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<p>Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested.</p>


Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Steve Harrington from Stranger Things (l) Walter White from Breaking Bad (c) Joel from The Last of Us (r)

Unclick

What does babygirl mean? And why does it refer to middle-aged men?

customer walking into restaurant with employee standing behind counter with caption "POV: you don't see restaurant employees as people." (l) customer pointing to what item they would like to purchase with caption "POV: you don't see restaurant employees as people." (c) customer walking into restaurant with employee standing behind counter with caption "POV: you don't see restaurant employees as people." (r)

Workers mock customers who walk up and order right away

three men on couch with chiron that reads "Try guys CNN"

Entertainment

Here’s why SNL’s take on the Try Guys scandal was a total flop

antique book on doily caption "Me innocently buying an antique book off the internet." (l) antique book open with hidden paper packets inside (c) paper packets form book opened to reveal locks of hair caption "Finding multiple pieces of human hair from the 1800's inside." (r)

TikToker finds human hair from the 1800s inside antique book she bought off the internet

woman working from home typing on laptop caption "Once you can find the balance, working from home is elite. Yes, I had 8 meetings yesterday, and got all my work done, but you know what else? I cleaned the bathrooms, did 2 loads of laundry, played with my dogs, and worked out. WFH forever" (l) person working fro home on laptop on floor with coffee papers and cat on floor (c) woman working from home typing on laptop caption "Once you can find the balance, working from home is elite. Yes, I had 8 meetings yesterday, and got all my work done, but you know what else? I cleaned the bathrooms, did 2 loads of laundry, played with my dogs, and worked out. WFH forever" (r)

‘Don’t make me ever go back into an office plz’: Remote worker says she’s able to clean while working from home, sparking debate

Halsey with captions "basically i have a song that i love that i wanna release ASAP" (l) "and my record company is saying that i can't release it unless they can fake a viral moment on tiktok" (c) "i just wanna release music, man. and i deserve better tbh" (r)

‘They are doing this to basically every artist these days’: Halsey exposes record label for asking them to create a ‘fake viral moment on TikTok’ before releasing music

someone tackling Dave Chappelle on stage (l) Dave with hand over mouth (r)

Video appears to show moment Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage

Grubhub app on phone (l) closet with undelivered orders and caption "These been sitting here for 4 hours because no dashers would take non tip orders. no tip no trip, the worker told me no dashers/uber eats/grubhub went to get the order" (c) doordash app on phone (r)

‘Tipping culture is out of control’: Worker shows stacks of DoorDash orders for customers who allegedly didn’t tip, sparking debate

‘Don’t think I’m gonna make you something f*cking extravagant’: Starbucks worker puts customers who ask for the barista’s ‘favorite drink’ on blast, sparking debate

young woman with caption "my career journey as someone who worked at Theranos" (l) Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes (c) same young woman with caption "What was your first red flag?" (r)

‘Anyone know if an NDA still holds up if the company no longer exists?’: TikToker speaks out about allegedly working at Theranos

person with feet up in cardboard cubicle with caption "When you don't want to vto so you just sit in a chair for 11 hours" (l&r) amazon sign (c)

‘Treating y’all like students’: Viral TikTok allegedly shows Amazon workers waiting it out in chairs to avoid using unpaid time off

hand placing bags into box labeled "gallon" (l) man on couch (c) pouring chili flakes into container (r)

‘Consumerism’: Viral TikTok about home organization sparks debate

young woman in scrubs placing stethoscope into bag with background of a "Target starting pay raised to $24 per hour" news story (l&r) target logo (c)

‘More than what I make.. bye medical field’: Viral TikTok about how Target raised starting wages to as much as $24 an hour sparks debate

‘LOOK AT THE GOOD STUFF’: TikToker finds ‘full’ beauty products while dumpster-diving at Ulta

NBC's Peacock's terms and conditions (L) Kevin from 'the Office' (M) Chili recipe (R)