Новости за 23.06.2023

A traveler who was in Atlanta's international airport claims to have purchased two round-trip plane tickets for a little under $64 — that's less than $32 each.

A Starbucks worker recently spilled about an on-the-job annoyance. 

“When I answer the phone & it’s someone asking what time we close when they could’ve looked it up while they were looking up our number,” TikTok creator Paris (@itsparisiguesss) wrote on-screen in a recent video, which showed her sipping a drink.

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There's a lot you can do with a Brita and most recently, a TikToker tried the theory of passing liquor through the water filter to make it taste less like alcohol.

This story was originally published on Passionfruit.

As a content creator for the past six years, I’ve faced many periods of extreme burnout. While scoring brand deals and hitting over 100,000 followers on social media might seem glamorous, it can be exhausting. During my moments of creator burnout, I’ve been stepping away from my phone, ignoring my audience, and hiding out on my couch.

But when you’re a full-time creator, learning how to overcome and avoid... Читать дальше...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse overtook The Flash at the box office earlier this week, possibly signaling that the chaos around the Ezra Miller-led film had an impact on general interest.

In a viral TikTok video that has been viewed over 460,000 times, user @backdoorgf, who used to work at Tiffany & Co, claims the items at the store are cheaply made and have exorbitant markups.

A user's clip on TikTok went viral after he claimed he lost part of his pinky when a dog attacked him on the job as an Amazon delivery driver.

TikToker @drab.to.dreamy recently found a puzzling price discrepancy at her local Goodwill. She says that she found two identical items at vastly different price points. Both articles of clothing were the same color, same size, and both appeared to be brand new, but one sold for $12.99 and the other $4.99.

A user's clip on TikTok went viral and sparked discussion after the TikToker satirized the inconsistent pours at Applebee’s.

Over the years, many passengers have claimed that their Uber drivers sexually harassed or assaulted them, leading the rideshare to face multiple lawsuits.

Last week, a man involved with white supremacist Nick Fuentes' America First movement was sentenced for his role in the Capitol riot. The government's sentencing recommendation suggests that he provided evidence against his co-defendants or possibly others, while only lightly addressing his involvement with Fuentes.

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

Over the past couple of years, Netflix’s ubiquity hasn’t been tied to prestige dramas. Now, it's all about the streamer’s original reality programming. In 2020, shows like The Circle, Too Hot to Handle, and Love Is Blind took audiences out of their mandated lockdown and into another type of lockdown—the quest to find fame or love, the two pillars of reality television. Since then, Netflix’s reality TV has expanded over seasons, international versions, and a myriad of spin-offs. Its most recent... Читать дальше...

Earlier this week, a woman named Courtney Ebeling (@courtneyebeling) posted a TikTok showing a montage of clips of her best friend and boyfriend, who she thinks "fight like siblings." It shows the two play-fighting and goofing off while Ebeling films and laughs, and it has more than 28 million views on TikTok.

Waffle House is known around the internet for its no-nonsense attitude. For example, when a Waffle House food hack went viral on TikTok, several locations simply refused to make it, with one employee expressly stating, “Nah, we done with that.”

Opinion

During a time when social media continues to expand the English language, I, like many millennials/Gen-Zers, struggle to keep up. But there are some words that are coined via social media that resonate with me. One day, while scrolling through my TikTok feed, I began to notice the use of a word that, to me, signifies a movement that has taken society by storm. It’s the latest in a slew of terms used to describe “smooth operators” and “players”: the word “rizz” has taken over.  

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A popular TikTok trend among retail and food service employees involves showing how they manage not being able to sit on the job.

A Culver's employee was shocked upon seeing her bi-weekly paycheck after working 18 hours a week for two consecutive weeks.

A McDonald’s breakfast order totaling $68.43 shocked an employee at the drive-thru window in a viral video posted to TikTok.

According to various resources online, hot beverages in plastic cups are generally considered a big no-no. Cosmic Cup Coffee writes, "As a general rule, it is not recommended to drink coffee or other hot liquids from plastic cups. When plastic reaches higher temperatures and begins to melt, it begins to leach toxic chemicals into the food or drink it contains. Glass and stainless steel make excellent alternatives."

Juggling about ten different tones and genres without breaking a sweat, Amazon Prime Video's I'm A Virgo is a mocking critique of the superhero genre, a political satire about community organizers in Oakland, an urban fantasy fable, and a surreal experiment in low-fi practical VFX. There's nothing else like it on TV.

Analysis

Steven Crowder thinks it’s hilarious to bully strangers on the internet.

The right-wing “comedian” is best known for debating people half his age in a gag he calls “change my mind.” Crowder genuinely relishes a fight. Reviewing his online history is like surveying a list of his victims.

Sometimes he goes after other famous people like Greta Thunberg, but Crowder really loves punching down.

His targets include fat people, gay people, trans people, women... Читать дальше...

Sometimes a deal can in fact be too good to be true as one woman recently witnessed after discovering she potentially was scammed on the website Depop.

A customer who ordered Uber Eats received a stern written message from their delivery driver, who scolded them for not tipping before their food was delivered.

A Sam's Club customer has figured out how to create a low-cost root beer float at the big box store.