Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to todayâs edition of web_crawlr.Â
Our top stories today are about: A viral warning about an Apple Pay scam that cost a woman nearly $1,000, 50 Cent defending Rep. Lauren Boebertâs (R-Colo.) behavior while watching âBeetlejuiceâ after he met her, people on Facebook falling for a fabricated image of quadruplets celebrating their 90th birthday, and the children of 2010s-era family vloggers speaking out and wanting laws changed.Â
After that, weâve got an edition of âMeme Historyâ that explores the origins of an iconic meme.Â
P.S. â If you didnât take our weekly news quiz, thereâs still time! Open yesterdayâs newsletter to answer the question. If you guess correctly, you might get a âTake Me Out To The Blog Gameâ shirt.Â
See you next week!Â
â A.W.Â
⥠Today in Internet Culture
đ¸ SCAMS
Target customer warns new Apple Pay scam charged her $975âand Apple support is powerless
A woman tried to help two young men raise money for their community college. They ended up scamming her out of nearly $1,000, and she was shocked by the way Apple Card handled the fraud charge.
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đłď¸ VIRAL POLITICS
50 Cent defends Lauren Boebertâs âBeetlejuiceâ behavior after meeting her
He also noted, for some reason, that he doesnât have an STI.
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đľ DEBUNK
Facebook users love the quadruplets who made it to 90âwithout realizing theyâre fake
A Facebook image that alleges to show quadruplets celebrating their 90th birthday is being praised on social media despite being completely fabricated.
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đŞ INFLUENCERSâYou family vlogger people are going to hellâ: The children of early 2010s YouTube stars are speaking outâand changing the law
Some are trying to get new laws passed to protect children who are growing up online with little agency over what gets posted on their behalf.
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đ¤ Meme History
By Kyle Calise
Video Producer
Meme History: Elmo On Fire
Meme History is a weekly column that dives deep into internet lore to uncover the history of famous memes. It runs on Saturdays in the Daily Dotâs web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to get this column a day before we publish it, subscribe to web_crawlr, where youâll get the daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.
đ¸ď¸ Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ânet.
đŞ A McDonaldâs employee and TikToker shared their disdain for preparing âcookie totesâ for customers in a viral clip. However, customers in the comments section shared their love for the menu item.
đ° This Dollar Tree shopper claims that thereâs a method one can employ to figure out what kind of water youâre buying without reading the label.
đď¸ In a viral video, a woman warned against getting under eye filler and shared why she regrets it 2 years later.Â
â A barista posted a rundown of the many reasons why customers should avoid coming to his coffee shop, but the video backfired when viewers called the barista out for not doing his job.
đŚ Recently, an extreme couponer and savings expert garnered over 570,000 views on TikTok when she shared how shoppers can get three Talenti Gelato or Magnum Ice Cream products for 66 cents each.
đ From the Daily Dot archive: Is there a First Amendment right to assemble in the metaverse?
𤳠Todayâs Viral Video
This is the meanest prank.Â