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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
The youth are reporting bleak changes in the way men and women spend their time in ~da club~, Sam Altman’s announcement that ChatGPT would soon allow adult erotica on the platform was met with swift backlash, and an American in France shared her concern after being unable to send letters to family back home.
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— W.J.
⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
Women are calling out straight men for “ruining” club culture: “America really has become Ken’s mojo dojo casa house”
Club and bar culture has always had unspoken rules. Women get priority at the bar, they claim the elevated platforms for dancing, and men typically hang back, letting the women shine and maybe going up to them for a dance, a chat, or to offer a drink.
But according to a growing chorus of frustrated clubgoers on TikTok, those dynamics have completely flipped, and many say it’s not for the better.
“Levels of loserdom previously unknown to mankind:” ChatGPT says erotica is coming. People have some thoughts
Sam Altman is once again the subject of scorn after announcing that the new ChatGPT update will enable the generation of erotica. On Tuesday, Altman made a somewhat bizarre announcement on X as to where ChatGPT is headed.
He first started by saying ChatGPT was initially “pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues.” Then he added: “In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.”
“We can’t even send our loved ones cards”: An American in France says she’s unable to send letters home to the USA
An American woman living in France goes to the post office to send a couple of letters to friends and family. However, she soon realizes she can’t send anything to the United States.
She asks a worker, who tells her they don’t know why they can’t send anything to the United States. She tries another post office but finds the same issue.
🕸️ Crawling the Web
🏈 Jason Kelce set the record straight with an announcement on X after viral quotes about Bad Bunny and the Super Bowl fooled the internet.
👰♀️ A bride’s attempt to control every detail of her wedding, including the skin tone of her bridesmaids, landed her on Reddit’s infamous r/Bridezilla forum.
🏎️ Cameron Monaghan has a small role in Disney’s Tron: Ares, and fans are upset about his lack of screentime.
🛒 A California Walmart shopper noticed a bizarre new installation at the end of some aisles and wants to know what the heck it is.
🥩 One TikToker offers a critical take on the new Arby’s steak nuggets, calling them “burnt dog food.”
⌨️ People are fighting over Caps Lock vs the Shift key after a simple tweet sent everyone spiraling.
🔥 Hot on the Dot
This was the most-read story on the Daily Dot yesterday: