Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Our top stories today are about: Vice Presidential hopeful JD Vance having an egg price fail that went viral, how the internet is divided over a woman cleaning graves, Cards Against Humanity suing Elon Musk, and a man setting a trap to catch his co-worker who keeps stealing his lunch.
After that, our Assistant Newsletter Editor Kira has a “Decoding Fandom” column for you.
See you tomorrow!
— A.W.
⚡ Today in Internet Culture
🥚 EGG ON HIS FACE
JD Vance accidentally reveals great deal for eggs while blasting Harris for rising egg prices
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) was left with egg on his face recently after discussing inflation at a campaign stop in Pennsylvania.
🪦 DISCOURSE
‘Extremely disrespectful’: Woman cheerfully cleaning graves on TikTok divides internet
For some, this is an extremely noble task, giving some much-needed TLC to long-neglected resting places. However, for many across social media, this whole thing is pretty problematic.
⚖️ TECH
Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX: ‘Not on my 2024 bingo card’
Yes, Cards Against Humanity is suing noted Twitter devaluer, hated dad, and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
🥪 VIRAL
Man sets a trap to catch co-worker who keeps stealing his lunch. Does it work?
A man is going viral after claiming to have set an elaborate trap to catch the co-worker who keeps stealing his lunch.
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By Kira Deshler
Assistant Newsletter Editor
‘Agatha All Along’ divides MCU purists and queer fans
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🕸️ Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
🍨 In a viral video, a customer called out a frozen yogurt place after they wouldn’t let her pay without tipping first.
🖥️ A Best Buy worker told a strange tale of a customer loading up his cart with items just minutes before the store closed for the night, creating enough suspicion for the store manager to call the police.
🥵 The thing about heatwaves is that they can be brutal. That’s something a UPS delivery driver learned the hard way after spending a shift in a hot, un-air-conditioned truck.
🥤 This man assaulted a McDonald’s worker just so he could expand his adult Happy Meal cup collection.
🩸 A woman claims she found something appalling in her Adidas shoe box. If you’re squeamish about blood, you may not want to hear this story.
🎬 From the Daily Dot archive: Here are the viral marketing campaigns that helped shape the internet as we know it.
📝 Question of the Day
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DO YOU THINK THE WOMAN WHO WENT VIRAL FOR CLEANING GRAVES IS NOBLE OR DISRESPECTFUL?
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🤳 Today’s Viral Video
Actor Josh Gad scared actress Ashley Park during an interview.
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