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A man’s unconventional approach to helping his wife land a job has struck a chord on TikTok. Facing a tough legal job market, creator @empty_heaven turned his lawyer wife’s resume into a catchy song urging employers to “somebody hire my wife.” He listed his wife’s experience and asked prospective employers to drop their contact information in the comments…and it seems to be working! The catchy tune went viral, with over 1.5 million views on TikTok, and according @Empty_Heaven, resume requests are coming through his DMs. @empty_heaven/TikTok The post from Jan. 7, 2026, resonated with people who loved to see a man going above and beyond to support his wife. “The song wrote itself,” @Empty_Heaven wrote in a comment. TikTok users crowded the comments to show support for his wife’s cause. A resume, but make it a love song @Empty_Heaven wrote in the post’s caption, “My lawyer wife is looking for work; I am helping the only way I am qualified to do so. DM for more information, but this is a weirdly informative song.” The lyrics of the song read: Somebody hire my wife.My wife is an attorney.She’s a lot smarter than me. She’s looking for legal work in Chicago or remote. At legal writing, she’s the GOAT. Let me tell you her experience:She’s done appeals, vehicular, animal cruelty, and SVU. I swear to God, if you hire her, she’ll be a great addition to your crew. Somebody hire my wife.She’s worked government and private.She’s got a real great mindset. She’s the f**king light of my life. Maybe I can help this way. Comment your email, and she’ll send you a resume. The music video resume racked up over 7,000 comments praising the creative approach to job hunting. @empty_heaven My lawyer wife is looking for work; I am helping the only way I am qualified to do so. DM for more information, but this is a weirdly informative song. #lawyer #attorney #legalwork #jobsearch #lawyersoftiktok ♬ original sound – Empty_Heaven “This is the most romantic thing I’ve ever seen,” wrote one commenter. @bikbokboy/TikTok “If you not going this hard for your wife then what are you even married for????” wrote another. @mrhappy1006/TikTok “Do you know what this shows? His wife has a strong and positive relationship at home, so you know his wife will be focused on the work and not the drama at home. Just putting that out there for anyone thinking about bringing her on!” @mzmotorboat/TikTok @Empty_Heaven did not immediately reply to the Daily Dot’s request for comment via TikTok. The internet is chaotic—but we’ll break it down for you in one daily email. Sign up for the Daily Dot’s newsletter here. Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post “Most romantic thing I’ve ever seen”: Man writes a viral song begging the internet to hire his wife—and it actually works appeared first on The Daily Dot.

Two lovebirds tied the knot at 30,000 feet on a Southwest flight last weekend, forcing other flyers to attend the surprise wedding. A viral TikTok video shows the bride walking down the narrow aisle before she and her man exchanged vows while blocking the front bathrooms. It was admittedly kind of cute, but some would have rather jumped from the plane than sit through that. Southwest passengers become a captive wedding audience Over the second weekend of January, TikToker @katrinabadowski posted footage of the sky-high ceremony to her account. The video gained over 10.4 million views in less than a week. “That one time I witnessed a wedding on a Southwest flight,” the caption reads. Passengers got to be witnesses whether they liked it or not. While they didn’t have to do anything, they also had to hope nature didn’t call during the vows. “Please remain seated as a courtesy to the bride and groom, and if you do have to use the lavatory, please use the one in the back of the aircraft,” said the flight attendant and/or officiant. The woman who married them made sure to acknowledge the audience, speak of them as though they were all willing participants. “Tina and Roger, today is a day unlike any other,” she said. “Not only are you embarking on an adventure of marriage, but you’re doing it amidst the clouds, surrounded by 136 passengers turned to newfound friends.” After the kiss, Tina tossed the bouquet back down the aisle before they passed around a guestbook. Upon landing, the couple walked down the gate decorated with streamers and hearts to a cheering crowd, then drove off in an airport cart with a “just married” sign affixed to the back. Southwest Airlines has long billed itself as “the love airline,” which is apparently what you do when you can’t call yourself “the good airline.” @katrinabadowski Congratulations Tina and Roger ?? @Southwest Airlines #loveisintheair #wedding ♬ Wedding March – Felix J L Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Helmuth Brandenburg Paging Madison Humphrey If Tina and Roger did this for attention, mission accomplished. Much of it was, however, rather negative. On both TikTok and Reddit, many commenters envisioned themselves as one of those passengers and experienced vicarious horror. @katrinabadowski/TikTok “I’ve never seen a wedding hostage situation,” said TikToker @suzsanlane. “’Thank you all for being here’ as if they had another choice,” @avarmajor pointed out. Now everyone’s just waiting for the Madison Humphrey recreation. @katrinabadowski/TikTok “Madison Humphrey on the phone with southwest trying to book a whole plane and terminal,” joked @bxb.les. Shockingly, Redditors on the inevitable r/TikTokCringe repost were more forgiving. “I’ve got mixed feelings,” wrote u/molehunterz. “On one hand I agree, anything that passes the time because flights bore the hell out of me.” “On the other hand, a wedding where I don’t even know people? Would also bore the hell out of me.” u/good-night_moon via Reddit “I’d 100% take this level of cringe over the unsolicited worship and preaching,” said u/good-night_moon. Some, however, had questions about the extremely unenthusiastic groom. “Dude looks like an undercover air marshal who got in too deep,” u/butt-barnacles observed. The internet is chaotic—but we’ll break it down for you in one daily email. Sign up for the Daily Dot’s newsletter here. Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post “Wedding hostage situation”: Southwest passengers forced to attend surprise mid-flight wedding at 30,000 feet appeared first on The Daily Dot.

The White House is attempting to walk back a comment President Donald Trump made about the midterm elections. During an interview with Reuters this week, Trump made a lot of controversial—and, at times, downright false—comments, including some concerning the upcoming midterms, set to take place on Nov. 3, 2026. It’s expected that Republicans might lose seats in Congress at the midterms, which is often the case for the party of the sitting president. “It’s some deep psychological thing, but when you win the presidency, you don’t win the midterms,” he said, adding that he had already accomplished so much during the first year of his second term that “when you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election,” referring to midterms. White House dismisses concern The president’s remarks immediately sparked backlash among those concerned that the president and his administration have little respect for the established norms of American democracy, including free and fair elections. The administration’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, later dismissed concerns by claiming that “the president was simply joking.” “He was saying, ‘We are doing such a great job, we are doing everything the American people thought. Maybe we should just keep rolling,'” she said. “But he was speaking facetiously.” YESTERDAY: Trump: “When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." Media just now: “The president finds the idea of canceling elections funny?”Karoline Leavitt: “Only someone like you would take that so seriously.”The appropriate answer is “The president should… pic.twitter.com/u1xmctTzve— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) January 15, 2026 The backlash over Trump’s midterms comments The fear that Trump will invoke the Insurrection Act so as to obstruct elections in Democrat-led cities and allow his party to retain power has been growing ever since his return to office last year. The inflammatory language being used regarding protests over ICE, among other things, has added to these concerns, and Trump’s comments about midterms certainly aren’t quelling any fears. 2016: “you’re overreacting”2017: “you’re overreacting”2018: “you’re overreacting”2019: “you’re overreacting”2020: “you’re overreacting”2021: “you’re overreacting”2022: “you’re overreacting”2023: “you’re overreacting”2024: “you’re overreacting”2025: “you’re overreacting”… https://t.co/e8QqKkN97m— davey (@jerseyh0mo) January 15, 2026 “There’s a word for people who think like that: Tyrant,” wrote Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. There's a word for people who think like that:Tyrant. https://t.co/92XyWODNAm— JB Pritzker (@JBPritzker) January 16, 2026 “Who could have possibly seen this coming,” mused @jaubreyYT. Who could have possibly seen this coming https://t.co/qD6JdH0G6w— j aubrey ? (@jaubreyYT) January 15, 2026 It's not the response from his base that he's looking for. It's the non-response from the checks and balances.— BUBBA (fmcjfc) (@fmcjfc) January 16, 2026 “You guys should do something about that,” wrote @AutismRonin. You guys should do something about that https://t.co/FT3fzz5HWW— dani (@AutismRonin) January 15, 2026 In theory, midterm elections take place on November 3 of this year. In reality? Guess we’ll see how things go from here. The internet is chaotic—but we’ll break it down for you in one daily email. Sign up for the Daily Dot’s newsletter here. Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post White House scrambles after Trump says “we shouldn’t even have” midterm elections appeared first on The Daily Dot.

Pamela Anderson says the fallout from Pam & Tommy is still very real for her—so real, that sitting near Seth Rogen at the Golden Globes made her “feel yucky.” Speaking on Andy Cohen Live on Friday, Anderson opened up about lingering hurt over the Hulu series, which dramatized the theft of her sex tape without her consent or involvement, and which Rogen produced and starred in without consulting her. The Anderson-Rogen beef continues Speaking with Cohen on SiriusXM radio, Anderson said she felt “yucky” being in close proximity to the man who helped make the miniseries about her relationship with Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. The show centered around the release of their sex tape, which was stolen from their home in 1995. “He was in the pit at the Golden Globes,” said Anderson. “We were close. I felt like, I’m not chopped liver over here. I felt weird about it.” Pamela Anderson wants Seth Rogen to apologize for the "Pam & Tommy" series. https://t.co/3P3WgB7oTG pic.twitter.com/uO7YOplyhQ— TMZ (@TMZ) January 15, 2026 Her reaction stems from the accusations that nobody involved with making Pam & Tommy sought her consent or even consulted her beforehand. Some critics slammed the showrunners for exploiting a woman’s public trauma after its release in 2022. Anderson has similar thoughts about the show. “How can someone make a TV series out of difficult times in your life?” she asked Cohen. “And I am a living, breathing human being over here.” “When you are a public person, they say you have no right to privacy. But your darkest, deepest secrets or tragedies should not be fair game for a TV series. That pissed me off a little bit.” The Canadian-American actress repeated her hope that Rogen would someday apologize to her, though she added, “not that it matters.” “The world owes her the biggest apology” A lot of people still agree with Anderson and other critics that those involved with Pam & Tommy owe her an apology. Multiple X users pointed out that Rogen did reach out to Tommy Lee, but not his ex-wife. @ShutupToshi9227/X “The fact that he talked to Tommy and not her is the exact problem and it’s weird that you don’t see that,” wrote @ShutupToshi9227. “Oh, well, he talked to the man in the relationship, so it’s all good,” said @joshuarolson with clear sarcasm. The story also brought out Rogen haters from all sides, few of whom could spell his last name right. @MrStevenSteele/X “To be fair, anyone would feel yucky sitting next to Seth Rogen,” joked @MrStevenSteele. “Agreed, always loved Rogens stoner humor, but he seems kind of insufferable,” wrote @MartinaMarkota. Among her fans, the prevailing opinion is that the owed contrition should extend far beyond Pam & Tommy. @whotfisjovana/X Popular “meme creator” @whotfisjovana said that “the world owes her the biggest apology.” The internet is chaotic—but we’ll break it down for you in one daily email. Sign up for the Daily Dot’s newsletter here. Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post “I’m not chopped liver”: Pamela Anderson says she “felt yucky” being near Seth Rogen at the Golden Globes, wants an apology appeared first on The Daily Dot.

TikTok’s latest wellness trend has users joking that they’re “becoming Chinese,” a phrase that might raise cultural appropriation concerns at first glance. But many Chinese creators are not only driving the trend, they’re openly celebrating it. From eating soup for breakfast to embracing traditional Chinese wellness principles, Americans on TikTok are adopting habits long rooted in Chinese culture, with Chinese users cheering them on for finally prioritizing hydration and nourishment. TikTok is “becoming Chinese” Last week, TikTok videos about “becoming Chinese” began to go viral. Those conscientious of the ills of cultural appropriation probably tense up a little at that phrase, but it’s Chinese TikTokers themselves who are fueling this trend. @sherryxiiruii i am here for you in this very chinese time in your life. #chineseamerican #americanbornchinese #chineseculture #chinesecuisine #chinesefood asian tiktok, asian american, you are chinese, chinese point in your life, chinese girl, sherry hot water, asian girl ♬ original sound – sherry “Tomorrow, you’re turning Chinese,” said Sherry (@sherryxiiruii) in a video that’s gained 1.7 million views since last Monday. “I know it sounds intimidating, but there’s no point fighting it now—you are the chosen one.” This isn’t like the “I Think I’m Turning Japanese” craze from the 1980s. People of all races and nationalities are exploring traditional Chinese medicine, common eating habits, makeup styles, and clothing. There are a lot of tips for keeping warm in the winter, which is perfect for Northern Hemisphere residents right now. @igobychichi/TikTok Black Women in particular appear to be embracing the trend in droves, sharing their “morning routines since becoming Chinese.” The trend stretches back into 2025 with popular videos riffing on an iconic line from Fight Club. @gabisupernova/TikTok “You’ve met me at a very Chinese time in my life,” they declare. How to get a little Chinese with it Much of the “becoming Chinese” trend focuses on wellness. China has a long history of medical innovations that predates the existence of the U.S. by centuries. Their physicians were likely the first to practice the precursor to vaccination, called variolation, to inoculate people against deadly viruses like smallpox. A significant part of their approach to health focuses on avoiding exposing one’s body to unnecessary shocks, such as sudden cold. That’s why becoming Chinese pretty much requires drinking hot water instead of iced. Since the internal human body already rests at a high temperature, the theory is that consuming hot drinks causes it less stress. @sherryxiiruii/TikTok Outside of teas and hot water with lemon, boiling apples, red dates, and goji berries is a common practice in China. Sherry likes to add a few dried goji berries to her hot water thermos to sip throughout the day. Hydration is also key. Hot soups are a big deal in China for a reason. Another favorite is eating a big breakfast. Forget the cold yogurt or single bagel—your body needs real fuel to wake up, so commit to that first meal of the day. @invalidusernamesorry/TikTok Combine that with the focus on hydration and heat, and you get soup for breakfast. TikToker @invalidusernamesorry has a high-protein recipe with eggs, bone broth, tofu, miso paste, and baby bok choy. Douyin-style makeup tutorials are also doing serious numbers this week. @.ephxnyyl/TikTok The cultural appropriation question White people in particular may find themselves hesitating to become Chinese. Debates around cultural appropriation got intense in the 2010s, and many remain confused on what the term means. To cross the line into appropriation, many definitions stress that the adoption of elements of a culture to which you don’t belong by birth must be disrespectful and exploitative. These terms themselves are subjective, but interested parties can take comfort in the fact that many Chinese TikTokers are welcoming the “becoming Chinese” trend.…