Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to todayâs edition of web_crawlr.Â
Our top stories today are about: Five viral neighbors from hell, people sharing their âboomer complaintsâ online and being surprised with how many they agree with, conservatives spreading false claims about Julian Assangeâs plea deal, and how people online reacted to Katy Perry wearing a 200-yard dress.Â
After that, the trending team shares with you their pick for âMain Character of the Week.âÂ
Also: Itâs Friday, which means itâs time for our weekly news quiz. Just scroll down below and answer the question. If you guess correctly, you might win a âTake Me Out To The Blog Gameâ shirt.Â
One last thing: If you missed it, we sent out an email last night that will catch you up on all the viral moments from last nightâs presidential debate. Be sure to check that out!Â
See you tomorrow!Â
â A.W.Â
⥠Today in Internet Culture
đą WTF
âCall the copsâ: 5 viral neighbors from hell who left us shook
Most of us are fortunate enough to have amicable relationships with our neighbors, but others arenât so lucky. Weâve listed five stories of neighbors from hell, as narrated directly from the victims who lived to tell the tale.Â
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đ´ VIRAL
Young people are sharing their âboomer complaintsâ online, and youâd be surprised how many you agree with
One look at some of the most popular tweets about boomer complaints and youâll be surprised at how much you can relate to.
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đ§ TECH
WikiLeaksâ long-broken website spurs freakout that Biden got Assange to remove DNC emails in plea deal
Conservatives are spreading the false claim that WikiLeaks was forced to delete a cache of emails from the DNC as part of the plea deal that saw Julian Assange released from custody this week.
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đ POP CULTURE
Katy Perry promotes her new single âWomanâs Worldâ with a 200-yard dress
The rollout of the singerâs new song âWomanâs Worldâ has beenâŚodd.
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đ Main Character of the Week
By Ramon Ramirez
Managing Editor
Main Character of the Week:Â Woman who had poor customer service on American AirlinesÂ
Main Character of the Week is a weekly column that tells you the most prominent âmain characterâ online (good or bad). It runs on Fridays 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.
đ In a viral video, a person shared a trick with his 51,000 followers detailing how he always parks for free in garages.Â
đŽ A man went viral for revealing what another driver left him in a Costco parking lot after they hit his parked car. And it wasnât their insurance informationâit was tacos.Â
đŹ Can you imagine going into Walgreens and discovering that the candy aisle was behind locked plastic?Â
đŠâ𦱠Wig TikTok is up in arms right now following what seems to be a free wig scam. One TikToker walked viewers through why they think it was a scam, and others chimed in, agreeing that there were several red flags.
đ´ A server was left stunned after a party of six sat down in the restaurant where he works and flat-out announced up front that they had no intention of tipping him.Â
đĽ From the Daily Dot archive: Here are the invisible victims of true crime content.
𤳠Todayâs Viral Video
Can we get theseâŚÂ everywhere?