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Hello fellow web crawlers! Kira here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Today’s top stories are about: Whycoconut memes went viral after President Joe Biden announcing he would drop out of the 2024 race, an alarming find in a can of Olipop soda that has customers worried, all the best jokes about the Paris Olympics logo, and an instruction manual for how to use the ‘sad ant with bindle’ meme.
After that, Mikael’s got a timely ‘One Dumb Conspiracy‘ column for you.
Until next time,
— K.D.
⚡ Today in Internet Culture
🥥 VIRAL POLITICS
‘Project coconut is a go’: Kamala Harris memes flood the internet in the wake of President Joe Biden’s drop-out announcement
U.S. President Joe Biden announced that he will drop out of the 2024 presidential race and the internet is already brimming with jokes and memes about his potential replacement, Vice President Kamala Harris.
🥤 CONSUMER REVIEWS
‘My Dr Pepper would never’: Customer finds something unusual in Olipop can
“Please we are begging, someone tell us what it is Garrett just drank,” reads the caption on the TikTok video.
🏅 THE INTERNET’S GOT JOKES
‘Yassified Tinder’: People are joking about all the things the Paris Olympics logo looks like
The internet has been tearing apart the logo for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, which one person described as a “lady with a f***-ass bob.”
🐜 MEME EXPLAINER
How to use the ‘sad ant with bindle’ meme
The meme is often used as a “how it feels” joke, with connotations of sadness or rejection.
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🔍 One Dumb Conspiracy
By Mikael Thalen
Staff Reporter
No, the would-be Trump assassin was not transgender
In each edition of web_crawlr we have exclusive original content every day. On Mondays our Tech Reporter Mikael Thalen debunks the most wild conspiracy theories swirling around the web in his “One Dumb Conspiracy” column. If you want to read columns like this before everyone else, subscribe to web_crawlr to get your daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.
🕸️ Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
🎂 Despite what many people think, red velvet cake and chocolate cake are not the same thing. Bakers on TikTok are hoping to educate the masses by dispelling that common misconception.
💨 An air conditioning expert advises that if your unit isn’t cooling your house like it is supposed to, it might need a bit of maintenance that you can do at home with a common household item.
📽️ An attendee of an Inside Out 2 Fan Event is calling out AMC Theatres, saying they didn’t give her the keychain promised in the promotion.
🚗 This driver shared their nightmare experience with a Tesla rental after a wrong charger left them stranded.
✉️ Do you send letters with a wax seal? One USPS customer is issuing a warning that you may want to hear.
🌐 From the Daily Dot archive: Is there a First Amendment right to assemble in the metaverse?
📝 Question of the Day
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DOES THE PARIS OLYMPICS LOGO LOOK LIKE A GOLD FLAME OR A LADY WITH A F***-ASS BOB?
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🤳 Today’s Viral Video
How Americans sound in America vs. anywhere else in the world. 🇺🇸
🎶 Now Playing: “Say It Witcha Chest” by Doggystyleeee x Snoop Dogg 🎶
