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The process of getting tickets to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour was stressful on its own but a TikTok from Swift's Arlington, Texas stop showed another stressful moment.

A Kansas-based DoorDash driver explained “why [her] acceptance rate is 45%” in a viral TikTok posted on Mar. 29.

TikTok users were in utter shock after a DoorDash driver shared a video of them dropping off food to a customer who had dolls littered throughout their front lawn. 

Analysis

Three years ago, the first season of Love Is Blind dropped on Netflix, and reality TV was forever changed. 

The addictive show combined elements of other popular reality shows—attractive singles, a quick timeline for finding love, shared living quarters—with higher stakes.

The contestants on the show are (in theory, anyway) more serious about entering into a relationship than the people are on other dating shows. They don’t get to see the people they’re dating until they propose to one of them. Читать дальше...

Uber Eats came to the rescue of one woman when she was stranded on top of her apartment’s roof, showcasing some of the creative ways to get out of a bind without contacting law enforcement. 

A viral TikTok ignited discussions of anti-Black racism after a Black runner and influencer received glares from a group of white men.

Meal prepping can be a great way for folks to save money while also helping them to be more conscious about their portion sizes. With food prices soaring in the United States over the last couple of years, it's now become a necessity for many people.

Social media has made it easier than ever before to engage with and share content from other creators, and TikTok is no exception. Reposting content from other users is a popular way to show your appreciation for their work and share it with your followers; however, there may be times when you want to undo or delete a repost on TikTok. We'll break down the step-by-step process of doing just that, as well as explain how you can edit your comment on a repost if you made a mistake the first time around. Читать дальше...

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

Ask any Swiftie, and they’ll say that there’s no such thing as “bad seats” at a Taylor Swift concert. 

It’s a travel nightmare: losing one's wheelchair. This recently happened to a TikToker who said that she was stuck on a plane as a result.

A TikToker's video recording of their employer allegedly firing them because of their TikTok account has drawn over 2.2 million views and divided viewers.

In Suzume, director Makoto Shinkai has climate change with a blend of magical realism on his mind. While it’s familiar territory for Shinkai—Your Name involves body swapping as a meteor is destined to crash in the Japanese countryside while Weathering With You features a young girl who can control the weather—he makes the allusions even more apparent in just the first few minutes. The connection between climate change and the seemingly Sysphian effort to block a massive, mysterious entity that... Читать дальше...

The cost of eating in America has significantly increased in the past two years or so— it doesn't matter whether you're buying groceries for cooking at home or you're going out to eat: inflation has hit the food industry hard.

Fast food prices are going up — and users online are not happy. Chains like Raising Cane’s, Chipotle, Wendy’s, Taco Bell, and others have all come under fire for their price changes, many of which have increased by more than the cost of groceries.

While not required, it’s typically expected that employees in the United States give their employers two weeks' notice before leaving a job.

When the pandemic descended and forced the world into a state of lockdown, one potential silver lining came in the form of working from home.

After a customer said that her DoorDash order from Applebee's smelled like smoke, she took to social media to criticize the system. But not everyone agreed that she was entitled to her money back.

Analysis

Dr. Amy Chai is so transphobic she’s invented new slurs for transgender people.

Chai is a long-shot Independent Party candidate for Congress in Connecticut. She placed a distant third for the seat in 2022.

If you don’t spend your days scrolling replies to weird right-wingers’ tweets, you may never have heard of Chai until she landed on the national stage with an embarrassing thud.

Chai, who is an actual medical doctor, mistook an anus for a reconstructed vagina. Читать дальше...

After one TikToker quit the job she worked at for five years because they replaced her as manager while she was on sick leave, she was surprised to find emotional support on the platform. In a viral clip that has been viewed more than 600,000 times, user @smarti0531 told viewers her tale through sobs.

A TikToker apparently familiar with the gig economy laid out her schedule in a video, highlighting three different jobs done between 4am and 3pm.

One woman is sleeping in a tent in her own home because she claims it's infested with bugs and her landlord refuses to do anything about it.

A TikToker who claims to work at Starbucks said she will be “crying” once the company begins charging customers for no ice in their drinks.

A Canva user realized she could utilize the website's recently-released, AI-generated "Magic Edit" feature rather than taking new professional headshots.

A woman says she got her car appraised by Carvana after crashing it, and the used car dealer gave her a whopping $4,000. Viewers are claiming she got more from Caravana than she would have gotten through insurance.