Tariffs threaten AriZona Iced Tea's price, internet revolts
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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
Trump’s tariffs are threatening AriZona Iced Tea’s cheap price tag, Wplace has emerged as the internet’s latest group project, and two male cheerleaders on the Minnesota Vikings football team have sparked outrage among some circles online.
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⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
“Like DEFCON 0”: AriZona Iced Tea’s iconic 99-cent cans may soon see a price hike thanks to Trump’s tariffs, and people aren’t happy
For more than 30 years, AriZona Iced Tea has refused to budge from its iconic 99-cent tallboy price tag. But founder and CEO Don Vultaggio said recent White House trade policies might finally force his hand.
The change would mark the first increase in the drink’s cost since the early 1990s. Although inflation and supply costs have long threatened the price, the company has absorbed those pressures for decades. Now, a spike in aluminum tariffs is creating a challenge that could be too big to ignore.
What to know about Wplace, the social art experiment taking over the global map one pixel at a time
If you’re a regular on Reddit, you probably know about r/place. Since 2017, it’s been one of the best social experiments on the internet. Created by Wordle creator John Wardle, r/place allowed users to paint a single pixel at a time. They were provided with a 16-color palette, and it wasn’t long until users were creating things like memes, the American flag, and even the Mona Lisa solely out of these tiny pixels.
Wplace is like r/place, but with a twist. Like Wardle’s creation, users are invited to paint a single pixel — but the difference is, they’re not drawing on a blank canvas: they’re drawing on a world map.
“I call for a boycott”: Minnesota Vikings add two male cheerleaders and the usual suspects can’t cope
The Minnesota Vikings have added two male cheerleaders to their current roster, and bigots are having the meltdown everyone could have predicted.
🕸️ Crawling the Web
👠 Cardi B found herself embroiled in a scandal after an Instagram Live where she commented on how quickly box sets of her album with 3XL t-shirts sold out.
🥗 A new trend has been quietly taking over food delivery and ordering habits online, with women placing their takeout orders under male names for bigger portions.
🍽️ Cracker Barrel has is testing a revamped and modernized look in some of its locations, and it’s of course launched discourse about alienating their base.
🛫 Anime fans are thrilled over Delta’s announcement that they’re partnering with Crunchyroll to bring its most popular series to the skies.
🛠️ Some women on Hinge are swapping dinner reservations for power tools, using the dating app to recruit first-date handymen.
💻 This story of a woman ruining her laptop’s screen with a piece of paper is a new fear unlocked and a PSA for us all.
🛒 Rounding up a handful of times we’ve experienced “sneakflation” in 2025.
🔥 Hot on the Dot
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