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Rebecca Leib

Culture

‘This is kinda excessive’: Mom’s viral laundry hack sparks fierce debate: chore or child labor?

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

things we learned about Luigi Mangione from his jailhouse letters

Baking, books, and chess: 9 things we learned about Luigi Mangione from his jailhouse letters

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

Dr Courtney Tracy over abstract background

‘It’s the pleasure principle’: TikTok therapist Courtney Tracy has a cult following. And she can see that your unconscious is showing

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

American influencer under fire for taking baby wombat from its mother

Influencer sparks outrage after snatching baby wombat from its mother in viral video

Split image. Reddit post on left that reads: "My husband and I disagree on politics. He doesn't understand why it affects me so much." Tweet on the right in response that reads: "Her husband is the type that will clutch his pearls, shocked that it would affect people like "him and his wife" when it happens.

‘We always agreed on politics—until last year’: Wife devastated by husband’s political shift asks for advice

Mariam Sharia is a senior editor and reporter at the Daily Dot.

Mariam Sharia

Photo collage of Bryan Johnson in front of X posts from his account.

Bryan Johnson is playing the internet like an improv stage

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

Restaurant cup(l) woman sharing her restaurant collection(c) Restaurant utensils(r)

‘I know I’m not the only one’: Woman’s ‘restaurant collection’ goes viral—but critics have another word for 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

Photo composite of Sam Altman with a tweet from @katienotopoulos that reads "Impressive. Humans typically require at least two bad situationships and an insufferable habit picked up on a semester abroad to produce such awful drivel"; Background: Pixelated ChatGpt Text

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks this short story by company’s new model is ‘so right,’ but everyone else thinks he’s so wrong

Left: screenshot of a text from disgruntled in-laws, Right: Caption from Reddit: "AIO for getting upset with my in laws?"; Photo of a woman holding a newborn baby in a hospital room

‘I’m very disappointed’: In-laws guilt-trip new mom for missing a text during childbirth

Reader’s insistence it’s ‘weird’ not to imagine yourself as the main character in every book sparks heated debate

Man talking with text "fanum's classic bacon, egg and cheese sandwich"(l), Text "LMGABEAC = Lemme Get a bacon egg and cheese (x3) On everyone's soul we all love BEAG"(c), Dog dancing "Bacon egg and cheese"(x3)(r)

The viral ‘bacon, egg, and cheese’ meme, explained

Screenshot of Tiktok user @gothwhereswaldo with the caption "yall couldn't mention joni mitchell being mega rac!st when she took her music off spotify??"; Photo of Joni Mitchell performing in 1983

‘A little yikes’: TikTok discovered Joni Mitchell’s blackface era and now Gen Z is torn over her legacy

Stacey Nguyen is a lifestyle and entertainment writer based in California. You can find her work on Real Simple, InStyle, BuzzFeed, PopSugar, and other sites.

Stacey Nguyen

Left: Screenshot of @xiaoxin3711 in Y3k-styled outfit; Center: Screenshot of @rowisingh applying makeup with the caption: "very demure Y3K makeup"; Right: Screenshot of @pitayaq in a Y3k-styled outfit. Background: A futuristic dystopian city.

Y3K fashion is rising—here’s why Gen Z is dressing like the world is ending

3 panel image: on the sides a person explains and in the middle is an empty gym scene.

Woman shares her terrifying stalking experience at the gym: ‘I literally haven’t left my house’

Split image. Tesla cybertruck in showroom on left. Sneak peek of Reddit response on right.