American pride surges after viral pickpocket incident
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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
Why Americans are bursting with pride over the viral Italian pickpocket video from last week, rounding up the best of the radioactive shrimp memes sparked by the Walmart recall, and an Irish influencer is being called out for disturbing an indigenous Indonesian tribe, basically just for the views.
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⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
“Take it from me, I dare you”: Americans unite in unhinged patriotism after American woman singlehandedly takes down Italian pickpocket
Last week, a TikToker shared a video of her American mother berating an Italian pickpocket, hand clenched in the thief’s hair. It’s now sparked an international discussion about where pickpockets do and don’t exist, and the American inclination to defend what’s theirs.
Walmart recalls radioactive shrimp, the internet responds with memes—29 of the best
Radioactive shrimp memes bombarded social media after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked Walmart for a recall. Yes, this means that certain bags of shrimp from the superstore chain contained radiation.
“Next time give them Nutella”: Critics call influencer’s “cannibal tribe” stunt offensive and staged after he gave them salt for views
An Irish influencer didn’t get the response he bargained for after contacting what he called a “cannibal tribe” for views. Fellow TikTokers called Dara Tah out for exploiting an indigenous people, promoting harmful stereotypes, and possibly even staging the whole thing.
🕸️ Crawling the Web
💊 RFK Jr. suggested antidepressants cause violence after America’s latest mass shooting, and there were plenty of people ready to correct him.
🏛️ The ex-Capitol cop who retired after his injuries slammed the choice to give full military honors to January 6th rioter Ashli Babbitt.
🎾 Professional tennis player Taylor Townsend took the high road after Jelena Ostapenko said she had “no education, no class” at the U.S. Open.
📲 One poor woman’s husband was caught messaging women during dinner with her in a TikTok video that went so viral that their daughter saw it. Messy.
🚯 A garbage man shared exactly why you shouldn’t throw away paint cans in the regular trash while saying RIP to the “crushed Smurfs.”
🥣 This hysterical online shopping fail from Walmart Marketplace is one for the books—but also a warning to read the fine print.
🔥 Hot on the Dot
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