"Sick in the head": Trump calls for Democrats to be punished by death
Plus: a Tesla robotaxi snafu.
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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
Donald Trump is calling for the execution of *checks notes* …Democrats.
A San Francisco rider in a Tesla robotaxi shared their bizarre experience with a human “safety” driver falling asleep at the wheel.
Social media is sharing some dramatic (and fairly traumatizing, actually) stories with the “rabbit got me” trend.
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⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
“Punishable by DEATH”: Trump calls for execution of Democrats who told troops to reject illegal orders. It’s already a meme
President Donald Trump seemed to call for the execution of Democrats who urged the military and intelligence sectors to defy illegal orders. Despite the keyword “illegal,” Trump posted on Truth Social that the production and distribution of the video message constitutes “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”
As Democrats push back on the idea that they should die, leftists were quick to turn the post into a meme.
Rider says Tesla robotaxi says “safety driver” fell asleep repeatedly—and the company ignored their report
A San Francisco rider says their Tesla robotaxi experience took a disturbing turn when the vehicle’s human “safety driver” repeatedly fell asleep during the trip. The passenger posted a video to Reddit showing the worker slumped forward until the car’s built-in alert system beeped him awake.
After claiming to have reported the incident and received no response from Tesla for over a week, the rider went public on Monday.
People’s life-altering stories about the time “the rabbit got me” are going viral online. What does it mean?
A new emotional social media trend has users saying “the rabbit got me” to describe the moment their lives completely changed. TikTokers are sharing videos of themselves smiling or celebrating special occasions with loved ones with captions like, “This is me the day before the rabbit got me.” But who, or what, is this rabbit they reference?
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🔥 Hot on the Dot
This was the most-read story on the Daily Dot yesterday:
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That robotaxi story is wild. If the safety driver is literaly falling asleep, what's even the point of having them there? Tesla's response (or lack of one) is pretty telling about how seriously they're taking these incidents. Makes you wonder how many other safty issues are getting swept under the rug.