Hello fellow web crawlers! Kira here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Today’s top stories are about: Mindy Kaling bringing ‘Brat Summer’ to the DNC (much to the internet’s chagrin), why everyone was scared for Alicia Silverstone’s safety after she ate a random piece of fruit, one woman’s violating experience staying at La Quinta, and the best online reactions to Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s (second) divorce.
After that, check out the Trending Team’s pick for ‘Main Character of the Week.’
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⚡ Today in Internet Culture
🟩 CRINGE-WORTHY
Mindy Kaling’s introduction of Nancy Pelosi killed ‘Brat Summer’
Kaling also called Nancy the “mother of dragons,” making internet users cringe.
🍇 DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME
‘This is so scary’: Alicia Silverstone confirms she’s alive after scaring the internet by eating street fruit
Don’t eat random fruit from a London yard, kids.
🏨 TRAVEL NIGHTMARE
‘Let me get dressed’: La Quinta customer says workers filmed her coming out of the shower
‘That day I was stripped from all my dignity,” said a Texas woman on TikTok.
💒 CELEB DRAMA
The internet reacts to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s divorce—with memes
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are getting divorced again, and the internet’s got jokes.
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Main Character of the Week: The woman who regrets buying a Porsche
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🕸️ Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
⁉️ What does it mean to be “delulu?”
🟢 An Apple customer explained what the green dot on the back of your charger block means—and what to do if yours doesn’t have one.
🏬 This TikToker posted the trick she reportedly used to get a walk-in interview at Walmart while searching for a job.
🛒 A Publix worker said working at the chain grocery store was “the most depressing thing on Earth,” dividing viewers of his viral video.
👀 Shopping at discount stores like Marshalls, T.J. Maxx, and Ross can be as good as a treasure hunt for some folks. That is, if the store employees are stocking merchandise and marking prices correctly.
👕 A woman has gone viral on TikTok after sharing a PSA that might make you rethink your thrift store habits.
📺 From the Daily Dot archive: Here’s why Netflix action movies always suck.
🤳 Today’s Viral Video
A Leo’s birthday upstaged? Glen Powell’s got some nerve!
