Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Today’s top stories are about: A worker explaining how his boss said his bonus would be “life changing” and it turned out to be a laughably low amount, why this year’s Oscar for best original score is actually the worst, Mark Zuckerberg saying that laying off people at Meta will make it more “fun,” and a notorious ransomware group claiming that it breached Amazon Ring.
After that, we’ve got a “Dirty Delete” column from our Politics Reporter Claire.
See you tomorrow!
— A.W.
⚡ Today’s top stories
💵 WORK DYSTOPIA
Worker says boss told him his bonus would be ‘life-changing’—it was $250
A TikToker shared a story labeled “Boomer Story Time,” about a boss who promised him a “life-changing” bonus—only for that bonus to be a paltry $250.
📽️ CULTURE
Why this year’s Oscar for Best Original Score is actually the worst
All Quiet on the Western Front‘s three-note motif dominated the Oscars—and highlighted the film’s problematic reliance on blockbuster spectacle.
💻 TECH
Mark Zuckerberg says laying off 10,000 people will make working at Meta more ‘fun’
Zuckerberg said the layoffs would also mean more people want to work at Meta.
🔓 HACKING
Notorious ransomware group claims it breached Amazon Ring
A notorious ransomware group claims to have stolen data from Ring, the security camera company owned by Amazon.
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🗳️ Dirty Delete
Roger Stone’s dirty dealings span five decades
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🕸️ Crawling the web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
👀 A viral TikToker who used to work at Union Market in Richmond, Virginia, says the company poisoned them, their coworkers, and customers.
🌯 One TikToker is going viral for claiming that the new “Keithadilla” at Chipotle was “not worth” the $16 price tag.
🥒 After a recent trip to McDonald’s, one woman says she asked for extra pickles and was given an entire cup filled to the brim with the topping.
🏨 This hotel employee is going viral for recounting an interaction she had with a man who was attempting to check into a hotel without a reservation.
💰 Companies should pay workers enough to live close to the office if they force people to work there, one worker claims in this viral video.
🛒 A woman’s video went viral after she revealed an Instacart fail where a male shopper allegedly delivered heaps of brown ginger instead of the ginger root she ordered.
🏳️🌈 From the Daily Dot archive: From Club Penguin to Roblox, LGBTQ youth have always flocked to gaming websites.
💼 A TikTok user’s video has sparked discussion after demonstrating what they claim is a work imbalance between employees and management.
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👋 Before you go
Cheapness is often considered one of the worst qualities that a person can have, but there are many who would argue that there’s a clear difference between being stingy and being frugal. And it appears that there are a lot of TikTokers who are blasting another user for not knowing the difference.
A woman says in a TikTok that she ditched a date she was on because the guy refused to pay $3 for a single slice of cheese on his burger.
Many TikTokers expressed their shock that she would post a video about her actions as if she was in the right for ditching somebody on a date because they refused to pay $3 for a singular slice of cheese.
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