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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: Googleā€™s new AI search tool suggesting that peopleĀ eat glue with their pizzaĀ (among other massive fails), conservativesĀ likening the Pope to the devil, whether or not Rudy GiulianiĀ used the bathroom while getting arraignedĀ via Zoom, and a McDonaldā€™s customer sharing a glitch thatĀ can get you free food on the app. Ā 

After that, weā€™ve got a fun edition of ā€œMeme Historyā€ for you.Ā 

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āš” Today in internet culture

šŸ• GLUE-GLE
Googleā€™s news AI search pulls answers from decade-old Reddit troll postā€”suggesting glue on pizza

Posters are digging up even moreĀ wacky results from Googleā€™s new AI Overview toolā€”with one search about cheese not sticking to pizza suggesting searchersĀ should mix glue to the sauce. The AI also said thatĀ dogs played professional sports.Ā 

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šŸ‘¹ HOLY HELL
Pope Francis deemed Satanic by Christian conservatives for preaching love, tolerance toward migrants

That stanceā€”along with some of the Popeā€™s other commentsā€”isnā€™t going over well with some conservatives, who are likening the Pope to the devilĀ for his comments.

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šŸš½ VIRAL POLITICS
Did Rudy Giuliani use the bathroom while getting arraigned over Zoom?

It sure sounds like it.

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šŸŸ LIFE HACKS
McDonaldā€™s customer shows ā€˜glitchā€™ in the app that can give you free food

As fast-food prices continue to rise, people areĀ eager to take advantage of any dealsĀ they can get.

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šŸ¤“ Meme History

ByĀ Kyle Calise
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šŸ•øļø Crawling the web

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

šŸ„š One person in OregonĀ has sworn off cooking for goodĀ afterĀ cracking open a Costco eggĀ andĀ finding a roundworm in it.

šŸ„Ŗ ThisĀ Panera customerĀ is gettingĀ a lot of attention onlineĀ afterĀ revealing a trick to get a ā€œfreeā€ full-sized sandwich.Ā 

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šŸ¦Ÿ With summer approaching quick, you might be interested inĀ this hack for using coffee groundsĀ to get rid of ā€œevery mosquito within 15 feet.ā€Ā 

šŸ’¼ Fifty-three percent of employersĀ willĀ verify a prospective employeeā€™s college degreeĀ during the job application process. Thatā€™s why a womanĀ warned job hunters not to lie about their college degreeĀ on their resumes.

šŸ›’ A user on TikTok isĀ calling out Dollar TreeĀ after claiming thatĀ employees hid desirable itemsĀ in areas whereĀ shoppers could not access them.

šŸ  OneĀ renterĀ alleged he wasĀ charged hundreds of dollarsĀ for an apartment to be cleaned afterĀ he moved out and left just one item behind.

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šŸ“¹ From theĀ Daily Dot archive:Ā Hereā€™s how local governmentsĀ are surveilling their workers.Ā 


šŸ‘‹ Before you go

AĀ horrified car ownerĀ has gone viral after sharing howĀ her car got ā€œdestroyedā€ by going into an automatic car wash. From the moment she was inside the machine, TikToker @booyahbooĀ seemed to realize that this was a bad idea.

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In the clip, which has now amassedĀ 1.2 million views, overhead brushes appeared toĀ thrash themselves into the carĀ like there was no tomorrow.

As all of this was going on, the cameraĀ oscillated between the violent brushes and the TikTokerā€™s own shocked expression, with one of the captions reading, ā€œNot the car wash breaking while Iā€™m inside.ā€

The on-screen text reads, ā€œMy car gets destroyed with by automatic car wash.ā€

car getting stuck inside automatic car wash and damaged
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