The internet is chaotic—but we’ll break it down for you in one daily email. Sign up for the Daily Dot’s web_crawlr newsletter here to get the best (and worst) of the internet straight into your inbox.
Hello fellow web crawlers! Kira here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Today’s top stories are about: one woman’s disturbing discovery in a can of green beans, the question of whether ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator 2’ will become the new ‘Barbenheimer,’ the memeficiation of Kamala Harris’ potential presidential bid, and one TikToker’s advice for getting your security deposit back from your landlord.
After that, Mikael’s got a ‘One Dumb Conspiracy‘ column for you.
Until next time,
— K.D.
⚡ Today in Internet Culture
🥫 WTF
‘They’re gonna lie to u when they test it’: Woman finds something unusual in can of green beans
“GIRL TEST IT YOURSELF,” one commenter advised.
🍿 MEME POTENTIAL
Will ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator 2’ be this year’s ‘Barbenheimer’? The internet weighs in
Both potential blockbusters hit theaters on November 22, 2024.
🥥 POLITICAL SH!TPOSTING
K-Hive memes take over as Dems try to coconut-pill themselves into voting Harris for president
The memes come amid talk of replacing Biden.
🏠 RENTING HACK
‘Don’t move out of your apartment before doing this’: Woman says you need to do this to get your deposit back
A TikToker shared “what your landlord doesn’t want you to know” about getting your security deposit back.
We crawl the web so you don’t have to. Sign up to receive web_crawlr, a daily newsletter from the Daily Dot, in your inbox each day.
🔍 One Dumb Conspiracy
By Mikael Thalen
Staff Reporter
Conspiracy theorists think Disney and Google bought the Bible
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 “One Dumb Conspiracy” column. If you want to read columns like this before everyone else, subscribe to web_crawlr to get your daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.
🕸️ Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
🗣️ A Florida abortion clinic escort is going viral for a TikTok showing how she dealt with Canadian anti-abortion protesters—by roasting them for getting roasted.
🍟 What’s inside McDonald’s 4 for $5 bag? People have mixed reactions about it.
🐜 A doctor warned in a video with over 202,000 views not to use hotel room dressers because they can be infested with bed bugs.
👨 Why are the boys entering their “soft guy era?”
💼 In a video with 1.4 million views, content creator and self-identified Dana Incorporated employee called out the company for its alleged seven-day mandate and for not letting a high schooler have a day off work to graduate.
🚗 A woman says she her 2019 BMW X3 “ruined” her life. Now she’s issuing a warning to young, prospective buyers.
👮 From the Daily Dot archive: A background check company is secretly paying cops on TikTok to push its services.
📝 Question of the Day
Everyone’s got opinions, and we want to know yours. Just click a button below to answer the question, and tomorrow we will let you know how fellow web crawlers like you answered.
WHICH MOVIE ARE YOU MORE EXCITED TO SEE: WICKED OR GLADIATOR 2?
To answer questions like this in the future, sign up for web_crawlr here.
🤳 Today’s Viral Video
Dating in 2024 has come to literally tagging people.
🎶 Now Playing: “This Charming Man” by The Smiths 🎶
