Logo_White

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_post_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_post_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_16x9_full_width

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_3x2_full_width

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_1x1_full_width

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_featured_flexible_full_width

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

lede_leaderboard

Main Header Menu

Logo_2a8517

The Daily Dot

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

trisha-paytas-congress.png

Viral Politics

“California could be good”: Trisha Paytas casually mulls over potentially running for congress

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

trisha paytas james gunn aquaman response

trisha-paytas-james-gunn-aquaman-response.png

“Won’t he get made fun of in school?”: James Gunn responds to Trisha Paytas naming child Aquaman

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

trisha paytas aquaman baby welcome back ozzy osbourne

trisha-paytas-aquaman-baby-welcome-back-ozzy-osbourne.png

Memes

“Welcome back Ozzy Osbourne”: Unpacking the Trisha Paytas baby omen

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

Pope Francis Covering his eyes with X Response overlayed on top

trisha pope

Culture

‘She’s collecting world leaders’: Pope Francis is dead, Trisha Paytas is pregnant—coincidence? The internet says no

Angela Andaloro proudly serves as a scribe, documenting all the shenanigans happening online. Her writing has been featured across Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, BuzzFeed, and more.

Angela Andaloro

war_memes_paytas_trisha.jpg

How the Trisha Paytas War Meme ignited a battle with My Chemical Romance fans

Allie Hayes is an experienced pop culture writer and editor based in New England. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her reading a romance novel, obsessively watching pro wrestling, or taking blurry photos of her two adorable cats.

Allie Hayes

trisha-paytas-baby-king-charles.png

‘Her baby starts talking with a British accent’: Here’s what all those Trisha Paytas and King Charles memes are about

Josh Katzowitz is a staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he&#8217;s covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.

Josh Katzowitz

trisha_paytas_hot_tea_youtube

Streaming

Trisha Paytas accused of trying to shut down YouTuber Hot Tea’s channel

Libby Cohen is a third-year University of Texas student originally from New Jersey. She has written for ORANGE Magazine, the Daily Texan, and most recently interned for 1010 WINS in NYC. She&#8217;s now back in Austin writing for the Texas Standard and the Daily Dot.

Libby Cohen

trisha paytas

No, YouTuber Trisha Paytas and Quentin Tarantino never dated

Trisha Paytas