Newsletter: Wild first date ends with stolen car

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

Here’s the latest trending internet culture stories today: a woman’s viral first date story that ended with robbery, why conspiracy theorists are linking Trump’s tariffs to the Titanic, one woman’s efforts to “de-pill” her son, and the best strategies moms have for rebranding food for their kids.

After that, Mikael has a “One Dumb Conspiracy” column for you.

Until next time,

— K.D. 

Today in Internet Culture

DATING NIGHTMARE
‘He was gone for like 10, 15 minutes’: Woman recounts disastrous first date that ended with her car being stolen

A TikToker’s first date took a wild turn after her date claimed to need a phone from her car—and then stole it.

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CONSPIRACY THEORIES
What do Trump’s tariffs have to do with the Titanic? QAnon knows

Conspiracy theorists are convinced Trump was sending them coded messages.

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TOXIC MASCULINITY 
She ‘de-pilled’ her son: Mom goes viral for calmly dismantling her son’s red pill logic, one question at a time

The Netflix show Adolescence struck a nerve with families due to its portrayal of cyberbullying and the Red Pill movement. 

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MODERN PARENTING
‘Son hates bagels but loves bread donuts’: 20 moms share the wildest food rebrands that get their kids to eat anything

“My kids wouldn’t eat the crust on pizza until I told them it was a free bread stick,” one mom wrote.

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By Mikael Thalen
Staff Reporter

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Crawling the Web

Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.

A rare doomsday fish washed up, and people think it’s a bad omen.

If you’re a Diet Coke girlie, buckle up—one woman just shared a horror story for soda stans everywhere.

Why are there two Texas Roadhouse locations right next to each other? 

According to one person who has made it her mission to know, “Chili’s needs to chill.”

A TikToker has been left enraged after getting a lot more than he bargained for in a Hershey’s order from Shipt.

From the Daily Dot archive: A background check company is secretly paying cops on TikTok to push its services.

Question of the Day

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