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The Daily Dot

Elizabeth Rose started her career chasing celebrities around New York City. Now she gets the inside scoop on TikTok stars and trends. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School, and her work has appeared on ETOnline, the New York Daily News, and InTouch Magazine.

Elizabeth Rose

photo of a starbucks worker filling a cup with an ingredient (l) photo of a starbucks coffee cup (m) starbucks worker giving a thumbs up (r)

worker reveals reason 527 why they hate starbucks customers

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‘And they don’t even need to feel ashamed since they mobile ordered’: Worker reveals ‘reason #527 why they hate Starbucks customers’ in viral TikTok

Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

young woman with caption "how much i spent on dresses as a contestant on The Bachelor" (l) same woman with Lord & Taylor listing of dress (c) young woman with background of her wearing the dress (r)

how much i spent on dresses

‘I had no idea you had to buy your own dresses’: ‘Bachelor’ contestant reveals how much she spent on clothes for the show in viral TikTok

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

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street hole tiktok

‘I think she’s correct tho’: TikToker tries to blast ‘Karen’ for complaining about his content—but viewers are on her side (updated)

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

dunkin-donuts-robbed-height-tiktok

‘Tell me your Dunkin’ has been robbed without telling me they’ve been robbed’: Viral TikTok shows height measurements on Dunkin’ door

feet walking with captions "Our Airpods got stolen at planet fitness and we tracked the location" (l) "it was a older lady so I started to doubt myself" (c) "then she started talking to Her son and I saw him earlier at the gym so I knew we had the right house" (r)

stolen airpods

‘I could imagine how embarrassed the mom was’: TikToker says his AirPods were stolen from Planet Fitness—so he tracks them to house (updated)

Jillian Price is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and current journalism graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin. She previously wrote for Reporting Texas, UT Austin&#8217;s School of Journalism online publication.

Jillian Price

chick-fil-a-secret-menu

Chick-fil-A worker shares ‘best secret things to order’ in viral TikTok

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

half-price-books-dumpster-books

‘Could have been used or donated’: TikToker finds ‘massive amount’ of books thrown out while dumpster-diving at Half Price Books in viral video

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

doordash employee delivers food with caption "tell me i didn't just get the cutest doordasher"

elderly doordasher

‘That’s sad that someone his age has to work at all’: Viral TikTok shows elderly DoorDash driver, sparking debate

carvana-damage

‘They are selling you guys cars with unreported accidents’: Former worker exposes Carvana for allegedly not inspecting damage in viral TikTok

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

prison with inset of Jail Phone & Jail Phone on phone call, caption "Both of my brothers called from jail at the same time and i got to merge their call"

both brothers jail call

‘Both of my brothers called from jail at the same time and I got to merge their call’: TikToker connects his incarcerated brothers through 3-way call in viral video

man writing on receipt with caption "when your table only signs the credit card recipt and leaves the tip and total lines empty"

writing in a tip tiktok

‘For legal reasons, this is a joke’: Viral TikTok sparks debate about servers filling out tip section on receipt when customers leave it blank

Chick-fil-A employees wearing portable rainproof units in drive-thru

chick-fil-a employees

‘They care about iPads with employees’: Customer claims Chick-fil-A cares about its workers because they are given weather pods, sparking debate (updated)

uncle-little-caesars

‘The crazy bread order really pushed him’: TikToker pranks uncle who’s a Little Caesars worker with huge drive-thru order in viral video

young man in room on teleconference software with caption "watch me absolutely destroy this misogynist in my women in music class"

beyonce dork

‘Not the teacher smiling the whole time while you casually annihilate the misogynist’: TikToker shuts down classmate who says that Beyoncé is not a good role model in ‘women in music’ class

Claire Goforth is a lawyer and investigative editor. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and more. She regularly appears on radio and in podcasts. Email for booking info.

Claire Goforth

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antivaxxer viral rap

‘Vaccination freak-a-leak’: YouTuber’s satirical pro-vaccine rap anthem dupes far-right

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