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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

Actor Nick Offerman in HBO show "The Last of Us"

Culture

Nick Offerman shut down another bigot who found out he played a gay man on TV

Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

Susan LaMarca

The Sarti Spritz is Europe’s popular hot pink summer drink: “I literally am begging them to bring it to the US”

The hot new lip liner brand on TikTok is just a Sharpie: “I’m doing this, no questions asked”

Left: Man at Jersey Mike's under caption reading "Asking for Mike's Way at Jersey Mike's gone wrong, Middle: Ordering a sandwich at Jersey Mike's under caption reading "Ordering Jersey Mike's 'Mike's Way'", Right: Jersey Mike's employee behind the counter

Jersey Mike’s employees are reacting to unhinged “Mike’s Way” sandwich requests

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

Left: Roblox game showing a protest against ICE under caption reading: "Protesting in Roblox? I think we took it to far" Right: Roblox characters holding Mexican flags clashing with Swat teams during an ICE protest below a caption reading, "pov: protests are happening in Roblox too"

Kids are recreating real-world ICE protests inside Roblox

Tinder’s new Double Date feature sparks both hope and secondhand embarrassment

Left: Woman eating a cookie and typing on a computer underneath caption reading "When you lied about your IT qualifications and they asked you to clear the cookies" Middle: Man forcefully pointing under caption reading "When you lied about your IT qualifications and now they tell you to use POWERPOINT" Right: Man balancing books on his head under caption reading "When you lied about your accounting qualifications and they ask you to balance the books"

The “lied about my qualifications” trend has workers fake-crying their way through fake jobs

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

Left: Britney Spears in the "Toxic" music video below tweet reading: "WHy wasn't this her Espresso?" Right: Britney Spears in the "Toxic" music video below tweet reading: "Girl this was THE coffee factory"

‘Girl this was THE coffee factory’ has pop music fans frothing at the mouth—here’s what it means

Left: Manicured hand over a cheese grater window in Manchester, UK, Right: Woman standing in front of her cheese grater window

Americans are fascinated and terrified by the U.K.’s “cheese grater windows”

Left: Diet coke in a mug with overlay reading, "Overheard someone call a Diet Coke a 'fridge cigarette' and nothing's been more true to me since" Right: Woman drinking diet coke

“Fridge cigarette” perfectly describes a Diet Coke, according to TikTok

justin bieber singing side by side with justin bieber shouting "it's not clocking to you that i'm standing on business" with the words spelled out in white letters in a meme format

Justin Bieber said “It’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business” and now it’s a meme

Everyone suddenly wants to drink matcha out of a Weck jar

White Boy Tyler on Carnival Cruise singing Keith Sweat

Viral Carnival Cruise karaoke turns “White Boy Tyler” into TikTok’s latest icon

Blonde woman speaking into a camera with a caption overlay reading: GSAP: Girls should always pee