Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here.Ā Welcome to todayās edition of web_crawlr.Ā
OurĀ top storiesĀ today are about: A viral video showingĀ chaos ensuing at a Panera drive-thru, Avril Lavigne finallyĀ addressing the clone replacement conspiracy theory about her, why the internet canāt stop talking about the āFour Seasons Baby,ā and Trumpās social media company admitting that if people stop being interested in the former presidentĀ the company will die off.Ā
After that, our Senior Politics and Technology EditorĀ DavidĀ has a āDeplatformedā column for you.Ā
See you tomorrow!Ā
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ā” Today in internet culture
š CAUGHT ON CAMERA
āBut whereās the car supposed to go?ā: Viewers defend Panera customer who canāt figure out drive-thru, causes havoc
A driverāsĀ mishap in a Panera Bread drive-thruĀ was caught on camera, and peopleĀ have a lot of thoughts about it.Ā
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š„ CONSPIRACY
Avril Lavigne finally addresses clone replacement conspiracy
For those unfamiliar, in 2011 a Brazilian fan site theorized that Melissa Vandella, an actress Lavigne hadĀ allegedly hired to deal with the paparazziĀ for her, hadĀ replaced her in 2003Ā after the starletās mysterious so-called death.
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š¶ VIRAL
āThat baby is fully sentientā: The internet canāt stop talking about the āFour Seasons Babyā
The latestĀ TikTok sensationĀ hasĀ everyone rethinking babies.
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š¬ TECH
Truth Social admits people losing interest in Trump could kill the site
If peopleĀ arenāt interestedĀ in Trumpās post anymore,Ā the companyās toast, they say.
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š Deplatformed
ByĀ David Covucci
Politics & Technology Editor
Deplatformed: Save a Horseman of the Apocalypse
DeplatformedĀ is a weekly column that looks into theĀ nether reaches of the internetāoutside the big few that everyone already coversāto tell you theĀ political discourse online.Ā It runs on Thursdays in the Daily Dotās web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to get this columnĀ a day beforeĀ we publish it,Ā subscribe to web_crawlr, where youāll get the daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.
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Here is what else is happening across the ānet.
š AĀ hair salon customerĀ posted a viral TikTok in her car afterĀ paying $300 for a highlight appointment. She says the stylistĀ tried to charge $40 to dry her hair.
šØ Apparently there is aĀ hotel in Las Vegas that you shouldnāt stay in, at least according toĀ this one warning that went viral.Ā
š In a viral video, aĀ mechanic shared his picksĀ forĀ car brandsĀ that have become āmoney pits.ā
š Murmurs ofĀ how Chick-fil-A customers can nab free sandwichesĀ from the restaurant haveĀ been circulating the internetĀ for quite some time.
š¶ļø A woman issuedĀ a warningĀ afterĀ wearing Amazon sunglassesĀ andĀ experiencing yellow dots in eye. She says she later learnedĀ she may have permanently damaged her eyes.
šļø PerennialĀ DoorDash usersĀ mayāve found a way to cure their addiction to ordering through the application so much: having theĀ same driver call them out for multiple orders on the same day.
š From theĀ Daily Dot archive:Ā Is there aĀ First Amendment right to assembleĀ in the metaverse?
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After gettingĀ a letter in the mail, this wife finds out thatĀ her husband may have a 13-year-old child neither of them knew about. Viewers are at theĀ edge of their seats, waiting toĀ know the truth.
In a now-viral TikTok, Danielle Dewmt (@mrs.dwmt) saysĀ her husband received a letter in the mailĀ from the Department of Children and Families (DCF) asking ifĀ he can care for a child that needs a new home.
āIām pretty confident they donāt just send these letters to just anyone,ā Dewmt says. āIām pretty sure you have to be on a list or like somehow related to the child. We donāt know who the child is. They provided the childās name and date of birth. So, by our calculations, the child is 13, and it would [have] made my husband 24 years old when the child was born.ā
āDo I have a child?ā Dewmtās husband says toward the end of the video, most likely with some humor,Ā as the camera shows his alarmed face and Dewmtās laugh.