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‘Heater core has left the chat’: Man shares unexpected driver’s seat malfunction. Here’s how it could happen to you

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It’s almost like a scene out of a sci-fi movie. Imagine you open the driver’s side of your car to discover steam billowing out of your steering wheel and a green—almost slime-like color—pooling beneath it. This may seem unbelievable, but…

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‘It was the only airline that would get me home after 6pm’: Spirit passenger shows why flying Airline is a ‘humbling’ experience

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Frustrating. Ratchet. Infuriating. Cheap. These are some of the words folks have used in communicating what it feels like to fly on Spirit Airlines. And now, TikToker Lia White (@lia_white) has added a new word to the social media lexicon…

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‘That’s why Costco is more expensive…’: Viewers divided after woman returns used bidet at Costco

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Costco is known for having a good return policy. According to its website, the wholesaler will issue a full refund regardless of when the item was purchased, except for electronics. Customers have fully taken advantage of this policy,…

Thursday, May 9

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‘This happen to me with a Nespresso’: Target customer buys dinnerware set, realizes she got bamboozled

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Do you open up a box of dinnerware before you buy it? Maybe you should. One TikToker says that after buying a dinnerware set at Target, she came home to find she was missing the dinner plates from the set. She thinks it might have been a…

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‘The dealership will try to pretend that they don’t know anything about it’: Ex-dealership worker says watch for this trick when you trade in a Toyota

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The United States Department of Transportation estimates that Americans drove around 12,700 miles during the pandemic. Before the lockdowns, Americans racked up 14,300 to 13,500 miles in 2019 and 2018, respectively. Needless to say, cars…

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‘They should be ashamed’: Trump doubles down on attacks against Jewish Biden supporters

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Former President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on attacking Jewish supporters of President Joe Biden, saying that any Jewish Biden voters "should be ashamed."

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Fetterman praises Florida’s lab-grown meat ban, which aims to stop the ‘elite’ from forcing ‘the world to eat fake meat and bugs’

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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) believes those in support of lab-grown meat are part of a “pro-bio slop caucus,” according to a tweet he posted on Wednesday. For his part, Fetterman says he’s in "the pro-ribeye one" instead.

‘Go study abroad’: Republicans introduce bill to send pro-Palestine college protestors to Gaza

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Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday that would require any person "convicted of unlawful activity" on a college campus after Oct. 7, 2023, to do community service in Gaza. On Oct. 7,…

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‘I did this…I am now an RN’: Woman says you can become a certified nursing assistant without taking any classes

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A healthcare worker's discovery about how workers can get into healthcare without any classes is now the content of a viral video.

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‘The Michael Jordan of racism’: Ann Coulter condemned after telling Vivek Ramaswamy he never had her vote ‘because you’re an Indian’

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Conservative pundit Ann Coulter is facing backlash after telling former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy point-blank that she wouldn't have voted for him because of his race.

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‘Check your clothing’: Ex-Balenciaga worker warns against buying the brand from stores like Macy’s, Neiman Marcus

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An internet user who claims to be an ex-Balenciaga worker has sparked discussion after claiming that a former employee had sewn arsenic into garments that were sent to discount clothing stores. Are her claims true?

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‘I’ve stopped going to restaurants that do this’: Travis Barker-backed restaurant criticized for adding service fee to bill to pay cooks

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Self-proclaimed foodie influencer Brennan Taylor has less-than-stellar reviews for Crossroads, the restaurant Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker invested in. What seemed to turn the influencer off the most is the service fee added to his bill.

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‘McDonald’s could never’: Woman tries the new smashburger from Chili’s. Is it really cheaper than McDonald’s?

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On April 29, Chili’s released a new burger called the Big Smasher Burger. The smash burger consists of Thousand Island sauce, American cheese, diced red onions, pickles, and lettuce. A popular food TikToker tried out the burger in a video,…

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‘Still on the shelves’: Catastrophic injury lawyer reveals the one home product that he’d never buy

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Do you trust all the products you bring into your home? All the various bottles and containers under our kitchen sinks, in our medicine cabinets, and on the shelves of our garden sheds should be perfectly safe if used correctly—that's…

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‘We have to take the little box … to get unlocked again’: Walmart shopper says worker unlocked item just to put it in another locked case

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A Walmart customer was shocked to receive "double-locked" items while shopping at one of the popular retailer's locations.

07

‘That’ll be $200’: Mechanic slams customer for coming in with this 1 problem

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A mechanic poked fun at a car owner who couldn't find the source of a rattling noise inside their car. As it turns out, the problem had a very simple fix.

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‘Girl I got 10k in debt’: Bank of America customer says she’ll be charged a monthly fee if she doesn’t have $10,000 in her checking account thanks to new rule

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A Bank of America customer posted a viral TikTok saying she will now be charged a monthly fee if she doesn't have $10,000 in her checking account.

03

‘She is correct’: Ex-airline worker says this is the only consistent, true way to get cheap flights anytime

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You want to pay less for airline tickets? Then treat third-party websites like the plague and book them in person at the airport ticket counter. At least, that's what a former airline worker and TikTok user Ivy (@ivyprofun) recommends in a…

02

‘Not the same’: Whataburger customers says quality has gone downhill. Expert says they’re right—and this is why

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Has Whataburger's quality declined? For decades, Whataburger has been a Texas staple few have gripes with. But a business leader is arguing the quality of the beloved chain’s food has declined.

01

‘They Zip-tied it’: Ford driver says dealership worked on her F-150—and caused an accident that could have been much worse

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A Ford driver recently went viral on TikTok for a series of videos alleging that a Ford dealership zip-tied her Ford 150's inlet pipe, causing an accident that resulted in injury.

Wednesday, May 8

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‘Why would you go to Wendy’s when you can go to Chili’s’: Woman says she spends less at Chili’s than she does at Wendy’s

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Fast food is out; fast casual is in. People are ditching their go-to fast food chains in favor of affordable restaurants like Chili's and Applebee's.

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‘This is beneath a member of Congress’: Representative Mike Collins makes light of JFK assassination on X

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Congressman Mike Collins (R-Georgia) tweeted a dark joke about the Kennedy family after the New York Times reported Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed a worm entered his brain and ate part of it. Collins' tweet was received as disrespectful by…

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Rudy Giuliani bought a ‘teaching documentary’ on how to obtain ‘freedom’ from adult content, bankruptcy records show

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Rudy Giuliani bought a “teaching documentary” which tries to show viewers how to break their addiction to pornography, according to bank records filed in his ongoing bankruptcy case this week

‘Chipotle has been scamming us’: Customer slams Chipotle after receiving ‘large’ bag of chips

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In 2023, foot traffic to Chipotle grew by 7 percent, netting the company a record $2.52 billion in profits. And unlike McDonald's or Starbucks, Chipotle reported that same-store sales rose by 8.4%, 1.3% more than the StreetAccount estimate…

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Video of Nick Fuentes admitting he knew about Ali Alexander grooming allegations resurfaces after Fuentes has X account reinstated

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Videos of Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes admitting that he knew about allegations regarding grooming by Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander resurfaced this week after Fuentes’ X account was reinstated by Elon Musk.

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Newsletter: Judge threatens Trump with jail time if he doesn’t shut up

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The internet is chaotic—but we’ll break it down for you in one daily email. Sign up for the Daily Dot’s web_crawlr newsletter here to get the best (and worst) of the internet straight into your inbox.

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‘Having a luxury car isn’t for everyone’: Woman says she regrets buying luxury car, misses her Honda

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Apparently, luxury is not all it's cracked up to be, especially when it starts affecting your wallet more than you expected.

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‘Vile’: Jen Psaki gets backlash for talking about Trump dying on MSNBC

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Jen Psaki, President Joe Biden's former White House Press Secretary and MSNBC host, talked about former President Donald Trump going to jail or dying on an appearance yesterday on MSNBC's Morning Joe.

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‘Same thing happened to me at Lowe’s’: Black woman says Home Depot worker refused to let her ring up own goods at self-checkout, took over

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Some workers have gotten really blatant when it comes to racially profiling Black customers. Or have they? Changing policies around self-checkout kiosks is complicating things.

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‘Banned single use plastics and now making a profit off of it’: Walmart customer finds pack of Great Value plastic grocery bags for sale in the store

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There's been a lot of controversy surrounding Walmart's decision to stop using single-use plastic bags in many of its stores. One person even pointed out that the chain began selling shopping baskets for $7 following the ban.