Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Our top stories today are about: Trump’s spit nauseating the internet, an explainer of the “oh no” monkey meme, how cats are having eerie reactions to the sounds of Ancient Egypt, and Taylor Swift coming to Lady Gaga’s defense after she was body-shamed on TikTok.
After that, the trending team shares with you their pick for “Main Character of the Week.”
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See you tomorrow,
— A.W.
⚡ Today in Internet Culture
💦 EWWWW
‘Absolutely disgusting’: Trump’s ‘foamy saliva’ clip nauseates viewers
Yuck.
🐒 MEMES
The Planet of the Apes ‘oh no’ monkey meme helps express your worst moments
The “oh no” monkey meme is a 2024 TikTok video trend using a clip from War for the Planet of the Apes to express horror and disapproval.
🐱 THE INTERNET LOVES CATS
Cats are having eerie reactions to the sounds of Ancient Egypt on TikTok
The felines of TikTok long for their glory days.
🎤 POP CULTURE
‘Can we all agree that it’s invasive and irresponsible?’: Taylor Swift comes to Lady Gaga’s defense after she was body-shamed on TikTok
Taylor Swift chimed in after people body-shamed Lady Gaga online.
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👑 Main Character of the Week
By Ramon Ramirez
Managing Editor
Main Character of the Week: Spirit Airlines traveler who went through an emergency landing
Main Character of the Week is a weekly column that tells you the most prominent “main character” online (good or bad). It runs on Fridays in the Daily Dot’s web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to get this column a day before we publish it, subscribe to web_crawlr, where you’ll get the daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.
🕸️ Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
🐟 An Applebee’s server on TikTok posted a viral video that dives into the struggles of working in the service industry. For example, she says a customer asked her if the restaurant’s fish and chips contained fish.
☕ Coffee orders come in all shapes and sizes, just like the people who place them. While baristas at both chains like Starbucks and local spots can privately complain about customers’ elaborate orders, some have taken to the internet to call out their regulars.
🌯 If you love the barbacoa at Chipotle, this one’s for you. A Chipotle grill worker says some things are fresher than others and has viewers debating in the comments section about what the truth is.
🍸 There are all sorts of faux pas you can commit at a bar, but one woman says a bar banned all its customers from ordering cocktails after she asked for a French 75.
🏨 As soon as a Hilton Hotel guest made it inside her room after checking in, she realized there was a big problem.
🔍 From the Daily Dot archive: Telegram is supercharging conspiracy theories across the planet.
🤳 Today’s Viral Video
This is an absolutely terrible movie theater hack.
