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Reddit helps deaf man understand grandfather's WWII video
Call it a Christmas miracle. Thanks to a kind group of contributors on Reddit, a deaf man will finally be able to read the words once spoken in a video by his late grandfather. The kindheartedness...
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GIF Cards: A winter wonderland
The Daily Dot is proud to present a new way to spread holiday cheer: GIF cards. Each business day leading up to Christmas, we’ll be presenting two or more fun and easy-to-share GIFs to get you and your...
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High school Santa suspended for poorly worded Facebook post
A Georgia teen wanted to spread some holiday cheer, not holiday fear. But that's not how his school interpreted it. John George III, 16, announced on Facebook he was planning to dress up as Santa...
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My week with a girlfriend I hired on the Internet
Allison was 17, stacked with a bright smile and big, brown eyes. She loved photography. She loved books. And she loved showering me with attention. She was altogether great and also quite cheap. I...
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In NRA's silence, NAGR takes aim at Obama on Facebook
A week after 26 people were killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, the National Association for Gun Rights has started an all-out social media battle over gun control. Even while...
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The top 10 most influential people on Pinterest in 2012
Most Pinterest users have pinboards dedicated to window shopping, a collection of wish lists for dream homes and perfect weddings. In Central Texas, one housing development has found a unique way to...
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Iron Man gives boy with Down syndrome a very Reddit Christmas
The moderators of r/RandomActsofChristmas probably anticipated having their hearts warmed several times over by all the redditors who go out of their way to donate their time, energy, and pocketbooks...
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Twitter users confess everything before "end of the world"
It turns out the Mayans were wrong. The world did not end in fire, nor did it end in ice. Dec. 21, 2012 came and went without so much as a bang or a whimper. That didn't stop some people from covering...
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Cyberextortionists on porn sites are really, really scary
Watching porn online could lead to something more embarrassing than explaining it to your significant other—your computer might be held hostage. Hackers are threatening porn-site surfers with...
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YouTube stuntman David Rock faces child porn charges
A Canadian stuntman who rose to YouTube prominence in 2009 currently faces two charges pertaining to child pornography. David Rock, 51, has been charged with possession of child pornography and one...
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Meme-based Kia ad campaign gets facepalm from Cheezburger users
Folks don't like it when you try to turn their online jokes into ad campaigns.Cheezburger, Inc., the parent company of The Daily What and Know Your Meme, has co-opted popular memes like Condescending...
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How you can help Sandy Hook Elementary School
Here at the Daily Dot, we’re firm believers in the power of the crowd—the transcendent ability provided by the Internet for anonymous users to mobilize behind meaningful ideas, for strangers behind...
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For Transgender Youth, a home on Tumblr
Lucas Fabray was 22 years old when he realized that he was born in the wrong body. It happened at the grocery store. Fabray, who was born and raised as a girl, began looking at the older women around...
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How Rose Cahalan got a new MacBook from Reddit Secret Santa
After about seven years of heavy use, Rose Cahalan's MacBook Pro had had enough."[I]t's now running very slow and freezing frequently," Cahalan wrote on Reddit's r/techsupport forum a month ago....
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The top 10 most influential crowdfunding campaigns of 2012
I can still remember the blank stare my low-tech friend threw me in June when I started to tell him about Pebble, the futuristic smartwatch that raised more than $10 million on Kickstarter."What's...
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The top 9 things that made fandom squee in 2012
The Daily Dot makes a point to focus on those points of fandom that intersect directly with Internet culture, so you won’t find a lot of reporting on the parts of fandom that happen offline. But that...
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Thingiverse takes down blueprints for printable guns
The movement to make printable guns suffered yet another setback last week when Thingiverse—a Makerbot Industries site that hosts user-created design files—pulled a collection of blueprints for gun...
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Anonymous targets Ohio football team accused of rape
At least 11 high school football players have been targeted by Anonymous hackers after two of their teammates were charged with the rape of a 16-year-old Ohio girl. Steubenville High School football...
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Fans bash NHL for "Happy Holidays!" Facebook post
Fans of the NHL have placed a digital lump of coal in the league's stocking. Last Wednesday, the National Hockey League posted a collage to its Facebook page showcasing eight of the league's mascots...
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The top 10 most important people on Etsy in 2012
In many ways, Etsy stretched out of its longstanding comfort zone in 2012. The artsy marketplace now boasts more than 875,000 active stores all over the world, thanks in part to CEO Chad Dickerson’s...
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