Mom shuts off the internet in response to Charlie Kirk shooting
"I didn’t know what they meant. But my son did."
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A mother shared the recent wake-up call that caused her to cut the internet off in her home, a baker made a whole cake dedicated to their biggest hater, and the daughter of a Sandy Hook victim grapples with her feelings about Charlie Kirk’s death.
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“My son understood”: Concerned mother cuts off the internet after Charlie Kirk shooting hits too close home
A mom on TikTok unintentionally stirred up online discourse after admitting that she shut the internet down in her house after the Charlie Kirk shooting—all because of her son. In a tearful video that’s been viewed over 460,000 times, @spicyrizz81 admitted that she was among those previously unfamiliar with the term groyper—but her son wasn’t.
“Did my son understand the memes? Did he know what the black pill was? Yeah. I never heard those things before. I didn’t know what they meant. But my son did,” she said. “My son understood. Internet is cut off in my home. We’re done.”
“I breathe, she’s hating”: Baker makes a “hate cake” for her biggest online troll
The owner of the Modern Cone ice cream shop has gone viral once again for her “hate cake” series, in which she bakes cakes decorated with some of the harshest comments left on her social media pages.
One of her recent videos gained a whopping 16.7 million views, with a cake printed with a message from a critic that read: “maybe quit being a straight up wench.”
“I felt bad that I didn’t feel bad”: Daughter of Sandy Hook survivor speaks out on Charlie Kirk’s death
The daughter of a Sandy Hook survivor spoke on how her desensitization to gun violence left her feeling little about Charlie Kirk’s death. She blamed this on congressional inaction on gun control, leading to hundreds more high-profile shootings in the past 12 years.
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