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With fast food prices up 8.8%, more people are eating at home. A Trader Joe's customer revealed how to make one of McDonald's McGriddle breakfast sandwiches at home in a now-viral video.

Shimoyon Hayut, a con man whose exploits scamming women in Norway, Finland, and Sweden out of hundreds of thousands of dollars under the name Simon Leviev were detailed in an investigative series by the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang and in the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, was turned away from an Israeli military base in Otef on Wednesday, reported Israeli journalist Daniel Amram.

From his iconic music videos to the universal appeal of his expressive visage, Drake, the Billboard-topping rapper, has become a staple of internet memes. But how did he reach this level of memedom? Let's dive into the world of Drake-related memes.

Over time, jewelry can become rusted and scratched. According to Long's Jewelers, it costs around $80 to get jewelry professionally polished.

An Airbnb guest exposes the many ways the San Diego home he rented is not worth its $1,250 nightly rate.

A barista learned the hard way that dressing up as a food service employee from a popular chain on Halloween is a surefire way to confuse customers.

The LinkedIn account for 21-year-old Patrick Dai, the man charged on Tuesday for making antisemitic threats against Jewish students at Cornell University, indicates a previous role at the college as a "safety officer."

TikToker and grocery store worker Garret (@himbough) shared his tips and tricks for not having to bag customers' items. 

Former President Donald Trump appeared to accidentally call for viewers "to take a stand against tyrants" supporting the MAGA movement.

A Costco customer on TikTok recounted a strange experience she went through while on a shopping trip. Another person in the store "stole" her cart and used it as her own after she briefly left it unattended.

Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today's edition of web_crawlr. 

As uncertain economic conditions persist, many consumers are working hard to make their dollars stretch further. With this comes a more critical eye toward clothing items from large retailers that are well-known for offering frequent sales.

Issue #181 | October 31, 2023

There are swathes of creators whose whole content strategy revolves around reacting to “cringe” content. YouTube, in particular, thrives on being a bit of a freakshow. As YouTube essayist Contrapoints points out in her essay about cringe, this kind of voyeuristic content is often fueled by an “obsessive and addictive contempt” for the people cringe-crusaders mock. 

A simple scroll through the internet will reveal some interesting internal struggles... Читать дальше...

A salon customer wondered if she was in the wrong for not tipping a stylist for a second visit to fix a hair-dying job gone awry.

Billionaire Elon Musk joked about hummus while discussing the war waged by Israel against Hamas with podcaster Joe Rogan.

A male Instacart shopper looked so lost while doing his job that a customer stepped in to help him, not once, but twice.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is being ridiculed online after posting a parody video on Halloween mocking the family of President Joe Biden.

A user on TikTok has gone viral after allegedly catching people shoplifting from Party City—only to have them return to the store upon realizing they forgot their keys.

Footage of body bags that appear to be moving is being cited as proof that an airstrike by Israel against a refugee camp in Gaza produced little to no casualties.

While price increases have slowed, grocery costs are still high throughout the United States.

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.

A woman shares her story of relapsing, after a man paid her $25,000 to drink with him, under the guise of a business relationship.

In a viral video, a woman shows off how big her dad’s Halloween spirit is— precisely the size of a giant forest troll.

In August, YouTuber Logan Paul and four other defendants went to mediation over a civil lawsuit containing allegations that Paul’s CryptoZoo project was an NFT “rug-pull” scheme designed to defraud investors.

If you have a smart home device, you've likely had to do some troubleshooting. But sometimes, you ain't got no crystal ball.