TikToker Defends American Tipping, Says Skipping the Tip Does Not Raise Servers’ Wages

TikToker defended American tipping culture in her August 12, 2026, TikTok video that drew about 737,500 views and about ...

McDonald’s Is Spending Billions to Figure Out Why People Stopped Coming — an X Post Says the Answer Is the Playground They Removed

Did McDonald’s lose families when it phased out playgrounds, toys, and human service and replaced them with self-service?
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Scrolling in the Deep: Who’s your hear me out?

Scrolling In The Deep is a weekly column that defines internet slang you need to know to operate online. It runs on Wednesdays in the Daily Dot’s web_crawlr newsletter—but only our most dedicated ...
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Ana Valens

Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. Her work has appeared at Vice, Vox, Truthout, Bitch Media, Kill Screen, Rolling ...
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Austin McBroom accuses ex-wife Catherine Paiz of hosting unlicensed Ayahuasca ceremonies around kids

YouTubers Austin McBroom and Catherine Paiz, who ran the channel ACE Family before their divorce in 2024, are throwing accusations at each other following the release of Paiz's memoir. What did Paiz ...
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Scammer Used AI MAGA Influencer to Fund Med School and It Surprisingly Worked

Netizens reacted to Republicans getting scammed by an AI-generated MAGA influencer. This influencer posing as a nurse was created by a man who used the money to pay for med school. Many netizens have ...
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Woman Says Small Town Doubted Her Success. She Now Has 1 Million Followers: ‘I’m So Thankful’

Small-town gossip isn’t just a movie trope. For TikTok user Cassie Saylor, it became part of her life after her divorce, when she says people in her town began talking about her and doubting her ...
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Private Drivers, Secret Notes, a Magic Show, and a Picture of the Mona Lisa — a Woman’s NYC Date Story Has the Comment Section in Pieces

A TikTok creator shared a bizarre New York City date that quickly drew jokes from viewers. The creator, @keepingupwkamw, said the man she went on a date with planned an elaborate mystery-themed ...
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TikToker Reveals the Chaos Restaurant Hosts Deal With During Rush Hour: ‘It’s Not a Free-for-All Table You Can Sit At’

Being a host at a restaurant can be a difficult job. Like servers, hosts interact directly with customers and can often end up dealing with difficult or downright belligerent guests. One TikToker ...
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Pizza Hut Employee Said She Blocked a DoorDash Driver Over Smell and Asked DoorDash to Make It Permanent

A video shared on X by @USADocumented shows a Pizza Hut employee explaining why she blocked a DoorDash driver from picking up any more orders at her location. The clip had drawn more than 44,000 views ...
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‘No Country is Perfect’: Europeans Who Moved to the U.S. Are Sharing What They Actually Think

The Daily Dot previously covered a Reddit discussion about Americans who moved to Europe and what shocked them most. A new discussion on r/MovingToUSA, titled "Europeans who moved to the US. What ...
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Person Goes Through 5 Rounds of Job Interviews Before Getting Rejected by Executive in His Car: ‘Just a Cultural FORMALITY’

A Reddit user who goes by BebopDrifter8 posted to the r/Jobs subreddit to share a frustrating story about a string of job interviews they endured. The process took several weeks to complete, only for ...