Hello fellow web crawlers! Kira here. Welcome to todayâs edition of web_crawlr.Â
Todayâs top stories are about: an uninvited guest at a Texas Roadhouse customerâs table, a flight attendantâs tips for travelers, an Airbnb host who complained about his guests online only to have the internet turn on him, and the incredulous reaction to BetterHelpâs minuscule compensation for a data breach.
Weâve also got a more uplifting story for you in todayâs âOne Good Thingâ section.Â
Until next time,
â K.D.
⥠Today in Internet Culture
đŞłGROSS
âI have never been so disappointedâ: Texas Roadhouse customer finds something unexpected when her food arrives
A Texas Roadhouse customer has gone viral after encountering an uninvited guest at her table.
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âď¸ INSIDER INFO
âStop getting ice with your drinkâ: 5 travel tips to fly by from flight attendants
âListen to me or donât. Iâm just trying to save u,â a flight attendant told viewers on TikTok.Â
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đ AIRBNBâS STILL LOSING THE PR BATTLE
âYou lost me at $1,000 a nightâ: Airbnb host says guests tried to scam him. Viewers arenât on his side
âAirbnb landlords are the actual worst,â one commenter wrote on the video.Â
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đ¸ DATA BREACH DISCOURSE
â3 minutes of IRL therapyâ: BetterHelpâs compensation for exposing usersâ data to Meta is laughably small
âNothing like getting your mental health exposed to corporate America for $9.72,â one Redditor posted.Â
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đ One Good Thing
We cover the âbest and worstâ of internet culture, but sometimes the âbestâ can get lost in the shuffle. Weâll focus on stories that highlight the âbestâ in a re-occurring section called âOne Good Thing.âÂ
âI just got a $2k checkâ: Woman says the government may owe you money. Hereâs how to find out
According to TikTok user Avery (@averybrynn1), you might have money waiting for you that you donât even know about.
Avery has previously gone viral and sparked discussion after claiming to reveal how to win at casinos and warning users not to try the Chipotle catering meal prep hack. Now, she says that the government may owe you money, and thereâs an easy way to find out if they do.
âI just found out that if you go to your stateâs treasuryâs website, thereâs a huge list of all the money that the government owes people,â she explains in a video with over 4.9 million views. âIf youâre on that list, you can literally reach out and they will send you a check.â
While Avery says she was not personally owed any money, she was able to see that others were owed considerable amounts of cash.
âI donât think you understand. There are thousands of yâall that could be in Cabo this weekend,â she says. The money, she states, âcould be from tax refunds, class action lawsuits.â
âI think that thereâs a reason why this isnât advertised. It is quite literally free money,â she adds.
đ¸ď¸ Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ânet.
đŽ A new electric USPS truck was recently showcased in a viral TikTok video and viewers are making fun of its unconventional design.Â
𼤠This McDonaldâs expert is getting a lot of attention for sharing the real reason free drink refills are going away.Â
âď¸ More Tesla problems are cropping up online. One woman says her Tesla stopped working and wouldnât even open in 93-degree heat.Â
đ¨ Imagine paying hundreds for a hotel room only to end up having to sleep on the beach. One hotel customer says they had to spend the night outside after the master key to their hotel room didnât work.
đ A viral video posted to TikTok is warning those wanting Gel-X nails to avoid getting them done at salons.Â
đź From the Daily Dot archive: For Gen Z, office culture is both nostalgic and glamorous (sometimes).Â
đ Question of the Day
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