lindseyweedston

Lindsey Weedston

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.

Spongebob and patrick flipping burgers with text 'subaru was always on some bs mf took spongebobs job'(l), Pagani just trying to do his J*b and subaru just be geeking'(r)

How a 4-year-old SpongeBob Wiki comment spawned the ‘I call Patrick Subaru’ brainrot meme

Now they’re calling SpongeBob Pagani.

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sara ben love is blind

‘Dodged a bullet’: Sara rejects Ben on ‘Love is Blind’—and both sides of the political aisle are happy about it

Sara’s decision may have more to do with a troubling TikTok video than politics.

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Female character from Broad City(l) Young teens checking out phones(c) Male Character from Broad City(r)

‘I should have been a Millennial’: The kids yearn to be cheugy as Gen Z’s Millennial hate gives way to Millennial envy

Hope for the future is so 2013 core.

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Left: Screenshot from @araineyday's Tiktok of an Epcot parkgoer covering their face; Center: Photo of the Spaceship Earth at Epcot; Right: Screenshot from @araineyday's Tiktok of an Epcot parkgoer covering their face; Caption: 'In Line for Cosmic rewind and seeing people covering their faces'.

‘The FOOTPRINTS’: Video shows Disney guests waiting in line next to poop-covered walls at EPCOT

‘So, in spite of the feces, guests weren’t ‘de-turd’ from the line?’

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Culture
Cyber truck with Toyota logo(l), Tesla with other car logo(r)

‘How do you do, fellow trucks?’: Tesla owners are trying to pass their cars off as other makes in growing trend

‘How do you do, fellow trucks?’

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Culture
2 panel image showing screen grabs from TikTok posts.

AI-generated ‘doctors’ are scamming TikTok with fake credentials and bad advice

Here’s how to spot AI creators on TikTok:

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Culture
Painting of a crowd running. Reddit prompt over asks, ' What's the most terrifying 'we need to leave now' moment you've ever experienced?

‘Something was hunting us’: 10 people share their scariest ‘we need to leave NOW’ moments

‘Someone may have sh*t in my pants. Not sure who, though.’

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Tweet that reads: 'maybe I'm not on that side of twitter but as someone who's on the job hunt for the 2nd time in as many yrs, I'm seeing a lot of despair and desperation on job seeking-related forums that not many people here seem to be talking about. People want to kill themselves over this' on left. Reddit post that reads: ' Am I the only one that can't find a job no matter what I do???' 'Literally no one will hire me. It's really destroying my soul. Almost an entire year of being unemployed. It especially hurts when it's places like McDonald's and Walmart sending me the dreaded 'unfortunately we have chosen to pursue other candidates who more closely align...' I can't even get a job--' on right.

‘600 rejections in 6 months’: Desperate job seekers are flooding forums with stories of despair. What’s going on?

The ‘Big Freeze’ is upon us.

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Culture
2 panel image of a person explaining on TikTok. On the left text over says, 'Practicing now because if Trump dont win today I'm hitting the pole to be able to afford life. #Trump2024' and on the right text over says, ' my ebt card was just declined. They took everything. no food stamps, disability, cash benefits, and childcare. what am I gonna do?!

‘I LOST MY JOB!’: 12 Trump voters who didn’t expect his policies to affect *them*

‘I never thought leopards would eat MY face.’

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Culture
2 panels both photoshopped images of JD Vance. Tweets over say, 'how many times did you say thank you today? Me:' and 'It's disrespectful if you don't say thank you'

‘Say pwease’: JD Vance Photoshop edits are growing more and more absurd by the day

‘It’s Vance’s world, we’re all just living in it (if you say pwease).’

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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

‘You come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married and you spike my cortisol.’

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Culture
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

We found another thing that unites people across political lines.

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Culture
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

BELLY FOREVER!

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Culture
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?

When the chile is tea, but the finna is gag…

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Culture
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

Don’t forget to add truffle fries.

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