Reddit mods accidentally ban Paul McCartney from his own subreddit
Plus: Are squirrels vaping now, too?
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Paul McCartney’s Reddit account was banned from r/PaulMcCartney. So, was it the fault of overeager moderators or Dropbox automation spam prevention?
Ben McKenzie, an actor from millennial favorite The O.C., is personally waging a war against cryptocurrency.
Perhaps more than anything else, vaping squirrels are a sign of the times.
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⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
“Banned on the run”: Reddit bans Paul McCartney for posting his own concert photos
Reddit temporarily banned Sir Paul McCartney’s account after it posted photos from his concert in L.A. last weekend via Dropbox link. Moderators later restored the account, but the post remains deleted for unknown reasons. No one can come up with an explanation other than an automated response. Once again, the Reddit mods come out looking like clowns.
“Ryan took Sandy’s advice”: Ben McKenzie’s new documentary says cryptocurrency is “rife with fraud”
Ben McKenzie is returning to the spotlight with a new documentary that takes aim at cryptocurrency, and the internet loves him for it. McKenzie, who is best known for The O.C., Gotham, and Southland, is making his directorial debut with Everyone Is Lying to You for Money. The project is headed to theatres on April 17th.
“What have we done”: The squirrels are vaping, and no one can handle it
In the latest sign of a timeline gone wrong, multiple videos have appeared online claiming to show local squirrels “vaping.” The common rodents aren’t really smoking, but handling and chewing on discarded Juuls and other flavored vape pens.
Experts think this has more to do with the fruity flavoring than a rise in nicotine addiction among squirrels.
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