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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,
ā K.D.Ā
ā” Today in Internet Culture
š° WE LIVE IN A DYSTOPIA
āNo way this can be realā: āSouth Parkā predicted Disney+ās Black Mirror-esque lawsuit clause
A tragedy at āthe most magical place on earthāĀ is as dystopian as can be.
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ā¤ļø GENERATIONAL DIVIDES
You can tell whether someoneās Gen Z or millennial by the way they do the āheart handsā
When did theĀ heart hand signĀ change?
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š¤ IS AI….BAD?
Elon Musk fanboys instantly use Grokās new image generator to whip up compromising Taylor Swift pics
Images includeĀ Swift with an AR-15 rifleĀ and kissing former President Donald Trump.
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š„¤ LUXURY LIFESTYLES
āYou can have Coke products as well as Pepsi productsā: Should you buy a 12-fountain soda machine for your house? Expert weighs in
Listen toĀ this soda expertĀ explain the benefits.Ā
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ByĀ Mikael Thalen
Staff Reporter
How often should I change my passwords?
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šøļø Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
š This tenant discoveredĀ that their property manager installed a boxĀ on the side of their houseĀ that may be using their electricity.Ā What is this box for?
š§ ThisĀ California Pizza KitchenĀ customerĀ received a box of cheese instead of mac and cheese. Workers told her sheĀ placed the wrong order.Ā
š¦ “Is shrimps bugs?”
šŖ A restaurant customer wasĀ caught in an altercation on camera, where heĀ appeared to take a chair from a pregnant woman.
āļø “Donāt book on Tuesday, period,” is whatĀ one airport workerĀ shared in a viral video aboutĀ why you should never fly out of Atlanta on a Tuesday.Ā
šŗ From theĀ Daily Dot archive:Ā WhatĀ do users actually wantĀ from streaming services?Ā
š Question of the Day
Everyone’s got opinions, andĀ we want to know yours. JustĀ click a button belowĀ to answer the question, and tomorrowĀ we will let you knowĀ how fellow web crawlers like you answered.Ā
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š¤³ Today’s Viral Video
Tim Walz would be the first Aries VP since Al Gore.Ā
š¶ Now Playing: “Come Away With Me” by Norah Jones š¶Ā
