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<p>Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.</p>


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Viral Politics

“Get a life”: Hope Walz calls out Fox News for using her TikTok for news fodder

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“We need more of this from Democrats in general”: Gavin Newsom attempts to troll Donald Trump by tweeting in the same style, but not everyone’s a fan of the approach

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“He should’ve just left it be”: Comment  asking for a “description of the video” left on Chris Appleton’s book announcement post sparks debate over purchased bot followers

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“Flying Delta from now on”: Anime fans reacts to Crunchyroll’s addition to Delta Airlines in-flight entertainment with delight

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“Getting on the outrage marketing train”: Matt Rife stars in a new e.l.f. commercial, and fans of the brand aren’t loving the collaboration

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“I don’t have to be nice to you”: 17 brutally honest things retail and restaurant workers are holding back

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“They won’t be able to recover from this”: Cracker Barrel is testing a modernized remodel, and customers are split over the new look

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“Not like I was looking or anything”: Jon and Kate Gosselin are still having drama all these years later, this time over being blocked on social media

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Culture

From quitting jobs to buying a Corvette, Redditors over 40 share what their version of a midlife crisis looked like

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“You literally changed her quality of life”: Man warns of playing games with mirrors after “breaking” best friend’s dog

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“Became 2-dimensional”: Man falls onto his Subway sandwich and completely flattens it. Now, people are trying to recreate the viral flat sandwich on social media

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“Right now the worst thing you can be is a racist”: Marc Maron fires back at  Howie Mandel’s comments using Donald Trump as an example

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Entertainment

“I want a wig and a quick change”: Tom Holland talks about his “Lip Sync Battle” performance that launched a thousand memes

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“It’s very concerning”: 4 and 5-year-olds knowing what brainrot is has sparked a conversation about kids these days

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“No one is ready for that”: Calvin Harris praised for normalizing childbirth in shocking new Instagram post—while completely horrifying others