Newsletter: Lawsuit reveals terrifying Disney+ terms of service clause

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

Today’s top stories are about: the tragic way the world found out about a scary clause in Disney+’s terms of service, the difference between Gen Z and millennial ‘heart hands,’ the unsurprising way Elon Musk fanboys are using his AI service, Grok, and a discussion about what you would do if you had a soda fountain in your house.

After that, Mikael answers one of your questions in his ‘Your Password Sucks‘ column.

Until next time,

— K.D. 

⚡ Today in Internet Culture

🏰 WE LIVE IN A DYSTOPIA
‘No way this can be real’: ‘South Park’ predicted Disney+’s Black Mirror-esque lawsuit clause

A tragedy at ‘the most magical place on earth’ is as dystopian as can be.

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❤️ GENERATIONAL DIVIDES
You can tell whether someone’s Gen Z or millennial by the way they do the ‘heart hands’

When did the heart hand sign change?

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🤖 IS AI….BAD?
Elon Musk fanboys instantly use Grok’s new image generator to whip up compromising Taylor Swift pics

Images include Swift with an AR-15 rifle and kissing former President Donald Trump.

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🥤 LUXURY LIFESTYLES
‘You can have Coke products as well as Pepsi products’: Should you buy a 12-fountain soda machine for your house? Expert weighs in

Listen to this soda expert explain the benefits. 

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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.

🔌 This tenant discovered that their property manager installed a box on the side of their house that may be using their electricity. What is this box for?

🧀 This California Pizza Kitchen customer received a box of cheese instead of mac and cheese. Workers told her she placed the wrong order. 

🦐 “Is shrimps bugs?”

🪑 A restaurant customer was caught in an altercation on camera, where he appeared to take a chair from a pregnant woman.

✈️ “Don’t book on Tuesday, period,” is what one airport worker shared in a viral video about why you should never fly out of Atlanta on a Tuesday. 

📺 From the Daily Dot archive: What do users actually want from streaming services? 

📝 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. 

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🤳 Today’s Viral Video

Tim Walz would be the first Aries VP since Al Gore. 

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