RFK Jr. comes for Dunkin' Donuts, and New Englanders are ready to fight
Plus: Betting on bombs is sign of the times...
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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
Coffee lovers are uniting in hate against RFK Jr.’s anti-Dunkin’ campaign.
This story about Polymarket allowing its users to bet on nuclear war is a straight-up terrifying look at our dystopian times.
Don’t mess with Mina Kimes online if you don’t want to be trolled right back.
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⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
New Englanders are ready for war after RFK Jr. threatens to take on Dunkin’: “The American Revolution started in Massachusetts”
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pitted himself against the state of Massachusetts by threatening Dunkin’ Donuts. At a “Make America Healthy Again” rally in Austin, Texas, last week, he targeted Dunkin’ and Starbucks over the sugar content of their coffee drinks. Dunkin’ lovers are ready for a new American Revolution now.
Polymarket quietly pulls nuclear detonation prediction market after it draws nearly $850K in bets
Polymarket found itself under fire once again after users noticed it was taking bets on a nuclear catastrophe. The crypto-based prediction platform recently let traders wager on when the U.S. would strike Iran.
Soon after, attention turned to a separate event that asked whether a nuclear weapon would detonate this year. The market drew heavy trading and attention, and shortly afterwards, the company pulled it down.
ESPN’s Mina Kimes had the best response to a troll who called her a “DEI hire”
ESPN senior writer and NFL analyst Mina Kimes clapped back at a troll on social media, who questioned how she got her job at the network.
The troll, who refers to themselves as “Randy” online, called Kimes a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hire, and in their comment, they shared a bunch of laughing emojis. However, Kimes wasn’t having it.
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