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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
A man’s “smart” ring had an issue with its battery expanding while he was wearing it, a bride debates canceling her wedding because of the Bad Bunny Super Bowl announcement, and the viral video of the week has got to be this Chicago man taunting ICE agents on a bike.
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— W.J.
⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
Samsung Galaxy Ring swells on man’s finger before flight, sending him to the hospital
A man’s smart ring malfunction ended with an unexpected hospital visit and a missed flight. Daniel shared that his Samsung Galaxy Ring’s battery began swelling, all in the span of “about 30-40 minutes,” he told the Daily Dot, causing it to get stuck on his finger.
“We love Bad Bunny”: Bride wonders if she should cancel her wedding because she just realized it’s on Super Bowl Sunday…in South Florida
“We love Bad Bunny. Like, literally, I think our reception entrance song is going to be a Bad Bunny song. But our wedding is in South Florida,” the bride says, noting Bad Bunny’s popularity in Miami.
She suspects that some guests may be annoyed at missing the halftime show to attend her wedding reception, and turned to the internet for help.
“Hey! I’m not a U.S. citizen!”: Chicago delivery guy taunts Border Patrol, gets swarmed, escapes in chaotic street chase
A viral video out of Chicago shows a deliveryman on a bicycle taunting a crowd of Border Patrol agents before outpacing them in a chaotic street chase.
🕸️ Crawling the Web
🫣 The bitter feud between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj has escalated to a shocking new level on Tuesday, with both rappers dragging each other’s children into the crossfire.
🍮 Groups of people, sometimes hundreds at a time, are showing up in city parks with a container of pudding in one hand and a fork in the other for “pudding mit gabel.”
🤖 DoorDash unveiled “Dot” on Tuesday, its new autonomous delivery robot, promising to reshape neighborhood deliveries in Arizona.
🛫 Footage of model Olivia Ponton breaking down in Paris’s Charles de Gaulle Airport has resurfaced, once again capturing the internet’s attention.
🎃 From the Daily Dot archive: Meme History: Christian Girl Autumn.
🔥 Hot on the Dot
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