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Hello fellow web crawlers! Kira here.Ā Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.Ā
Today’s top stories are about: a scatological conspiracy about Biden that just won’t go away, a Bank of America customer who lost a great deal of money, the backlash against Call of Duty’s Pride Month celebration, and the FBI finally getting around to investigating a nefarious corporate landlord that’s long been the subject of renters’ ire.
After that, Mikael’s got a “One Dumb Conspiracy” column for you.
Until next time,
ā K.D.
ā” Today in Internet Culture
š© POLITICAL SH!TPOSTING
Conservatives are once again fighting over whether Biden pooped his pants
Video of the president in France isĀ being cited as evidenceĀ of the unintended defecation.
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šµ BANKING NIGHTMARE
āIām terrifiedā: Bank of America customer says $11,000 were stolen from herāand bank workers were in on it
āBank of America has stolen over $11,000 from us,āĀ says a woman on TikTok. āAnd yes, Iām talking about the actual employees who work at Bank of America.ā
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š³ļøāā§ļø PRIDE MONTH BACKLASH
Call of Duty Pride flag bullets spark uproar from those pushing fake trans mass shooter panic
The gameĀ introduced LGBTQ-themed weapon skinsĀ in honor of Pride month.
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š CORPORATE EVIL
A corporate landlord was raided by the FBI in a rent-fixing investigationābut renters online long fostered complaints
Posters onlineĀ sounded the alarm bell for yearsĀ against companies currently involved in civil suits.
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š One Dumb ConspiracyĀ
ByĀ Mikael Thalen
Staff Reporter
![Did 'undercover FBI agent' reveal what he saw inside Diddy's house?](https://uploads.dailydot.com/2024/06/p-diddy-fbi.jpg?auto=compress&fm=pjpg)
No, secrets about Diddy were not spilled by an āundercover FBI agentā
In each edition of web_crawlr we have exclusive original content every day. On Mondays our Tech Reporter Mikael Thalen debunks the most wild conspiracy theories swirling around the web in his āOne Dumb Conspiracyā column. If you want to read columns like this before everyone else,Ā subscribe to web_crawlrĀ to get your daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.
šøļø Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
š AĀ mechanicĀ showed users how toĀ change their own brakesĀ in a viral video. ButĀ is it worth it to do at home?
š ThisĀ Costco shopperās āhackā to beat shrinkflationĀ divided her viewers.
š³ AnĀ outraged T.J. Maxx customerĀ took to TikTok after claiming to have beenĀ tricked into purchasing the store credit card.
š½ļø ChiliāsĀ hasĀ done it again: Seated a table after they placed an orderĀ only to tell them that there wasnāt any available silverware.
šŖĀ ThisĀ ex-Barnes and Noble workerĀ got a lot of attention online after she revealed theĀ real reason the store took away the big comfy chairs.Ā
š„© AĀ Subway employeeās post showingĀ how the restaurant prepares its steakĀ isnāt just going viralāitāsĀ apparently making some people gag.
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š Question of the Day
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HAVE YOU EVER HAD AĀ BAD LANDLORD EXPERIENCE?
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