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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here.Ā Welcome to todayā€™s edition of web_crawlr.Ā 

OurĀ top storiesĀ today are about: How Vice Presidential candidateĀ Tim Walzā€™s dog somehow became part of a MAGA conspiracy theory, howĀ accidentally committing a crime at Ashley FurnitureĀ came back to haunt someone, a driver alleging thatĀ Enterprise Rent-a-Car tried to scam her, andĀ how the internet reactedĀ the rumored return ofĀ Ted LassoĀ for season four.Ā 

After that, our Assistant Newsletter EditorĀ KiraĀ has a ā€œDecoding Fandomā€ column for you.Ā 

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See you tomorrow!Ā 

ā€” A.W.Ā 


āš” Today in Internet Culture

šŸ¶ VIRAL POLITICS
Tim Walz petted a dog that wasnā€™t hisā€”and the far-right absolutely lost it

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D)Ā adopted a dog named Scout after getting elected. Scout is a black Labrador retriever and Walz frequently posts pictures of him on social media. That should be the end of the story,Ā but a post from a trip to the dog park sparked a fake controversy.

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šŸ›‹ļø WTF
ā€˜A whole felonyā€™: Woman accidentally commits crime after shopping at Ashley Furniture. Hereā€™s how to avoid making the same mistake

A woman went viral after revealing howĀ failing to payĀ for an Ashley Furniture couchĀ led to her unexpected arrest and a felony chargeĀ that haunted her for years.

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šŸš— SCAMS
ā€˜I no longer rent from that companyā€™: Driver warns against Enterprise Rent-a-Car after they allegedly tried to scam her

A woman says sheā€™sĀ never going to rent from Enterprise Rent-a-CarĀ againā€”or rent a car at all, for that matterā€”afterĀ alleging that the rental car chain tried to scam her.

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šŸ“ŗ POP CULTURE
ā€˜Burn this project to the groundā€™: The internet reacts to the rumored return of ā€˜Ted Lassoā€™ for Season 4

TheĀ hit Apple showā€™s resurgenceĀ hasĀ led to some mixed responsesĀ from the good folk of the Internet.

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Decoding Fandom, a web_crawlr column

ByĀ Kira Deshler
Assistant Newsletter Editor

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Chappell Roan TikToks spark debate about toxic fan behaviorĀ 

In each edition of web_crawlr we have exclusive original content every day. On Wednesdays our Assistant Newsletter Editor Kira Deshler dives deep into the world of fan culture in her ā€œDecoding Fandomā€ column. If you want to read columns like this before everyone else,Ā subscribe to web_crawlrĀ to get your daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.


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šŸ•øļø Crawling the Web

Here is what else is happening across the ā€˜net.

āœˆļø Viewers areĀ trying to silence this TikTokerĀ after heĀ shared a gatekeep-worthy travel hack. The worried viewers say theĀ airlinesĀ will start to catch onĀ once his post goes viral.

šŸ½ļø A TikToker posted a viral video revealingĀ what she hears poor people discuss at dinnerĀ vs.Ā what she hears rich people discuss at dinner. After explaining her reasoning,Ā viewers are divided.

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šŸ‹ļø ThisĀ Crunch FitnessĀ customer went viral afterĀ detailing her less-than-ideal experienceĀ returning to theĀ gym.

šŸŸ Chick-fil-AĀ has to come out and say itĀ amid viral misinformation: TheĀ waffle fries arenā€™t going away.

šŸ» When youā€™re having aĀ great night at the barĀ and your social battery has run out, itĀ can be easy to walk out of the jointĀ without remembering to close your tab. But according to this bartender,Ā you may want to think twice about not closing yourself out.

šŸ¦  From theĀ Daily Dot archive:Ā Here are the viral marketing campaignsĀ that helped shape the internetĀ as we know it.

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Michael Keatonā€™s process in creatingĀ Beetlejuice.

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