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Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

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Rachel Kiley

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“I want to speak to a manager”: IHOP’s kids menu has millennials crashing out for a very specific reason

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.

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Lindsey Weedston

Left: Blonde woman in a pink jacket pointing to an overlay of the "Man diagram" she made. Right: Close-up of the "Man diagram," a Venn chart of three overlapping circles.

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Woman’s “Men Diagram” explains every guy on dating apps—and the joke they *all* make

Left: Woman in glasses on a cruise sitting next to her husband, who appears to be ignoring her.

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“The bird theory is legit”: Woman captures the devastating moment she realizes her marriage is over mid-cruise

Left: Instagram model and TikTok creator Gianna Wulf standing next to her husband at her gender reveal party. Caption overlay reads, "Pov your mom had to make your gender reveal about her." Right: Gianna Wulf sitting in the car next to her mother, text overlay reads, "Narcissist mom reveal. Gender reveal story time."

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“Crazy work”: Influencer whose mom sabotaged her gender reveal with a “prank” gives a “narcissist mom update”

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Uber rolls out “digital tasks” drivers can complete to earn extra money

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.

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Dax Shepard & Kristen Bell at the 2019 Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Tweet text overlay reads, "The death of woke is Kristen Bell thinking it was ok to post this to her 16 million followers, during Domestic Abuse Awareness month."

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“Why would you post this?”: Kristen Bell called out for “unbelievably tone-deaf” anniversary post to husband Dax Shepard

Jamie Jirak has been working as an entertainment journalist since 2017. In addition to The Daily Dot, you can find her latest work at SlashFilm and That Hashtag Show. Jamie resides in Los Angeles and co-hosts two podcasts, Phase Hero and Love in the Time of Hydra. She loves moderating panels and has done so for Marvel, Disney, Netflix, and more. Follow her on Letterboxd: @JamieJirak.

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Jamie Jirak

tv movie character closets with best fashion

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From Blair Waldorf to Olivia Pope, people are sharing the movie and TV  character closets they’d like to raid

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Culture

17 things everybody misses from the days of the “old internet”

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“High value” guy dumps girlfriend because she wore heels and looked taller

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

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Susan LaMarca

Left: six-pound dumbbell taped to an iPhone. Middle: Man sitting in a chair outside holding a six-pound dumbbell taped to an iPhone. Right: 3d prototype of six-pound phone case.

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“I’d be so ripped if I had this”: Man 3D-prints a 6-pound phone case to fight his screen addiction—and it’s working

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Finally, the “This is Fine” meme is now a video game

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“I caved”: Ella Purnell is documenting her attempts to befriend a backyard fox on Instagram

Candy aisle in a gas station labeled with multiple handwritten signs written "out of date but still good."

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“I’m scared”: Woman finds aisles of expired food labeled “still good” at gas station

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.

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“Crossing boundaries at my wedding”: Bride’s father wears MAGA hat during wedding speech against her wishes

Musician Grimes looking into the camera. Text overlay reads, the way she's still trying to play with the whole "teehee maybe i'm a fascist maybe i'm not."

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Grimes put Charlie Kirk on her new album cover and people have some thoughts

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