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Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

‘don’t open the cardboard all the way’: McDonald’s worker shows how they ration French fries when you order a large in viral TikTok

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

beta fish in a tank (l) two beta fish in a container (m) beta fish in a tank (r)

TikToker calls out Petco for alleged mistreatment of betta fish, putting 2 males together in viral TikTok

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

mcdonalds menu (l) photo of empty wallet (m) zoom in on mcdonald's menu (r)

‘Working an hour minimum wage can’t even buy you a combo’: TikToker shows how workers can’t afford a McDonald’s combo on an hour of minimum wage in viral TikTok

woman showing off her notebook and croptop (l) photo of Twin Peaks establishment (m) woman giving a peace sign (r)

Twin Peaks server says manager called her ‘unprofessional’ for wearing crop top to her job interview

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

three photos of a dunkin workplace absolutely trashed

‘Customers kept on coming thru like tomorrow didn’t exist’: Viral TikTok shows how overwhelmed Dunkin’ workers are with drive-thru orders

customer confronting emlpoyee (l) customer and employee walking out of the building (m) employee about to punch customer (r)

‘My guy didn’t keep the same energy afterwards’: Man squares up to worker—gets decked in face

Linda Hamilton has words published at ORANGE Magazine and appeared on Texas Student Television.

Linda Hamilton

group of women at ski resort giving peace signs (l) woman in furry hooded coat (c) police on phone (r) all with caption "our girls trip to camelback resort was so much fun until we got racially profiled"

‘They’re f*cking racist’: Black TikToker says police ‘racially profiled’ her friend group at ski resort

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

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‘F*ck this Karen for shaming us for our beach wear’: Woman shames TikTokers for wearing bikinis to beach bar

hand grabbing and opening a "consider pastures" egg carton

‘Are them yolks made of gold’: TikToker buys $8.99 ‘bougie’ eggs in fancy packaging, sparking debate

‘I promise the company will survive’: Five Guys worker complains about teens using water cups for soda in viral TikTok, sparking debate

woman walking dog, holding phone and pointing with caption "she's mad about my Tiktok videos" (l) a hole in the ground with people dancing inside with balloons and strobe lights with caption "this is what she's mad about" (c) a man pointing with caption "what the closest neighbor had to say:" (r)

‘I think she’s correct tho’: TikToker tries to blast ‘Karen’ for complaining about his content—but viewers are on her side (updated)

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

young woman with 2014 Honda Civic Coupe listing in background and captions "How I found my ex on tinder" (l) "Was in denial. Nah that can't be..." (c) a man with his face obscured in a tinder profile (r)

TikToker finds out her boyfriend is on Tinder after he sent her screenshot of car

IHOP restaurant with caption "Meet Faith She told all the black customers IHOP was out of straws but gave her white customer straws"

‘She told all the black customers IHOP was out of straws’: Black customer says IHOP worker only gave white customers straws in viral TikTok

men walking through store with bags and caption "the life of a H&M worker" (l) men walking out of emergency exit followed by employee (c) man speaking with caption "...and they were back for their 2nd pick up!!! this is the governments fault! all they needed to know is they can rob and get away with it??"

‘If the company don’t care, why should you?’: H&M worker goes after alleged shoplifters in viral TikTok

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

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