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The Daily Dot

Rebecca Leib

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‘This is modern day slavery’: Woman delivers two meals with Uber Eats. Then she looks at her pay

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Culture

‘As a happily married woman I can still say you’re not wrong’: Even married women are cheering this viral anti-marriage lesson

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Frozen jalapeños in white wine? ‘Spicy sauvy b’ is apparently the drink of summer 2025

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‘I would be feral if I witnessed this’: Video of man berating wheelchair user has has been seen over 10 million times

Why are people saying ‘girls with eyebrow slits can’t eat ube cupcakes’?

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The European seagull screeching championship is the chaotic joy you didn’t know you needed

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The internet can’t stop talking about the woman who went on a ‘no-touching date’ because she had scabies

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Is millennial green the new ‘sad beige’?

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The ‘I’m so hungry I could eat…’ TikTok trend is unlocking dad lore and emotional damage

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Memes

‘Just say expired’: She did the ‘rock on’ sign at a roller derby then said ‘elder millennial’—and the internet went feral

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‘I nearly killed him’: TikTok is obsessed with this story of a cheating husband, a mutual friend, and a banana bread allergy

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What does the ‘Some of y’all lack’ meme actually mean? It depends on who you ask

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‘I feel this in my soul’: Raw footage of what filming a 1-minute video for social media is actually like resonates deeply with struggling creators

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‘Bift’? ‘Scrongle’? Fake slang trend tricks teens into thinking they said something wrong

Screenshot from Tiktok user @fayehix of a pile of seed packets; Screenshot of Tiktok user @sarah.hayroyan filling a jar with wildflower seeds with the caption: "POV you decide to try chaos gardening again in the hopes you will grow another mini flower field in your backyard"; Screenshot from Tiktok user @erinmccafferty47 of their chaos garden.

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Chaos gardening isn’t just a trend—It’s a rejection of perfectionism