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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

AI-Generated Coca-Cola trucks driving down a snowy road between pine trees decorated in lights. Tweet text overlay reads, "this is disgusting. you’re a multiBILLION dollar company. pay REAL animators. this is disgusting."

“Soulless” and “creepy”: Coca-Cola’s AI Christmas ad is not landing

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

Susan LaMarca

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Memes

“You know what time it is”: Ground beef o’clock takes over social media

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

“I would do anything to get one”: Schuylkill notes resurface after years of strange appearances in box of Goodles pasta

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

Xania Monet artist song charts on Billboard

“How are people falling for this?”: Internet debates AI singer Xania Monet making the Billboard chart

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

Rachel Kiley

“This is pure greed”: Walmart set to impose limits on Pokémon trading card purchases following viral TikTok that sparked outrage

“Go to TikTok, see for yourself”: NASA responded to Kim Kardashian’s claims that the moon landing was fake

Thanksgiving Oreo cookies in an Oreo-shaped tin. Background is blurred, showing a fall composition. Orange pumpkins, flowers and candles on wooden table. Family elegant Thanksgiving or halloween dinner.

Oreo drops a full Thanksgiving dinner cookie lineup, including turkey and creamed corn. Reviews are mixed

“The jokes write themselves”: The Louvre’s video surveillance password was… “Louvre”

3 Panel: Left: Man looking horrified under text reading, "Kidz bop needs to be stopped." Middle: Sabrina Carpenter with tears streaming down her face. Left: Man looking horrified in his car under text reading "Kidz Bop has really outdone themselves!"

Culture

“UNRELEASE THIS”: Kidz Bop covered Sabrina Carpenter’s most suggestive track and the internet is begging them to stop

3 Panel: Left: Taco Bell Baja Blast Pie being cut into pieces. Middle: Taco Bell employee taking a bit of the Taco Bell Baja Blast Pie. Right: Taco Bell employee cutting the new Taco Bell Baja Blast Pie into pieces.

“Fresh outta Chernobyl”: Taco Bell’s Baja Blast Pie is real and people are torn between “surprisingly good” and “radioactive dessert”

viral hobby lobby christmas decor combination pot

“I’ve been influenced”: Hobby Lobby’s viral minimalist pot sparks shopping frenzy for holiday decorations

whitechapel station bengali sign backlash

“That’s integration, not invasion”: Bengali sign at Whitechapel station sparks a complaint on X. Locals clapped back instantly

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.

Jamie Jirak

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Entertainment

“I would die for him”: The new “Paddington” musical goes viral for its lifelike bear puppet and heartwarming performance

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