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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Happy Friday! Our top stories today are about: How Joe Biden’s exit from a press conference in a rainforest lit the internet ablaze with memes, how there are already conspiracy theories about Jay Leno’s injury, a short history of the “Willem Dafoe Looking Up” meme, and a customer’s nightmare experience with AT&T.
After that, the trending team shares with you their pick for “Main Character of the Week.”
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See you tomorrow!
— A.W.
⚡ Today in Internet Culture
🌲 VIRAL POLITICS
Biden’s Amazonian press conference exit has people afraid he’ll never be seen from again
He just disappeared into the forest… and there’s a ton of memes about it.
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🔍 CONSPIRACY
What does Jay Leno’s recent injury have to do with the Illuminati?
Famed comedian Jay Leno inadvertently caught the attention of conspiracy theorists after revealing that he severely bruised his face.
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🙄 MEMES
A short history of the Willem Dafoe Looking Up meme
The Willem Dafoe Looking Up meme is a still image and GIF of actor Willem Dafoe looking up at the sky. It often refers to the meme’s subject looking anxiously and intensely at something directly above them.
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📱 WTF
‘Don’t switch to AT&T’: Customer says AT&T is holding their phone hostage after they asked to switch back to Verizon
There’s no getting around it. Everyone has to pick a phone company, and for many, it feels like choosing between a rock and a hard place.
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Main Character of the Week: Wormgate
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🕸️ Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
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🍟 This 10-year veteran of Popeyes has five tips to share with customers. Her tip about Popeyes fries might surprise you.
🏡 New homeowners often find themselves knee-deep in boxes and figuring out where the closest hardware store is. But according to one lender, they’re also forgetting something major—and it could be a safety risk.
😱 This Costco shopper couldn’t believe how long this Kirkland product lasted.
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🤳 Today’s Viral Video
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