Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Kira here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Today’s top stories are about: Elon Musk’s bizarre attempt to prove his truck is bulletproof, the gross new “Cranberry Juice Challenge,” 50 Cent’s humorous admonishment of Joe Biden, and a Carnival Cruise that almost turned into the Titanic.
After that, Tricia’s got a “Problematic on TikTok” column just for you.
I’ll be filling in for Andrew for the rest of the week, so you’ll find me in your inbox tomorrow as well.
See you on the flipside,
— K.D.
🚙 INTERNET CULTURE
Elon Musk fans thrilled he shot up a Cybertruck with a machine gun to prove its bulletproof
Elon Musk claims to have shot up a Tesla Cybertruck with a machine gun to prove that the vehicle is bulletproof. And the internet has thoughts.
🧃 VIRAL
Cranberry juice challenge asks you to swish it—and then see all the bugs that are in your mouth
A TikToker who created the “Cranberry Juice Challenge” claims that it reveals all the bugs in your mouth, but viewers are skeptical.
🏖️ POLITICS
‘Hey Joe get up’: 50 Cent demands Biden stop napping at the beach amid Israel-Palestine war
In a post on Instagram, the rapper criticized President Joe Biden for vacationing amid several global conflicts.
🚢 WTF
‘We thought the boat was going down’: Carnival Cruise passengers’ room flooded. They didn’t receive help for 4 hours
“I think I’ve seen this film before and I didn’t like the ending,” one viewer on TikTok wrote.
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😬 Problematic on TikTok
By Tricia Crimmins
Senior Reporter
TikTok trolls are using “cringe” to cover up their transphobia
In each edition of web_crawlr we have exclusive original content every day. On Tuesdays our IRL Reporter Tricia Crimmins breaks down the trends on the popular app that will make you cringe in her “Problematic on TikTok” column. If you want to read columns like this before everyone else, subscribe to web_crawlr to get your daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.
🕸️ Crawling the web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
😷 A ransomware gang released what it says are nude patient photos as part of an effort to extort a Beverly Hills-based plastic surgeon.
🚗 A car salesman shared his picks for the 10 cars you should avoid at a dealership.
🔪 A former McDonald’s corporate chef shares the reason why McDonald’s workers don’t use knives in the kitchen.
🫙 A TikTok user came up with a formula to guess how many M&Ms are in a jar. It gave viewers a headache.
📱 A Costco customer shared her hack for the best deals on the store’s website. Hint: it involves cell phone carriers.
🚨 A woman found out her boyfriend was cheating due to an Amber Alert. His cologne was the first red flag.
🌭 Man who wrote a paper on ketchup bottle development shares hack for getting Heinz ketchup out of the bottle.
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📜 From the Daily Dot archive: The many lives of the Dancing Baby, cyberspace’s first cringe meme.
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📝 Question of the Day
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HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A CRUISE?
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👋 Before you go
With Halloween just around the corner, everyone is preparing their most show-stopping costume. Naturally, after being one of the most popular movies of the year, we can expect to see plenty of Barbies, Kens, and even the odd Alan or two this year as well.
But one TikToker’s Barbie costume didn’t exactly go to plan.
In a video that’s amassed 2 million views, content creator Destinee Stark begins the clip by showing what the costume—Barbie in a life-sized box—is supposed to look like.
“When they claim the costume is ‘one size fits all,” Destinee adds wryly, before coming into the shot to reveal how misshapen the actual “box” looks on her.
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