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Tay Beep Boop on yellow background with pink swirls

Tay BeepBoop has TikTok captivated with her whimsical home DIYs

On Aug 16, 2022 by Gisselle Hernandez

Inside the Proud Boys’ ties to ghost gun sales

Several Proud Boys have been selling ghost guns online.

On Aug 15, 2022 by Tina-Desiree Berg

woman making thumbs up caption "just reminding everyone that starbucks baristas can SEE YOU in the drivethru when ur at the box so yes i saw u make faces throw ur hands up and say stuff under your breath to ur friend because i asked u to repeat what size pink drink u wanted i'm sorry i didn't hear u the first time bae i didn't mean to offend u" (l) Starbucks ordering speaker box (c) woman making thumbs up caption "just reminding everyone that starbucks baristas can SEE YOU in the drivethru when ur at the box so yes i saw u make faces throw ur hands up and say stuff under your breath to ur friend because i asked u to repeat what size pink drink u wanted i'm sorry i didn't hear u the first time bae i didn't mean to offend u" (r)

‘Your drink will be made a little wrong’: Starbucks worker issues PSA to customers who order through drive-thru in viral TikTok

‘Just reminding everyone...'

On Aug 16, 2022 by Vladimir Supica

Internet Culture IRL

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Why this TikTok ‘hand trend’ is suddenly everywhere

TikTok's latest dance trend is a graceful, twirling hand gesture.

On Aug 16, 2022 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Internet Culture

empty sandwich wrapper (l) starbucks bag (c) sandwich in oven (r) all with caption "I don't know who I upset at starbucks but they told me to cook my own damn sandwich"

‘I don’t know who I upset at Starbucks’: Starbucks has Uber Eats customer heat up her own sandwich

'They told me to cook my own damn sandwich.'

On Aug 16, 2022 by Brooke Sjoberg

Internet Culture IRL

young man in Amazon warehouse with caption "i shoulda known i was getting myself into some hard work when i started at amazon..these mfs got group stretches before our shift" (l&r) amazon warehouse (c)

‘TF am I stretching at work for?’: Amazon warehouse worker says workers stretch as group before shift, sparking debate

'My shoulder still hurts and I haven’t worked there since 2020.'

On Aug 16, 2022 by Braden Bjella

young woman looking shocked with caption "me clocking in this morning and getting an email from HR saying I can clock out forever"

‘Have the decency to fire me at the end of the day’: Worker says she received email from HR saying she could ‘clock out forever,’ sparking debate

'At least you were informed. My boss just stopped responding to my texts.'

On Aug 16, 2022 by Braden Bjella

Twitch star Imane ‘Pokimane’ Anys describes co-founding talent management firm RTS with Stuart Saw

‘I learned a lot of lessons from my own personal challenges as a creator.'

On Aug 16, 2022 by Grace Stanley

Internet Culture

Chris Klemens on blue background

Comedian Chris Klemens shares what he’s learned after 9 years online

'99% of the time, you know what is best for you.'

On Aug 16, 2022 by Grace Stanley

Internet Culture

A large fire in a crop field next to a comment blaming the governmentRob and Stephanie Levy

Conspiracy theorists keep claiming that the government is purposely burning food crops

The claim isn’t true and is part of a larger effort to blame current food-chain issues on a sinister plot.

On Aug 16, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

‘God damn, at least go to a different GameStop!’: Former GameStop worker says man who stole their PlayStation display tried to sell it back to them

'There's audacity. Then there's this guy.'

On Aug 15, 2022 by Lauren Castro

woman in classroom with clipboard and caption "Tennessee teachers you know why I'm in my classroom on a Saturday"

‘The teacher has to catalog every single book’: Teacher says students can’t read any of her books until they’re screened for ‘age appropriateness’

'The kids in here are asking me, 'can I go get a book and read?' and I have to say 'no you can't.''

On Aug 15, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

man speaking outside caption "I just found the most disgusting thing in my drink at Dunkin" (l) person holding Dunkin' Donuts smoothie (c) man speaking sitting in public transport caption "post it" "Meeting with the Dunkin manager after finding a glove in my drink" (r)

‘Thanks for the extra flavor’: Customer finds plastic glove in his Dunkin’ smoothie

'The fact they didn't even give you a free drink.'

On Aug 15, 2022 by Lauren Castro

video meeting with four men and one woman captioned "When you're the only girl on the team and try to fit in" (l) man in Buffalo Bills gear jumping onto folding table from car (r)

‘When you’re the only girl on the team and try to fit in’: Woman tries to relate to male co-workers talking about the NFL during work call

‘That’s what I meant, yeah.’

On Aug 15, 2022 by Linda Hamilton

woman speaking finger up (l) woman with bandage on nose after nose job (c) woman speaking (r)

‘And he ended up cheating on me again’: Woman says she had boyfriend buy her nose job after catching him cheating

'Gotta use them to our advantage like they use us.'

On Aug 15, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

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‘She called us like we were gay animal control’: Woman ‘reports’ gay person in voicemail to queer resource center

'Okay but i’m a lesbian and this service would be useful.'

On Aug 15, 2022 by Rebekah Harding