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Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

Lindsey Weedston

3 Panel Split image. Wife with palm over face, looking disappointed, with text reading: "Please help. This can not be how men shower, crying emoji." on the left. Image of a sudsy soap bar, surrounded by bubbles, in the center. Husband looking up looking slightly confused, on the right.

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‘This can NOT be how men shower’: Husband’s ‘triangle’ shower routine has women everywhere questioning men’s hygiene

Ilana Gordon is a culture and entertainment writer based in Los Angeles. Ilana&#8217;s writing has been featured in places like: the A.V. Club, the Takeout, Atlas Obscura, Huffington Post, McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency, the Belladonna Comedy, Reductress, Mashable, the Second City Network, RedEye Chicago, ART + marketing, the Muse, Dose and OMGFacts.

Ilana Gordon

Split image; Dr. Bonnie Goff on the left, pregnant person holding stomach on the right

‘This is why I have anxiety’: Doctor explains how your grandmother’s pregnancy shaped your brain before you were born

Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

Photo collage image of a couple watching a sunset and vials of blood.

‘He seemed to be very distressed’: Crush reacts in horror to woman’s blood type—was it superstition or something worse?

Rebecca Leib

“I’m going to change everyone’s life on here”: People say avocado seed and alcohol hack actually relieves pain

Split image. Valentine's Day cards with "Work Wife" and "Work Husband" options on the left. Image of two coworkers leaning against each other, back-to-back, on the right. Tweet in the center that reads: "I hate this to my core. What an insanely inappropriate concept."

‘I hate this to my core’—’Work wife’ and ‘work husband’ Valentine’s Day cards spark outrage

Tweet "this is serena's husband, a true beta. He's mad at me rather than the wife crip walking and still thinking about Drake. Simp."(l), Tweet "I get it- you're 57"(r)

‘You’re the embodiment of peaked in high school’: Sports commentator calls Alexis Ohanian a ‘beta’ for defending wife Serena Williams—and instantly regrets it

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

Woman with emoji over face and bouquet(l), Text "I ordered the $300 red rose wrap for my mom's birthday, expecting the beautiful, lush arrangement shown in the photos on the website. what I received was a huge disappointment."(r)

Customer demands a discount on $300 roses—then leads a one-star review attack on the florist

A fake sign that reads "Security Notice, Electronic Genital Verification (EGV)".

‘A+ troll’: People are falling for ‘Genital Verification’ bathroom signs at DFW airport—and the call line makes It even better

‘You’re an emotional peasant’: Guy asks for dating advice after 3 girls rejected his texts, and boy does he get it

Map of North America showing the name Gulf of America highlighted. A tweet over it reads: taking a page out of the republican playbook and will be refusing to recognize this name change.

The right keeps deadnaming trans people—Now the internet is ‘deadnaming’ the Gulf of Mexico (and Twitter, and HBO)

Photo of a Man holding an Ozempic Pen; Screenshot of a Reddit headline that reads "Dad permanently blinded by Ozempic...tl;dr Long LLY, short NVO

Ozempic users on Reddit are sharing stories of sudden vision loss and blindness—and a study just found a correlation

Drake(l) Duolingo owl(r) with text over "Say drake"(top), "Drake really got shooters the bird was dead within the hour im crying"(bottom)

‘SAY DRAKE’: Who killed the Duolingo Owl? Fans think they found their prime suspect

Screenshot from Reddit thread with the headline: AITA for pretending to thin beans in chili are "woke", to prank my cousin who is obsessed with being "anti woke" and who loves chili?" A bowl of chili is in the background.

‘Impeccable bit’: Guy pranks conservative cousin into thinking beans in chili are ‘woke’

Katka is a journalist who is chronically online. She uses her background in social media to surface trending content and commentary shaping contemporary internet culture. Previous bylines include HelloGiggles, Best Life, Lonely Planet, HuffPost, SheKnows and more.

Katka Lapelosa

Elon Musk, Son picking nose and donald trump in oval office with text "trump seethes as president musk's kid eats his boogers than paws his desk"

‘Trump babysitting Elon’s kid’: The internet—and Grimes—react to 4-year-old picking his nose in the White House

2 panel image: on the left side is a person and on the right is a shelf of Coca Cola soda.