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The Daily Dot

<p>Laura Holliday is a freelance internet culture journalist covering online communities, digital aesthetics, and internet rabbit holes. She lives in London with her cat, Luna.</p>


Laura Holliday

Left: Man in a Walmart under text overlay reading, "This 10 dollar hack I'm about to show you will save you thousands in car repairs." Right: Car detailing concept. Manual engine cleaning with steam. Car detailing expert deep-cleaning black vehicle and wiping car surface with orange microfibre cloth.

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“Mechanics don’t want you to know this”: Does this $10 car engine cleaning hack actually work?

Left: Man's Nike sneakers visible from doorway next to toilet, text overlay reads, "grown men after they get caught cheating lol?" Right: Woman looking into the camera with a shocked face, text overlay reads, "The aftermath of a 42 year old man who was caught cheating."

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“Sounds like a sea lion”: Wife calls out cheating husband—his response is so humiliating people can’t stop laughing

Left: Laptop in a classroom playing SpongeBob Squarepants episode. Text overlay reads, "Teacher think I'm paying attention but I'm really watching the bob." Right: SpongeBob Squarepants decorated water bottle in a grocery store. Text overlay reads, "Mom think I'm paying attention whole time I'm sipping on da bob."

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Memes

Distracted by the Bob: Inside the new SpongeBob meme taking over TikTok

Content creator filming herself at the gym.

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“Don’t work out next to me”: Fitness creator confronts woman for “photobombing” her video

Left: Man sitting in his car under caption reading "Car lots are OVERFLOWING...the crash is here. Right: Lisbon, Portugal October 20, 2024, Stellantis dealership in sacavem, portugal, displaying various car brands including peugeot, citroen, opel, fiat, alfa romeo, abarth, and jeep.

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“We’re in a true car market crash”: Expert claims dealerships are desperate—here’s the reality

Man looking into a camera under caption reading "Offer rescinded in 3 days."

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“This is 100% on you”: Man delays new job start date. Then the company rescinds the offer

Before and after of a man going from overweight to jacked. Caption overlay on both images reads, "heard we were showing our husband's glow up."

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Culture

“Respectfully, jaw dropped”: The “husband glow-up” trend has wives bragging and the internet thirsting

Woman stuck in the tube of a water slide on a cruise ship.

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“I’d die of a panic attack immediately”: Woman gets trapped in cruise ship waterslide and people are calling it their worst nightmare

Left: Grand Theft Auto 5 character Trevor Philips. Right: Trevor’s actor, Steven Ogg says he doesn’t care about GTA 6 and that he didn’t even play GTA 5.

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Entertainment

“Condescending and rude”: GTA fans pile on Trevor actor Steven Ogg after viral interview

A group of influencers standing on a New York City sidewalk. A man in headphones walks by dispersing them.

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“We’ve all had enough”: Locals cheer man who scolded photo-taking group on public sidewalk

Left: Woman looking into the camera under text reading, "he is stable (team Jacob) you are deep (team edward). Right: Woman eating a block of jelly under text reading, "He is stable (making jelly normally) you are deep, (eating it by the block)."

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“He is stable, you are deep”: How a song lyric became a relationship test

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Iryna Zarutska’s boyfriend shares emotional video of her “joyful” life in America after tragic killing

Woman in a black hoodie holding up a light-up pink croc with a light-up heart, unicorn, and star on it.

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“I hate that I immediately knew”: the sad reason a 4-year-old’s shoes were banned in class—and why non-Americans were confused

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Kendamanomics explained: the app, the players, and the kendama rivalries fueling TikTok drama

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“A thousand percent better”: Are Hacipupus going to become the next Labubu?