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Laura Holliday

Laura Holliday is a freelance internet culture journalist covering online communities, digital aesthetics, and internet rabbit holes. She lives in London with her cat, Luna.

Text exchange: Can you watch my egg?

The “watch my egg” TikTok challenge brings back the old-school internet prank

“How’s my egg? “Uhh…”

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Left: Comedian Caroline Timoney (@carol.in3) explained in a recent video posted to the platform that she was the first person to come up with the phrase “girlbossed too close to the sun” in 2021. Right: Taylor Swift in a blue costume in a music video.

Comedian says she coined “girlbossed too close to the sun.” Now it’s in a Taylor Swift song

“Am I her Shakespeare? Yes.”

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Left: Climber Balin Miller with snow on his face and hair. Right: Climber Balin Miller scaling a cliff.

“I couldn’t believe it”: Livestream captures climber Balin Miller’s fatal fall while rappelling Yosemite’s El Capitan

“Balin was full of life — a true wild card at heart.”

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Brunette woman in a white sweatshirt looking into camera under text reading, 'we were married and divorced so fast.' Right: Couple getting married at their wedding.

Healing or heartbreaking? Divorced woman shares wedding photos on what would’ve been her 1-year anniversary

Powerful…or sad?

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Left: Man in a Walmart under text overlay reading, 'This 10 dollar hack I'm about to show you will save you thousands in car repairs.' Right: Car detailing concept. Manual engine cleaning with steam. Car detailing expert deep-cleaning black vehicle and wiping car surface with orange microfibre cloth.

“Mechanics don’t want you to know this”: Does this $10 car engine cleaning hack actually work?

“Most mechanics don’t want you to know this either”

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Left: Man's Nike sneakers visible from doorway next to toilet, text overlay reads, 'grown men after they get caught cheating lol?' Right: Woman looking into the camera with a shocked face, text overlay reads, 'The aftermath of a 42 year old man who was caught cheating.'

“Sounds like a sea lion”: Wife calls out cheating husband—his response is so humiliating people can’t stop laughing

“Does he need a moment? He seems somewhat emotional.”

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Left: Laptop in a classroom playing SpongeBob Squarepants episode. Text overlay reads, 'Teacher think I'm paying attention but I'm really watching the bob.' Right: SpongeBob Squarepants decorated water bottle in a grocery store. Text overlay reads, 'Mom think I'm paying attention whole time I'm sipping on da bob.'

Distracted by the Bob: Inside the new SpongeBob meme taking over TikTok

“Mom think I’m paying attention whole time I’m sipping on da bob.”

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Content creator filming herself at the gym.

“Don’t work out next to me”: Fitness creator confronts woman for “photobombing” her video

“She should be banned from the gym.”

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Left: Man sitting in his car under caption reading 'Car lots are OVERFLOWING...the crash is here. Right: Lisbon, Portugal October 20, 2024, Stellantis dealership in sacavem, portugal, displaying various car brands including peugeot, citroen, opel, fiat, alfa romeo, abarth, and jeep.

“We’re in a true car market crash”: Expert claims dealerships are desperate—here’s the reality

“This message is for the ones that don’t watch the news.”

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Man looking into a camera under caption reading 'Offer rescinded in 3 days.'

“This is 100% on you”: Man delays new job start date. Then the company rescinds the offer

“Gen Z ain’t ready for this job market.”

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Before and after of a man going from overweight to jacked. Caption overlay on both images reads, 'heard we were showing our husband's glow up.'

“Respectfully, jaw dropped”: The “husband glow-up” trend has wives bragging and the internet thirsting

“This is the equivalent to investing in bitcoin back in 2008”

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Culture
Woman stuck in the tube of a water slide on a cruise ship.

“I’d die of a panic attack immediately”: Woman gets trapped in cruise ship waterslide and people are calling it their worst nightmare

“Poverty has saved me once again.”

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Left: Grand Theft Auto 5 character Trevor Philips. Right: Trevor’s actor, Steven Ogg says he doesn’t care about GTA 6 and that he didn’t even play GTA 5.

“Condescending and rude”: GTA fans pile on Trevor actor Steven Ogg after viral interview

“One day you should read Dostoyevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment.'”

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Entertainment
A group of influencers standing on a New York City sidewalk. A man in headphones walks by dispersing them.

“We’ve all had enough”: Locals cheer man who scolded photo-taking group on public sidewalk

“The New Yorkers who check you aren’t being rude—they’re responding to your rudeness.”

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Left: Woman looking into the camera under text reading, 'he is stable (team Jacob) you are deep (team edward). Right: Woman eating a block of jelly under text reading, 'He is stable (making jelly normally) you are deep, (eating it by the block).'

“He is stable, you are deep”: How a song lyric became a relationship test

Ramen? Stable. Pho? Deep.

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