Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Our top stories to kick off the weekend are about: How the 2024 election discourse has reached Diet Mountain Dew somehow, a customer noticing something strange about her jar of pickles, a Sonic worker getting revenge on customers who try the “pull off” method, and how RFK Jr. is now the subject of a meme where he confesses to all of the world’s disasters.
After that, we’ve got a new edition of “Meme History” for you.
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⚡ Today in Internet Culture
🥤 DEW-BATE
2024 is officially a race between 2 Diet Mountain Dew guys
Get ready for the VP Dew-bate. Both Vice Presidential candidates Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) seem to enjoy Diet Mountain Dew.
🥒 WTF
‘I’m freaking out’: Customer drinks from jar of Grillo’s Pickles. Then she notices something strange
A woman sipping on pickle juice noticed something in her jar, and now she’s freaked out.
🚘 LABOR
‘Please don’t try to pull off bro’: Sonic worker gets revenge on customers who try to do the ‘pull off’ method
For as long as there have been quick-service restaurants, there have been people trying to steal from them.
🤣 VIRAL POLITICS
Harambe, Chernobyl, 9/11: After bear cub reveal, new meme wonders what else RFK Jr. was secretly behind
Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr. is the subject of a new meme in which he confesses to causing all the world’s disasters.
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🕸️ Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
🍕 A Peter Piper Pizza customer is claiming that their party got kicked out of the restaurant for pouring a Michelob Ultra tallboy into one of the restaurant’s pitchers to keep the party going.
⛽ As a result of high prices, many people are seeking hacks to find the best and cheapest methods for refueling their cars. Now, one user on TikTok says he has the answers.
🏋️ Gym memberships are notoriously difficult to cancel, so one woman went viral after sharing what it takes to cancel a Planet Fitness membership.
🌈 What is Prism Hair? Here’s an explainer on TikTok’s colorful, viral hair trend.
🥪 If you’re a worker at Subway—or any restaurant for that matter—be mindful of mystery shoppers.
🌐 From the Daily Dot archive: Is there a First Amendment right to assemble in the metaverse?
🤳 Today’s Viral Video
Kamala Harris is about the McDonald’s life.
