Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to todayâs edition of web_crawlr.Â
Our top stories to kick off the weekend are about: Five creepy job interviewsâthat include tears and inappropriate questionsâthat have gone viral recently, explaining why Kamala Harris is having a âBrat Girl Summer,â why some people online are talking about a âtimeline shift,â and why Trump-backing big tech accounts are changing their profile pictures.Â
After that, weâve got another edition of âMeme Historyâ for you.Â
P.S. â Did you take our weekly news quiz yesterday? If not, you still can! Just open yesterdayâs newsletter to answer the question. If you guess correctly, you might win a âSizzlinâ Scoopsâ shirt.Â
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â A.W.Â
⥠Today in Internet Culture
đŒ LABOR
âAre you single?â: 5 creepy job interviews that crossed the line
Itâs incredibly disheartening when you do manage to secure a job interview, only for it to go horribly wrong.
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âïž VIRAL POLITICS
Kamala Harris is having a âBrat Girl Summerâ: Hereâs what that means
âKamala IS bratâ is a phrase posted to Twitter by English singer Charli XCX after Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee. This endorsement by the popular artist spread fast and was soon embraced by the Harris campaign, entering full meme status in a matter of days.
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â±ïž TRENDS
What is a âtimeline shiftâ and why are people talking about it on TikTok?
Yâall like wacky mumbo jumbo? Pull up a chair.Â
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đŽ TECH
Are these tech titansâ new Dark MAGA aesthetic just hype for a meme coin?
A swarm of Trump-backing reactionary big-tech accounts on X are bathing their profile pictures in a deep-fried red hue and gleaming blue laser eye filters.
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By Kyle Calise
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đžïž Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ânet.
đ„Š In a viral video, a dietitian shared the real reason you should wash fruits and vegetablesâand it has nothing to do with pesticides.Â
đ Here are five tricks to save big when shopping for clothes online.
đ„© Across the internet, shoppers love Costco. However, some have raised questions about the chainâs refrigerated and frozen foodsâspecifically, the chainâs steaks.Â
đ„ No one likes to feel taken advantage ofâespecially when it comes to money. When the math on a service charge was reportedly not adding up, this IHOP customer put her foot down.
đ§ One TikTok user asked the question that pretty much everyone whoâs ever had a cup of Hawaiian Punch has asked: Why in the world does the stuff never get cold?
đŽ An Applebeeâs server says she lost her job with the restaurant after working there for more than 10 years when a table of seven decided to leave without paying their bill.
đź From the Daily Dot archive: A background check company is secretly paying cops on TikTok to push its services.
đ€ł Todayâs Viral Video
A wheel of cheese is rolled down a steep hill and people run (or roll) down after it! đ§