Новости за 14.09.2023

If you think the Roman Empire was so 1,600 years ago, think again.

It turns out that the Roman Empire—with its coliseums, chariots, and Julius Caesar—is still on the minds of many men.

Thanks to a new TikTok trend, women are asking their boyfriends how often they think about the Roman Empire. The answer: all the time.

In a TikTok with over 3.5 million views by Thursday, Ashley Lance (@idkhowyoufoundme) asks her boyfriend, “How many times, like a week, or just how many times in general... Читать дальше...

After struggling, a student asks her TikTok following the best ways to make new friends at community college. But is this even possible?

A Twin Peaks server invoked pretty privilege in order to not-so-sneakily take a chip off a customer's plate in a viral TikTok that's accrued 239,000 views on the social media platform.

Most people drive their cars to Ikea and park in the store’s parking lot—but New York City customers have the chance to access the city’s Ikea by water.

"Trauma dumping" might have become more normalized in the age of the internet, but that doesn't make it any less controversial. In essence, "trauma dumping" refers to oversharing personal information or feelings to someone it's inappropriate to share them with. There are some people, like therapists, who are appropriate to trauma dump on (although some TikTok therapists may disagree). But the McDonald's drive-thru attendant? Not so much.

An Alexa customer uses Send Me a Sample to get free stuff sent to her in this viral PSA. Here’s what she says you can get.

A man on TikTok went viral by sparking debate about the correct Venmo etiquette to have with your peers. 

A post-grad worker says she was hired remotely and trained by scammers pretending to be managers. Her friend made a viral video to spread awareness to others looking for jobs.

On Wednesday, the Union Solidarity Coalition launched a super-sized charity auction to raise funds for the crew members affected by the ongoing WGA and SAG strikes who may lose their health insurance due to work stoppages and standing in solidarity with the strikes. But amid the plethora of unique items and experiences readily available to bid for a good cause is a growing list of fake items to bid on that might be just as enticing as the real ones.

A trio of tourists went to Nashville for a birthday celebration, only to find themselves temporarily running the La Quinta hotel they were supposed to be staying at, in a saga that has captivated TikTok.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is not happy that Elon Musk's X is reportedly censoring a Washington Free Beacon article detailing Democratic Virginia House candidate Susanna Gibson's videos from past appearances with her husband on a pornographic website.

A former McDonald’s corporate chef addresses the rumors that McDonald’s puts extra pesticides in its potatoes. 

A TikTok user has recently gone viral for sharing a laughable anecdote about her partner gendering certain varieties of Chips Ahoy cookies.

There’s nothing spookier than someone else’s germs.

TikTok creator Giselle (@dankmemeroyalty) tells a true horror story in a recent viral video about her time as an employee at seasonal retail chain Spirit Halloween. The video has more than 71,000 views and 8,300 likes.

In the video, Giselle says, “The masks? I was not getting paid to disinfect masks.” She says that she was always running the cash register. “You know what’s crazy? A mask would be worn by like minimum five people a day before it was bought,” she says. Читать дальше...

Meta Platforms, previously known as Facebook, decided to pay a jaw-dropping $725 million in December 2022 to settle a class-action lawsuit.

C’mon, Barbie. Let’s go… rent a movie for $25? Not if one TikTok creator has anything to say about it.

Leslie David Baker portrayed "The Office’s" crossword-playing, pretzel-loving curmudgeon, Stanley Hudson. Originally a background player, his character grew in prominence and became a fan favorite. The series concluded in 2013 with Stanley happily retired in Florida. But in 2020, Baker announced that that wasn’t the end of the story.

Sophia Panella (@sophia.panella) is an influencer with 693,000 followers. She shared in her TikTok bio that her online presence is about “all things girlie.” And in her opinion, lidocaine, the topical anesthetic often used to numb pain, is for the girls. 

"I will never be a meme again," wrote Selena Gomez following the 2023 VMAs. "I’d rather sit still than be dragged for being myself." This ominous message arrived shortly after she inspired yet another flood of reaction memes - just weeks after her candid blanket photo went viral.

Tim Gurner, whose comments about the need to increase unemployment to decrease workers' "arrogance" drew furious backlash online, apologized in a LinkedIn post Thursday.

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

An Aldi customer shared what she believes to be a great hack bypassing the grocery bagging process. However, it's not universally beloved.

The number of food deliveries gone wrong that have made it to TikTok is truly uncountable, with each new wild tale almost certain to differ from the next.

A TikTok user is being dragged by hackers after attempting to link a major cyberattack in Las Vegas to last month's DefCon hacking convention.

Barista and TikToker Zahira Sandoval (@z.sandoval) shared what it's like working on the first buy one, get one free Thursday of September.