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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here.Ā Welcome to todayā€™s edition of web_crawlr.Ā 

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OurĀ top storiesĀ today are about: People thinking theyĀ spotted a UFO at the Trump shooting, why horror fans areĀ expressing their love forĀ LonglegsĀ online, theĀ hilarious ways people found outĀ President Joe Biden was stepping down, and anĀ explainer of the Lisa Simpson presentation meme.Ā 

After that, our Assistant EditorĀ KiraĀ has a ā€œDecoding Fandomā€ column for you. How are you digging the new column logos so far?Ā 

See you tomorrow!Ā 

ā€” A.W.Ā 

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āš” Today in Internet Culture

šŸ‘½ EXTRA-TRUMP-ESTRIALĀ 
Did aliens watch Trump get shot? Unverified videos hype UFO sighting at rally

ā€œWas this a drone or UFO at the Trump shooting?ā€ one personĀ questionedĀ online. Ā 

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šŸ“½ļø POP CULTUREĀ 
Horror fans already love the ā€˜Longlegsā€™ movieā€”hereā€™s why

DoesĀ LonglegsĀ live up to the hype?

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šŸ¤£ VIRAL POLITICSĀ 
From PopCrave to text chains, here are the many hilarious ways people heard about the Joe Biden news

Hereā€™s a roundup of some of theĀ fantastic circumstances in which people found outĀ Biden wasĀ dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.

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šŸ—£ļø MEMESĀ 
Why the Lisa Simpson presentation meme captured our attention

FansĀ use an image fromĀ The SimpsonsĀ as a macro to make any pointĀ that any internet user might find to beĀ either important or profound.Ā 

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Decoding Fandom, a web_crawlr column

ByĀ Kira Deshler
Assistant Newsletter Editor

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For Twenty One Pilots fans, fan art is a means of expression, community-building

In each edition of web_crawlr we have exclusive original content every day. On Wednesdays our Assistant Newsletter Editor Kira Deshler dives deep into the world of fan culture in her ā€œDecoding Fandomā€ column. If you want to read columns like this before everyone else,Ā subscribe to web_crawlrĀ to get your daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.

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šŸ•øļø Crawling the Web

Here is what else is happening across the ā€˜net.

šŸ’… A woman went viral afterĀ sharing her anxiety-inducing experience at a nail salonĀ that she saidĀ ultimately left her in tears.Ā 

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šŸ  Ever hadĀ runny salmonĀ for dinner?Ā Neither have we. In a new, viral TikTok, however, a chef and content creatorĀ got just that when she opened her salmon filet packageĀ she bought from a discount chain.Ā 

šŸ’³ An ex-worker posted a viral video explaining theĀ credit card quotas she had to make when working in retail. She says this constant demand led toĀ poor customer experiencesĀ and ultimately,Ā drove her to leave the profession.

šŸ’Ø This Kansas City-based woman revealed howĀ she bought a portable AC unit to combat a heat waveĀ while trying toĀ lower her electricity bill. And now weā€™re all wondering whether this increasingly common solutionĀ is worth the effort.

šŸ’µ A recent video hasĀ sparked a discussion on tippingĀ after a manĀ says he was given a large group automatic gratuityĀ even thoughĀ four of the diners were his children.

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šŸ¤³ Todayā€™s Viral Video

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