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4 Vine tips and tricks
Vine is a virtual breeding ground for memes and Web culture witticisms. Before you heard of "on fleek", it was being tossed around on Vine. Before everyone from your grandmother to Hillary Clinton knew...
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How Detroit rapper B-Free wound up in a K-pop turf war
Like many local artists, Detroit rapper Brenton "B-Free" Freeman is just trying to make his music and maybe one day hit it big. And last month, the musician gained instant popularity overnight—though...
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J.K. Rowling just settled a Harry Potter bet between a student and her...
In 2011, Victoria Green got into a debate with a high school science teacher about Harry Potter that grew so heated it turned into a proper legal battle.Five years later, the dispute has finally been...
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Who’s really addicting us to technology?
"Nearly everyone I know is addicted in some measure to the Internet,” wrote Tony Schwartz in a recent essay in the New York Times. It’s a common complaint these days. A steady stream of similar...
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Kanye West's rules for fashion models are absurd—but these are worse
Work as a fashion model is never easy—but serving as the live mannequin for Kanye West's clothes is reportedly a whole different pain in the ass. Does this Snapchat image currently making the rounds...
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Ted Cruz campaign pulls attack ad featuring porn actress
Evangelical Tea Party Republicans come in all shapes and sizes—tall and short; fat and thin. They can be firefighters, tax attorneys, Walmart greeters, undergrads, and, like one former Ted Cruz...
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How do you make Twitter take harassment seriously? Be an astronaut
Twitter has long been ridiculed for not doing enough to combat harassment on its service, but Motherboard discovered one way to make sure reports of abuse get taken seriously: be an astronaut.According...
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The 9 best memes for sliding into DMs
There's no better way to say “I like you, wanna go out?” then to slide into your cutie’s DMs and make it explicitly known. And here at the Daily Dot, our Twitter moves are tight—how do you think we got...
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The #SurvivorLoveLetter hashtag has become a movement for sexual assault...
Survivors of sexual violence are expressing love in a profound and personal way this Valentine's Day: by writing love letters to themselves. A project and hashtag movement called #SurvivorLoveLetter...
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Kanye West is begging Silicon Valley for money right now
If I wasn't sick of Kanye West before 2016, I damn sure am now. Ye has been nothing short of shameless in striving to make his new album, The Life of Pablo, a viral smash. Whether it's anal wars with...
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Hackers break into Ringo Starr's Twitter account with scary-simple method
Another day, another Twitter account gets hacked. Today, it’s Ringo Starr, the drummer from the Beatles. This time, however, the hackers have a lesson to teach Internet users about how to better...
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Man goes on epic Twitter quest to resolve complaint about Apple Jacks
When weird stuff happens to food, we typically turn to social media for answers. Like when people wondered where the cheese from their McDonald's mozzarella sticks might've gone. Or when they looked...
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Virgin Airlines invites Kanye West to eat a d**k
Airlines might delay your flight, hit you with extra fees, or even lose your bags—but they are almost always, unfailingly, polite. Unless, of course, you're Kanye West. Then you can eat a dick.The...
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Look how many people showed up to the anti-Beyoncé protest
It's Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, and that can only mean one thing: It's time for the big "Anti-Beyoncé Protest Rally" outside NFL headquarters on Park Avenue in New York City! The event, organized by, uh,...
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What Ringo Starr can teach us all about choosing passwords
It's no secret that, when it comes to breaking passwords, the limits of human memory are the best way in. While former Beatle and human metronome Ringo Starr isn't particularly known for his powers of...
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How 'Broad City' found its social media sweet spot
When I spoke to Genevieve Aniello, she'd just been in a soul-sucking three-hour call with Bank of America during which she was transferred roughly nine times. Naturally, she documented her struggle in...
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Twitter just made it much easier to find GIFs for your tweets
A picture is worth a thousand words, which means a GIF must be worth even more. On Twitter where you’re mostly limited to 140-character sentiments, this is especially true. Today, the social media...
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How Black Lives Matter can move beyond a hashtag
As the Democrat candidates fiercely compete for the black vote in the hopes of winning the upcoming South Carolina primary, one voice has been noticeably absent from the fray.Black Lives Matter, which...
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You'll go bananas over this surprisingly tricky fruit math problem
People like to feel smart, that they know the answers to everything, and, most importantly, that they're right. That's why whenever seemingly simple math problems go viral (Exhibit A and Exhibit B),...
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Here's the Kanye Hitler Twitter account you never asked for
I considered 2010-era Kanye's Twitter to be a star that burned twice as bright but would only last half as long. This was still in the early days of the strange, contemporary era in which celebrities...
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