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Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

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‘Crying over a bathroom is ridiculous’: Mom complains about Target worker using family restroom, gets manager involved. It backfires

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

3-panel image, on the sides a person explains, in the middle is a Build a Bear Workshop store.

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‘That mom was 100% in the wrong’: Woman says her niece went to Build-A-Bear birthday party. Then the mom made a strange request

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‘You’re better than me’: Woman says man at Walmart said her 2-year-old was ‘flirting’ with him

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Mom buys Pringles Valentines Snack Stacks

‘Why you got my 9-year-old telling her classmates?’: Mom buys Pringles Valentine’s Snack Stacks for child’s class. Then she takes a closer look at what they say

Je&#8217;Kayla Crawford was a trending news intern for the Daily Dot. Her work can be found at Distractify, Dexerto, and more.

Je’Kayla Crawford

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‘That would be a better solution’: Who should control teens’ Meta, TikTok use? Health expert weighs in

Toy store(l), Woman talking(c), Sign that says "lock the door so we cannot see you through the window"(r)

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‘A trick window in a children’s store is weird regardless’: Woman goes in bathroom at toy store. She thinks she can only see out

Two panel design with an image of a stack of christmas sweaters, next to an image of a Children's Place

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‘Not even the kids is safe’: The Children’s Place shopper shocked at this Christmas sweater for 7-year-old girls

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

Braden Bjella

3 panel image, on the left we see a mom holding a baby in a carrier, in the middle is stock of a Honda Pilot vehicle, on the left is a shot of a vehicle door open with text over: "so we have been driving the Honda Pilot for six months now"

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‘Every mom not trying to buy a minivan’: Woman buys Honda Pilot. Then she sells it after 6 months

Server picking up food and text that says "kicked out of a restaurant because the waiter anticipated my friends autistic child would become disruptive" and "all right I appreciate it"(l), Woman with young child and same text(c), Same waiter and text with additional "actually going to cut this short tonight"(r)

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‘We won’t be serving you tonight’: Restaurant takes family’s food away from table after finding out they have autistic child

Woman pointing at herself(l) Hands holding a phone with YouTube Kids logo on it(c) Child holding up phone looking shocked(r)

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‘I knew YouTube Kids was bad’: Mom issues warning after child reveals something disturbing about YouTube show

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

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Joe Biden actually bit 4 babies at a White House Halloween event—and the internet is hotly divided

Kyle Calise is a video producer, writer, and storyteller from southern New England. When he’s not crafting explainer and culture videos, he’s usually out on a nature trail admiring trees.

Kyle Calise

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Meme History: Corn Kid

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

Nina Hernandez

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‘What could possibly be at Home Depot?’: Mom says children are demanding to shop for birthday presents at Home Depot. But for what?

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‘Look at my body in this mirror’: Woman notices something unusual about the mirrors in the little girls’ section

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

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Walmart doll price

‘They do this with the Bratz dolls too!’: Walmart shopper demands answers after noticing something unusual about $27 My Life As dolls

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