Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
I hope you had a good weekend! We are kicking off the week with a number of key reports including: a look at how a woman campaigning for Congress is going viral for highlighting misogyny in politics, a Kansas Republican getting dunked on, a viral video of a Whataburger employee getting revenge on a manager, and an Amazon driver having to deliver packages ahead of Hurricane Ian.
After that, our Tech Reporter Mikael has his “One Dumb Conspiracy” column.
See you tomorrow!
— A.W.
⚡ Today’s top stories
🗳️ POLITICS
Candidate details misogynist messages she’s gotten during run for Congress
A woman campaigning for Congress has gone viral with a video of the comments and emails she receives that demonstrate misogyny in politics.
🚽 FAIL
‘We go in the toilets’: Prominent Kansas conservative declares he pees in the toilet after NYC diss
One particular Kansas conservative tried to clap back at New York City Mayor Eric Adams. It backfired spectacularly.
🍔 VIRAL
Whataburger worker gets revenge on manager who allegedly threw drink on him
A Whataburger employee got revenge on a manager, who he alleges threw a drink in his face. He filmed the security footage featuring his “revenge” and uploaded it to TikTok.
📦 WTF
‘Y’all knew this hurricane was coming, and you still ordered sh*t?’: Amazon driver says he has to deliver to 172 customers during hurricane
An Amazon delivery driver who delivered packages as Florida faced a hurricane shared his frustrations about the situation, reminding customers to think before they order.
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🔍 One Dumb Conspiracy
Conspiracy theorists are already claiming the COVID shot killed Coolio
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🕸️ Crawling the web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
🌯 A man went viral on TikTok after filming himself freaking out when seeing a huge group of people lining up outside of Chipotle as he pulled up to the restaurant.
🚗 A viral TikToker says he had a “crazy” experience when his manager couldn’t believe that he owned a Tesla.
💻 Over the past few months, work-from-home influencers and TikTokers have been sharing their setup, what their job is like, and what a real day in their life looks like.
🧀 A customer showed off his “special” Five Guys order in a video that is getting a lot of attention: a “grilled cheese cheeseburger.”
📺 A Jeffrey Dahmer TV series was removed from Netflix’s LGBTQ tag after online backlash.
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💼 For Gen Z, office culture is both nostalgic and glamorous (sometimes).
🎃 Ready for spooky season? We’ve got a review of Smile, which has some great scenes but gets lost trying to explain itself.
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👋 Before you go
A TikToker is warning shoppers of new antitheft protections at Walmart after she picked up a discounted tiramisu cake in the bakery section and attempted to scan it at self-checkout. But the self-checkout alerted a team member and accused her of stealing.
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