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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. 

Here’s the latest trending internet culture stories today: A relationship test that went viral that asks whether your partner is a cowboy, samurai, or pirate, how extremely widespread “leaked” audio of JD Vance bashing Elon Musk isn’t real, an explainer of the backlash to Snow White, and how TikTok is keeping small businesses alive. 

After that, our Assistant Newsletter Editor Kira has a “Decoding Fandom” column for you about some new film discourse playing out online. 

We are also introducing something new today! Down at the bottom of the newsletter most days, we will be sharing what the most popular story on the Daily Dot was for the previous day. 

Many of you said you only read the Daily Dot in the newsletter, so we thought we’d share some other parts of the website on a daily basis. (We can’t fit everything in the newsletter!)

Tell me what you think of the new edition to the newsletter! 

— A.W. 

Today in Internet Culture

TRENDS
‘Works every time’: Would your partner rather be a cowboy, samurai, or pirate? The answer will tell you everything you need to know

But what does this even mean? Well, creators have started to break down the trend and explain what each label means for a man.

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DEBUNK
‘Leaked’ audio of JD Vance bashing Musk blows up online—but isn’t real

In the “leaked” audio, a voice alleged to belong to Vance can be heard complaining that, despite being from South Africa, Musk has taken an outsized role in the U.S. government.

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POP CULTURE
‘Snow White’ backlash explodes: Rachel Zegler, dwarves debate, and a wild Diddy theory

Was the Snow White remake doomed by controversy? Here’s why everyone’s mad.

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VIRAL
How TikTok is keeping small businesses alive—one viral video at a time

The bank was about to evict her juice bar. Then one TikTok creator walked in the door.

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By Kira Deshler
Assistant Newsletter Editor

Fans already have passionate thoughts about Chris Evans vs. Pedro Pascal in upcoming film ‘Materialists’

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Crawling the Web

Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.

This woman’s Hershey’s chocolate bar was a different color than she expected. “Um, can I eat this?” she said upon opening it.

With talk of changes to the Department of Education, a woman is urging federal student loan borrowers to download their loan records before it’s too late.

Walmart shopping can get chaotic—crowded aisles, packed shelves, and long checkout lines. With so much going on, it’s easy for things to get misplaced, including shopping carts. But if that happens, who’s responsible?

This man says he makes $300 a night by selling frozen beef lasagna from his kitchen.

From the Daily Dot archive: For Gen Z, office culture is both nostalgic and glamorous (sometimes).

Question of the Day

Everyone’s got opinions, and we want to know yours. Just click a button below to answer the question, and tomorrow we will let you know how fellow web crawlers like you answered. 

DO YOU WANT TO SEE ‘SNOW WHITE’? 

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Hot on the Dot

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