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Whitney Jefferson is the Executive Editor of The Daily Dot. Previously, she worked at BuzzFeed, Jezebel, Gawker Media, and The Late Show with David Letterman. She&#8217;s written books for Adams Media, hosted shows on IFC and Sirius XM, and appeared on the Today Show, CNN, CBS, MTV, VH1, HLN, Extra, Entertainment Tonight, and Nightline.

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“Work smarter, not harder”: Video of Target’s window-washing drone divides viewers

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“How to get on the no fly list”: Delta passenger in seat 1B asks flight attendant a question. Then he gets reported as suspicious

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

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“This is how they’ll get gals to pay for a subscription”: Tinder tests new feature for users to set a “height preference”

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Why is everyone making fun of this Cher and Future Gap commercial 7 years after it came out?

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.

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Man who quit his job to sail with his cat got PR package dropped to him in the middle of the ocean

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Collector buys 100-Year-Old Coca-Cola bottle for $75. Then he learns what it’s worth

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Viral video demonstrates the decline in quality of Crayola crayons over the span of 8 years

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Thousands are steering one virtual car (slowly) across America in this chaotic Google Maps experiment

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Man throws birthday party. Then he exposes his cheating wife in front of everyone

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‘I’m traumatized’: Customer pulls into drive-thru. Then the worker gives him a ‘squirrel smile’

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Teen app founder goes viral after being rejected by every single Ivy League school

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Canada’s top conservative tells Trump to shut it—as 51st state rhetoric threatens to sink his party

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Trump Labor Department launches truly depressing campaign to hype new U.S. mining jobs

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TikTok falls hard for ‘Chinese manufacturers’ claiming Americans can now get luxury goods for cheap

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