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

The Daily Dot

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

Left: Waitress holding small boy in a TGI Fridays restaurant in the Atlanta Airport, text overlay reads, "calms a crying toddler at the ATL airport." Right: Waitress in a red wig standing in front of a TGI Fridays holding giant check for $500.

“JUSTICE FOR BRITTANY”: TGI Fridays accused of cheaping after $500 reward to viral waitress who calmed toddler

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

Susan LaMarca

Denny's diner chain new sneakers: Yellow with panels filled with maple syrup.

Yes, Denny’s made sneakers with actual maple syrup inside them

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

“Designed to just harvest my data”: LG TV consumers discover the latest update downloaded Microsoft Copilot—and can’t be deleted

Left: Actors Connor Storrie & Hudson Williams speaking to Collider about Shane and Ilya's romance from the television show "Heated Rivalry." Right: Actor Jordan Firstman at the "I Love LA" Premiere Screening, wearingn a black jaket and white neck scarf.

Entertainment

“It’s just not gay”: Jordan Firstman backpedals after “Heated Rivalry” cast slam his take on the show’s representation

Bettina Anderson speaking at at an eagle dais at the White House while standing next to Donald Trump Jr. President Donald Trump stands to her right.

Viral Politics

Trump critics roast Don Jr. for announcing a new engagement just a year after his last one ended

Screenshots of the Statue of Liberty replica in Brazil toppling into a parking lot, a McDonald's sign visible behind it. Text overlay reads, "How it feels to be an American right now."

Culture

“Foreshadowing”: The Statue of Liberty replica in Brazil toppled and everyone is calling it an omen

Left: Director Rob Reiner speaking into the camera via Zoom. Right: President Donald Trump speaking while wearing a navy suit and red tie.

Rob Reiner’s compassionate response to Charlie Kirk’s death is being compared to Trump’s comments on Reiner’s murder

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

jane fonda nicole kidman amc parody netflix wb merger

“Come to this place for mergers”: Jane Fonda recreates Nicole Kidman’s AMC movie theater ad in protest of Netflix-WB merger

“Let them fight”: Fans aren’t happy with “Street Fighter” star Andrew Schulz after he took a dig at the “Mortal Kombat” cast

Left: AI-generated image of a woman in a red and green Christmas-themed ball gown. Right: Actress Melissa Joan Hart holding up a polyester v-neck dress. Text overlay is an Instagram caption from Melissa Joan Hart reading, "What I ordered...what I received!"

“This is too funny”: Melissa Joan Hart clowned after falling for a $35 AI-looking dress

Left: Woman wearing hoop earrings, airpods and a gray hoodie, looking into the camera, text overlay reads, "Trippin with Tarte. Off to a bad start."

“So out of touch”: Influencer slammed over response after missing flight for luxury Tarte brand trip

Is the “yellow font theory” an emotionally vulnerable expression online, or is it just fishing for likes?

John Cena’s retirement from WWE is a nostalgic shock to millennials: “He gave us closure and one last run”

“So disappointing”: Weekend Update segment called out after eagle-eyed  “Saturday Night Live” fans notice “lazy” AI slop graphics

3 Panel: Left: Three people in dark jackets walking down the sidewalk, overlay of a red arrow pointing at one of them alongside text reading, "looks a lot like CEO Brian Niccol..." Middle: Starbucks sign against a gray sky. Right: Men running across pedestrian crosswalk.

“Scared of your own employees”: Union shares video alleging Starbucks CEO avoided barista by running into traffic

All Articles