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May-December romances get a lot of attention because they're incredibly rare. Relationships that bridge the political divide are also something of an exception.

A Wendy's customer went viral on TikTok after exposing the fast food chain for allegedly getting rid of some of its most popular deals.

A TikToker shows a customer standing on the counter at Waffle House and insulting a worker for making a low wage in a now-viral video, sparking discussion about how much money Waffle House employees make.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on the FBI to stop distributing its No Fly List after the data was found exposed on an airline's server, calling it a "vast Muslim registry deployed against Muslims."

A full-time Instacart shopper who goes by Stew Thief on TikTok (@mrsstealyostew) said that while delivering groceries for the application she came across a customer who reportedly answered the door with her genitals on full display.

A DoorDash driver expressed shock after a customer placed an order from the McDonald’s location across the street from their house.

Taking time off work for vacations is expected in many parts of the world, but Americans are notoriously nervous about missing work. A survey taken last year suggests 55% of American workers didn’t plan to use all of their paid time off, citing reasons ranging from lack of support from leadership to a fear of being replaced. And that fear might not be unfounded.

A Target customer said she was accused of stealing at a location in Florida, documenting how employees re-scanned all of her items at self-checkout, alleging they had faulty machines. 

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) temporarily halted trading on dozens of stocks shortly after opening on Tuesday. The NYSE is blaming a technical issue, which reportedly caused many major stocks' values to unexpectedly swing. Those affected include financial and tech companies AT&T, Verizon Communications, Wells Fargo & Co., Raytheon Technologies Corporation, and Morgan Stanley.

Ticketmaster blamed a "cyberattack" for the issues its website faced when attempting to sell Taylor Swift tickets back in November.

This post includes spoilers for The Last of Us episode 2.

The Last of Us TV show has already begun to flesh out the lore of the game, starting the first two episodes with scientific prologues about the cordyceps fungus. Episode 2's intro was particularly interesting to a lot of fans, because it ties into a popular theory about the pandemic's origins.

Like most zombie apocalypse stories, The Last of Us depicts a pandemic that spreads through bites and bodily fluids—in this case, a mind-altering fungus. Читать дальше...

Fast food locations are getting called out on social media every day for price increases, however one Taco Bell franchise is purportedly charging almost double for its menu items, and is receiving a ton of slander on TikTok for the upcharges.

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

Kristen Roupenian’s viral New Yorker short story, which, in some ways, functioned as a kind of pseudo-Rorschach test, was divisive almost from the minute it went online and sparked multiple rounds of discourse over several years. So it’s only fitting that the film adaptation from director Susanna Fogel (The Spy Who Dumped Me) and screenwriter Michelle Ashford is practically guaranteed to do the same.

Twitter reinstated the account of one of the nation's most prominent Holocaust deniers and public antisemites, Nicholas Fuentes.

A Walmart employee is calling out his place of work after he claims the store has no running water, yet is continuing to be in operation.

The recent spat of tech layoffs seems to have caught everyone off-guard.

Mapping apps like Google Maps are now invaluable in navigation. Not only that, but they can easily help users find destinations in their area that they might want to visit, such as local attractions or coffee shops.

A tenant says that after he hung Lunar New Year decorations on his apartment door, his building management told him to take down the stickers for "aesthetic reasons." His response was, "What about all the Christmas wreaths?"

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A screenshot of an alleged CNN article asserting that NFL player Damar Hamlin’s doctor admitted that his recent cardiac arrest was linked to the COVID vaccine is going viral among conspiracy theorists.

But of course, the headline isn’t real.

Hamlin, a 24-year-old player for the Buffalo Bills, suffered a cardiac arrest during a game earlier this month after a tackle resulted in a blow to his chest.

Anti-vaccine advocates immediately seized upon the moment to blame the vaccine... Читать дальше...

A Walmart employee shared why she prefers working the morning shift over the afternoon shift in a now-viral TikTok.

Digital rights nonprofit the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed an amicus brief last Thursday urging the Supreme Court not to narrow Section 230.

An Uber customer said her driver refused to use the toll road — even after she paid extra for him to take it.

A TikToker went viral after calling out the buy now, pay-later option from Afterpay that was available for his $50 pizza order.