angeles. She loves reporting on entertainment, television, and pop culture.

Natasha Dubash

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‘We paid $595’: Sugar Factory customers say workers didn’t want to remove $40 wrongly added their bill. Then they ‘verbally abused’ them

Mars Ramos is a museum educator and freelance writer. She loves long walks in nature, doing yoga, and baking brownies.

Mars Ramos

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‘Throw ‘em away’: Woman warns this common product is ‘poison’ to your cats

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‘What is going on?’: Target shopper tries to buy viral Wondershop Tree Lighting Switch. Then a worker steps in

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

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‘I was gonna see my total’: Woman stocks her Amazon shopping cart ahead of Black Friday deals. Then she refreshes

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‘I feel like they could actually get sued’: Crayola customer blasts company for falsely advertising 64-pack of colored pencils

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

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‘People keep falling for it’: Man sees Honda Pilot listed for $32,000. Then he calls the dealership and learns the real price

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‘It depends on where you live’: Woman receives Visa gift card. Then she learns it has a ‘monthly maintenance’ fee

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‘They owe me money money’: Expert says you may be being bamboozled if you buy Canada Dry, Schweppes ginger ale

Beau Paul is a freelance writer from Austin, Texas. Beau also wrote narrative and dialog for the gaming industry for several years before becoming an entertainment journalist.

Beau Paul

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‘I also don’t want Google Maps…learning off my location’: Expert says Apple Intelligence is learning from your iPhone’s banking information. Here’s how to stop it

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

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