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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
A high school teacher went viral this week with a video showing his students’ horrified reaction to his instructions to write a paragraph, Jeremy Strong spoke about playing Mark Zuckerberg in the Social Network sequel, and a traveler on a Hello Kitty airplane shared her (adorable) journey on TikTok.
Enjoy the weekend!
— W.J.
⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
“Genuinely scary”: Teacher shows students’ meltdown after being asked to write one paragraph
In a video posted Wednesday, high school teacher and coach Eli Carbullido demonstrated how dire the situation is in American schools. The footage shows him sitting at his desk as he begins to relay instructions for a simple writing exercise.
“That’s a test on its own?” Carbullido echoed in disbelief. “Five complete sentences?”
Jeremy Strong talked about playing Mark Zuckerberg for the first time: “I’m utterly fascinated by the material”
The Social Network is getting a sequel titled The Social Reckoning, and Jeremy Strong is stepping in to play Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. This week, he addressed the project for the first time.
“I’m approaching it like I approach everything else with empathy and objectivity, with care,” Strong said when asked how one approaches playing someone like Zuckerberg. “I’m utterly fascinated by the material. It’s one of the great scripts I’ve ever read.”
“Bucket list experience”: Passenger shares footage from her flight on a Hello Kitty airplane
TikTok creator Alysia Loo shared clips from inside one of EVA Air’s Hello Kitty planes in a post from October 17, 2025. The video quickly racked up 2.6 million views and over 1700 comments from Hello Kitty fans who gushed over the plane’s themed interior and in-flight experience.
Many commenters wrote that a ride on the super cute plane is on their “bucket list,” or that they’d spend their “entire life savings” just to travel with the beloved character.
🕸️ Crawling the Web
🍖 Right-wing commentator Tomi Lahren is furious about Donald Trump’s interest in importing beef from Argentina, a move she says “betrays” American ranchers.
🚭 A dad who thought he’d successfully hidden his vaping habit from his six-year-old finally quit after the kid demonstrated his utter failure.
🌉 Some Millennials are calling themselves the “bridge generation,” caught between raising emotionally intelligent kids and re-parenting their own parents.
❤️🩹 A video went viral after a woman opened up about the invisible weight of long-term singleness.
🚙 Subaru owners driving around with dirty backup cams might not know about this useful winter weather trick.
📹 PSA: Pop singer Justin Bieber joined Twitch with the goal of streaming daily.
🔥 Hot on the Dot
This was the most-read story on the Daily Dot yesterday:
➤ Woman’s “Men Diagram” explains every guy on dating apps—and the joke they *all* make