Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Our top stories today are about: A man who is going viral for sharing how often he went to Starbucks last year that has people shocked, a new bill in Congress that could ban TikTok in the U.S., an exclusive report about how Democrats last-minute dealings killed the nomination of President Biden’s FCC nominee, and a truly horrifying discovery by a DoorDash customer.
After that, our Politics Reporter Claire has her weekly “Dirty Delete” column.
See you tomorrow!
— A.W.
⚡ Today’s top stories
☕ WTF
‘I spent almost $5,000’: Customer says he visited Starbucks 653 times in 2022
A video detailing a customer’s year-in-review from Starbucks has a lot of people shocked at how often he visited the coffee chain.
🚫 TECH
Biden calls on Congress to pass bipartisan bill that could ban TikTok
The RESTRICT Act would give the U.S. government the authority to ban TikTok.
🔗 INTERNET RIGHTS
EXCLUSIVE: How 3 Democrats’ last-minute dealings killed Gigi Sohn’s FCC nomination for good
Sohn’s officially withdrew her nomination.
😱 VIRAL
‘I’d be on the phone until somebody was jobless’: DoorDash customer says he found used condom in his Chick-fil-A bag
Sometimes, a fast food order can bring unwelcome surprises—as one unfortunate Chick-fil-A customer discovered when opening their DoorDash delivery in a viral video.
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🗳️ Dirty Delete
Freshman Georgia rep is a pale imitation of Trump
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🕸️ Crawling the web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
🙅♀️ A woman went on TikTok to talk about a “red flag” involving someone she’s been dating, and commenters definitely advised her to move on.
💼 In a viral video, a labor lawyer warned viewers of something they should never do if they’re leaving a workplace that mistreated them.
🌮 A woman’s video showing herself picking up a Chipotle catering order to use for meal preparation instead of cooking the components herself has drawn over 380,000 views.
🍴 This restaurant server is putting customers on blast for attempting to change their reservations last minute and add to their party’s size.
🔍 From the Daily Dot archive: Telegram issupercharging conspiracy theories across the planet.
🍷 A TikToker went viral after expressing her shock at just finding out how easy it is to scam the “tab” system at bars.
💳 This video where a man claims Netflix charged his Visa despite it being deactivated has a lot of people interested.
📱 From our friends at Passionfruit, the Daily Dot’s creator economy newsletter: “Fashion and comedy icon Tyshon Lawrence shares insight from building an audience of over 18 million followers on TikTok.”
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👋 Before you go
A woman filmed one of her co-workers being berated by a man after he called the Chevrolet dealership they worked at instead of an RV one.
The video was uploaded by TikTok user @tierrag.wright where she filmed a phone call between one of her co-workers and an angry RV customer.
For over a minute, the co-worker and the man were talking in circles, with the man cursing out the co-worker, demanding to be “transferred” to a different department, and the co-worker trying to explain to him that he called the wrong dealership.
