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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

Receipt from restaurant with tip saying "zero, you suck" and redacted text below

Culture

‘I hope Trump deports you!!!’: Real estate agent fired after leaving hateful note on server’s receipt

Rebecca Leib

a two panel image: on the left a couple sits on a bench, on the right a plaque on the bench reads "Jack, will you marry me? Love, Jack" Text over says, "I had a temporary plaque made that said...

‘Started sobbing 3 slides in’: This gay couple’s love story, told through a park bench, is leaving everyone in tears

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

Left side: Tweet reading 'You’re trying to spike my cortisol and make me less beautiful' has settled into my lexicon nicely." Right side: Drake reading a book meme, overlaid with a caption reading 'Bro did you seriously just spike my cortisol'

‘You’re trying to spike my cortisol and make me less beautiful’: How a model’s tweet birthed an iconic catchphrase

A shot of Casey Anthony explaining in her car. Overlaid is a tweet: Can we all agree that Casey Anthony should %100 (expletive blurred) off.

Casey Anthony just joined TikTok as a ‘legal advocate.’ The internet has thoughts

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

Split of older shrek and new shrek with shapes over their face and text "subliminal feminization of childrens media pt. 6"

Conspiracy theorists are now ‘transvestigating’ Shrek—yes, really

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Left: Tiktok user @shayleealyse holding a jar of Sea Moss Gel; Center: @shayleealyse with the caption "I have the Happy Relationship Uglies"; Right: @shayleealyse with a box of Electrolyte supplements

‘Relationship uglies’: Why some women feel ‘less hot’ in healthy relationships—and what they’re doing about it

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

Woman talking(l), Pen writing 1721 on note(r)

‘1751 is Take Me Out To The Ball Game’: People are realizing numbers have musical patterns, and they can’t unhear it

3 Screenshots of Belly the puppy and Tiktok user @hannah_sand24

Belly, the puppy born without arms, is the most beloved dog on the internet right now

3 panel photo collage of different TikTok users explaining. Text over: what the chile.

‘When the chile is tea but the finna is gag’—What does ‘What the chile’ mean and why is it all over TikTok?

2 panel image showing a child wearing a traditional Amish dress.

‘She even took her glasses off’: Everyone’s obsessed with the little girl who yearns to be Amish

Screenshot of a tweet from X user @SarkyFancyBear: "Pause, not to be a Shrek nerd, but I'm sure Felicia is the only girl out of the ogre triplets and she has blue eyes."; Background: Side by Side promotional images of Shrek's daughter from Shrek 5

Is she trans, a cannibal, or a new kid? The ‘Shrek 5’ teaser trailer has fans speculating about Zendaya’s character

‘I have cancer and I work in research’: Americans share the biggest ways Trump’s policies have changed their lives

‘Their lack of empathy is unmatched’: Millennial’s rant exposing the one thing Boomers refuse to admit is striking a nerve

Left: Screenshot of a Tiktok with the caption: "YES we're a millennial burger Joint/ YES we overprice EVERYTHING / YES out truffle fries are MEDIOCRE at best / YES we're two guys with a crazy idea / NO we don't offer comfortable seating / YES we serve water in mason jars"; ; Screenshot of a Tiktok comment section

Gen Z is dragging the ‘millennial burger joint’—and every detail is painfully accurate

Woman with hand to head with text "this song probably hits so hard if ur stupid"(l), Woman talking with text "pov your high school french teacher takes points off your test because you misgendered a lamp"(c), Woman drinking with text "drinking every time he uses a pronoun. hopefully this help make it make sense."(r)