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Hinge’s West Elm Caleb Is The Real-Life Tale of “John Tucker Must Die,” on The Viral List

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Women on TikTok are sharing their stories about a serial dater they met on Hinge, young people can’t stop talking about Yellowjackets, hair stamps are the next Y2K comeback trend, #MLKDay is trending on TikTok—plus more internet buzz on this week’s Viral List! West Elm Caleb Is A “Serial Dater” Who’s Been Using Hinge to Ghost Women in NYC Caleb Hunter is a 25-year-old designer at West Elm and lives in NYC—or so his Hinge profile claims. After a series of dates with women where he reportedly “played up his job as a furniture designer at West Elm” only to ghost them later on, women have organized on TikTok, sharing their strange (and in some cases awful) experiences with Hunter, who is now known as “West Elm Caleb.” Basically the real-life version of John Tucker Must Die. #WestElmCaleb is trending on TikTok and Twitter as women share their stories, and it’s opening up a much-needed conversation about toxic online dating behaviors. One post from @kellsbellsbaby reads, “When you are...

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