Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to todayâs edition of web_crawlr.Â
Our top stories today are about: A woman going viral for talking about how her Panda Express chicken was making strange noises, a senatorâs brutal burger fail that was so bad he deleted the post about it, an ex-Uber driver spilling tea on why drivers cancel rides, and five beauty product dupes that are just like the original.Â
After that, our Politics and Technology Editor David has a âDeplatformedâ column for you.Â
See you tomorrow!Â
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⥠Today in Internet Culture
đ WTF
âIâm a professional chef and Iâm weirded outâ: Viewers speculate after Panda Express customer hears strange noise coming from their food
In a viral video with more than a million views, a mother-daughter duo shared how freaked out they were to find that one of their crispy chicken chunks was making strange noises.
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đ VIRAL POLITICS
âCanât even pretend to be normalâ: Chuck Schumerâs homemade cheeseburger was so gross he deleted the evidence
A photo of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumerâs (D-N.Y.) grilling hamburgers got so brutally roasted that the Democrat chose to delete it.
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đ GIG ECONOMY
âI can name you several reasonsâ: Ex-Uber driver shows the real reason they canceled your ride
A woman pulled from her experience as a former Uber driver in Las Vegas to spill some tea on why she would cancel rides.Â
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đ LIFE HACKS
âOmg I need all of theseâ: 5 beauty product dupes that are just like the original
In this list, weâre breaking down five of the best dupe deals TikTok has had to offer lately. Letâs get into it.Â
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đ Deplatformed
By David Covucci
Politics & Technology Editor
Deplatformed:Â Nourish Cooperativeâs raw milk saga
Deplatformed is a weekly column that looks into the nether reaches of the internetâoutside the big few that everyone already coversâto tell you the political discourse online. It runs on Thursdays in the Daily Dotâs web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to get this column a day before we publish it, subscribe to web_crawlr, where youâll get the daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.
đ¸ď¸ Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ânet.
đŚ This McDonaldâs customer got a lot of attention after sharing how she couldnât believe how much the new Grandma McFlurry costs.
đŚ An Amazon driver called out the company for faulty vans after hers died during a 190-stop shift.
đ This video showcasing what appears to be a car ownerâs fiery retaliation against a repossession agency has gone viral. It backfired.Â
âş In a video with over 1.2 million views, a Walmart shopper showed the âcrazyâ deal he got on a 10-person tent made by Ozark. The scanner showed the tent for sale for just $0.75.Â
đľ Yet another TikTok has gone viral with regards to the tipping culture debateâand this time, it features a tersely worded stance that generated some debate.Â
đ From the Daily Dot archive: Distorted TikTok sounds hurt marginalized creatorsâand AI is making it worse.
𤳠Todayâs Viral Video
The âChipotle Boysâ have gone viral đŻâ¨