Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here.Ā Welcome to todayās edition of web_crawlr.Ā
OurĀ top storiesĀ today are about: How the internet reactedĀ to President Biden wearing a Trump hat, the thoughts people have about anĀ expensiveĀ BeetlejuiceĀ tie-in drinkĀ at AMC, Apple beingĀ roasted for a new iPhone featureĀ that Google released 7 years ago, and a Dominoās customer findingĀ something unexpected on her boneless wings and pizza.
After that, weāve got another edition of āMeme Historyā for you.Ā
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ā” Today in Internet Culture
š§¢ VIRAL POLITICS
MAGA fans read way too much into Biden donning a Trump 2024 hat
The White HouseĀ clarifiedĀ theĀ moment was about unity.
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š¹ POP CULTURE
AMCās $31 āBeetlejuiceā drink goes viral for all the wrong reasons: āthe world we live inā
TheĀ expensive tie-in drinkĀ has peopleĀ posting their disbelief, awe, rage, and confusion.Ā
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š± TECH
Apple roasted over new iPhone 16 feature that Google released 7 years ago
Not everybodyĀ was convincedĀ that the featuresĀ were anything new.
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š YIKES
āThey lied to youā: Dominoās customer finds something unexpected on her boneless wings and pizza. The workers tell her itās cornmeal
Every once in a while, your takeout order might comeĀ along with a hair or another foreign matter you didnāt anticipate. ThatāsĀ the experience one Dominoās customer is going through online.
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šøļø Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ānet.
š¦ AnĀ Amazon driverĀ bristled atĀ delivery instructions that were tooĀ āsassy,āĀ and heĀ followed along with other driversĀ who hadĀ apparently disappointed that customer.
š¦ We all know that summer isĀ peak mosquito season. Sometimes, it might feel likeĀ mosquitoes never leave you alone. But didĀ you know that there are actual reasons for this?
š Retail workers donāt have it easyāfrom customers doing the deed in dressing rooms, to leaving behind garbage, to ruining merchandise,Ā store employees deal with a lot.
šø AnĀ InstacartĀ shopperĀ exposed the ācrazyā demands of a customerĀ who onlyĀ initially tipped $2.50. The customerĀ later reduced the tip to $0.Ā
š§ø In a viral video, this mom wasĀ shocked by how the kidsā toy aisle has transformedĀ and questioned whetherĀ what sheās seeing is okay for kidsā development.
š¼ From theĀ Daily Dot archive:Ā For Gen Z, office culture is both nostalgic and glamorous (sometimes).Ā
š¤³ Todayās Viral Video
Imagine being an A-list movie star and then going broke.Ā