A DoorDash driver took to TikTok to detail a recent incident involving a customer who threatened to slap him after not being able to produce his ID for a Chili's order that included alcohol.
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Square Enix's fantasy RPG Forspoken arrived this week, reigniting the furious discourse over its genre-savvy dialogue. Based on the isekai trope where a modern protagonist accidentally travels to a fantasy world, the game is earning mixed-to-positive reviews. However, Forspoken's dialogue style is a major turnoff for certain gamers, as proven by the backlash to its trailers.
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A worker went to TikTok to chronicle getting fired over Zoom, claiming that she didn't receive the mental health accommodations she needed in the run-up to her dismissal.
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Le Pupille is a surprising choice for a Disney release. Not because it's edgy—in fact, it's both kid-friendly and decidedly low-stakes—but because it's the kind of European art film that tends to go unnoticed by mainstream audiences. This hidden gem now nestles between Pixar shorts and vintage family comedies on Disney+—and this week it earned a well-deserved Oscar nomination for best live-action short film.
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The restaurant industry reached an estimated $898 billion in sales in 2022, and there are tons of analytics that point to upward trends of more and more folks electing to eat out over preparing their own meals.
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Far-right figures Ali Alexander and Nick Fuentes have been kicked off of Twitter shortly after both of their accounts had been reinstated.
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Gaining notoriety for her viral lip-syncing videos, TikToker Annie Bonelli (@wtmab) garnered praise from viewers for proudly flaunting a thin, diagonal scar across her cheek.
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Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today's edition of web_crawlr.
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Over the last several months, waves of layoffs in the technology industry have left many without jobs as companies trim their workforce in anticipation of a potential recession.
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Bad workplace gifts aren't uncommon, and if one scrolls around the internet enough, one'll find plenty of examples of less-than-stellar thank-yous folks have received from their bosses.
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While sites like Indeed may make finding and applying for jobs easy, the actual return on those applications can be minimal.
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A user on TikTok has gone viral after sharing their budget travel hack: shipping your luggage.
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A Little Caesars customer is putting the chain on blast after it supposedly raised the price of the classic pizza from $5 to $7.49.
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A TikToker took to the platform to claim that Costco declined her mom's card when she was trying to use it in the store for "fraudulent activity"—and apparently, she's not the only one.
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Analysis
TikTokers are no strangers to “manifestation audios,” or sounds available for use on the app that are supposed to bring good luck or fortune if used in videos.
But some users on the app are bringing attention to the consequences of these types of hoaxes: young, impressionable users are tricked into thinking that using a TikTok audio in one of their videos can actually change their life.
The latest manifestation audio is an electric guitar cover of a song by... Читать дальше...
Nearly two weeks after the news that Rick & Morty co-creator Justin Roiland was charged with felony domestic battery and false imprisonment in 2020, Adult Swim has "ended its association" with him.
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In a now-viral TikTok, two Best Buy workers imitate customers who get irritated when they don't know their iCloud password.
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A woman on TikTok went viral for sharing the surprising difference in hourly wage between her old jobs at Dairy Queen and Wells Fargo.
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A woman went viral on TikTok after claiming a bouncer snapped her ID in half without explanation.
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The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google on Tuesday targeting the company's advertising business.
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Over the past three years, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) crept their way into the cultural zeitgeist. These NFTs can be pictures, avatars, video game assets, or anything that can be traded and tracked on the blockchain ledger. Basically, the main difference and “value” they have compared to a JPEG is that there is only one specific copy with provenance. Millions of dollars have been funneled into projects with pictures of apes, penguins, robots, and dozens of other randomly-generated meme machines. Читать дальше...