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<p>Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.</p>


Susan LaMarca

Left: Woman with her hair up looking into the camera. Right: Red/pink burning candle on a white table.

“This is so offensive omg”: Guy’s baffling reaction to woman’s candle instantly ends the date

Left: Man's hand holding a pen and a clipboard with documents about "HIPAA Compliance." Right: Woman with her hair in a bun looking into the camera, consternated expression on her face.

“You’re not gonna believe who they called”: Woman’s OB-GYN reveals her pregnancy to her husband’s ex

Left: Man holding his hands up in front of his young daughter's face. She is wearing a blindfold and smiling. Right: A heart-shaped red cake, a lit candle sits in it in a dark room, white icing reads "period!"

“Hit me hard”: Parents surprise their daughter with a “period cake”

Left: Woman wearing glasses sitting in her car, text overlay reads, "Everyone who says this always dies."

“Everyone who says this always dies”: ICU nurse warns of a spiritual “shift” before patients die

Left: 1982 yearbook photo of a male student, circled multiple times with a blue pen and the word "fox" with an arrow pointing to the photo. Right: TikTok comment reading, "That's my dad!!!!!!!!" above a photo of a man standing in a kitchen with a dog.

Daughter exposes mom’s 1982 yearbook crush as a “total fox.” Then his kids find the video

Culture

“Let people live”: Sedated dematting videos go viral, raising safety questions

TikTok screenshots: Man inside of a Home Depot store using a screwdriver. Text overlay reads, "Me coming to Home Depot to use a niche tool, put it back, and not purchase it."

“And I’ll do it again”: Man opens a tool at Home Depot, uses it, and puts it back. Ethics discourse follows

Left: Black man in a durag inside of a Target, TikTok screenshot, text overlay reads, "So this is what Target does for BHM??" Right: Sweater hanging on a Black History Month display inside of a Target store, it is blue and covered in a white combs and picks design.

“First mistake was going there”: Customer mocks Target’s Black History Month display

Left: Canadian Olympic Ice Hockey player Natalie Spooner holding a molten chocolate lava cake dessert in one hand and a spoon in the other while sitting at the Olympic village. Right: Chocolate lava cake

Has the Olympic village found its next chocolatey dessert obsession?

Food delivery robot "Akira" seen wheeling around a homeless man laying on the sidewalk in Miami.

“Nothing right about this reality”: 3 million people watched a delivery robot sidestep a homeless man in Miami

Left: Text from Reddit reading "What the f is this" on a background of Italian inspired dishes featuring fresh cantaloupe melon, savory prosciutto, creamy feta cheese, and fragrant basil, seen from bird's eye view perspective. Right: Restaurant receipt from Burdell in Oakland, California.

“Tipping in the US has an ugly past”: Diner upset over a 20% no-tipping fee

people trying mcdonalds caviar on chicken nuggets

McDonald’s is launching limited edition “McCaviar” kits to pair with chicken nuggets. How will it taste?

Left: Woman in a bathroom wearing a bathrobe, with her fingers interlaced, looking into the camera. Right: Woman tossing Oura Ring into a trashcan, text overlay reads, "People online will try to convince you to buy an Oura Ring, it's very important you do not listen"

“Number one worst purchase”: Woman buys an Oura Ring, then throws it in the trash

ice-t moderator of his twitter account dont get blocked

Tech

“I am the moderator”: Ice-T reminds the world of the rules he lives by on social media

Two models sitting in an Amtrak train wearing Amtrak "Trak Suit" track suits. Tweet text overlay reads, "If you too grew up riding the Acela up and down the NE Corridor, you might need this…"