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

Linda Hamilton

TikToker says they're closing New Orleans shop because of Disney filming

‘Thanks Disney for putting me out of business’: Shop owner says they closed because film crew shut down New Orleans neighborhood in viral TikTok

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 in parking garage with caption "karen parks in a handicapped spot then hits me with her hand and car!"

‘They always act like the victim’: TikToker accuses Karen of illegally parking in handicapped spot, says she hit him with her car in retaliation

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

dog birthday water stations with caption "my dogs got invited to another dogs birthday party and there was water tasting stations there because millineals are extra as f*%k"

‘We can’t buy houses. Might as well’: Dog birthday party features water-tasting station so dogs can taste Evian in viral TikTok, sparking debate about millennials

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

Laiken Neumann

market workers with caption "hey do you guys see that guy's shirt?" (l) same workers with caption "I can't believe he speaks Mandarin!" (c) man walking out of market stall with caption "of course, such good taste!" (r)

‘What’s wrong with my clothing?’: Locals talk about ‘foreigner’s’ clothing in China—but he speaks fluent Mandarin

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

woman looking disappointed in front of phone messages (l) (r) photo of dollar bills (m)

‘It’s not your responsibility’: TikToker accidentally receives $3,000 from old job—management told her to send them a check (updated)

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

Tricia Crimmins

woman's hand showing a receipt on a table

‘Don’t come for me’: TikToker leaves $0 tip for Texas Roadhouse waiter because he ghosted her, sparking debate

Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

woman screaming at the camera (l) (r) woman walking across a drivethru to another car (m)

‘Zaxby’s ain’t the place to go when you on a time constraint’: ‘Karen’ feuds with other customers at Zaxby’s over long drive-thru line (updated)

man commentating on a specific doordash instruction (l) (r) doordash logo (m)

‘Drive past the house and send me a picture of the house and whatever cars are there’: Customer gets DoorDash driver to snoop by ordering food to someone else’s house (updated)

three photos of a blond woman woman sitting outside, explaining a story

‘You can go ahead and put some Bailey’s in her coffee’: Beverage cart girl says man tried to spike his date’s drink while golfing

woman looking around the street (l) (r) photo of amazon packages (m)

‘Girl, bye. Tell them to catch me down the road’: ‘Karen’ allegedly calls cops on Black Amazon worker

young girl standing barefoot on sidewalk with caption "me & my family kicked out of the shelter due to a positive covid test" (l) people carrying garbage bags (r)

TikToker says her family was kicked out of homeless shelter over positive COVID test, sparking debate

woman pretending to drive (l) woman looking over her shoulder, horrified (r) both with caption "when you decide to stay in on a friday, drive for uber and your man gets in the back seat with another girl"

‘This would be my villain origin story’: Uber driver says she got a ride request from her ‘man’ and another woman

young woman in sweater (l) domino's pizza "survivor" driver edition - delivery drivers have a chance to win $10,000

‘Pay your employees living wages’: TikToker calls out Domino’s for ‘Survivor’ challenge encouraging drivers to work 60 days straight

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.

Alexandra Samuels

TikToker says bad car from Carvana led to permanent kidney damage

young woman (l) voicemail transcript "Yes Miss Jones I recommend if oyu apply for a job and you expect somebody to call you that you have a more appropriate a response on your route voicemail so thank you for applying and no need to give us" and caption "the time I didn't get hired because of my voicemail" (r)

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