Cussing chatbot, a "rat daddy" & Ballerina farm backlash 👀🍿🧃
Hi Wrecklings!
This week has me recovering from a stomach bug so any lack of wit has been brought to you by crackers and ginger ale. And shockingly, it had nothing to do with the Barbie snub.
“Pastor Charged With Cryptocurrency Fraud Said God Told Him to Do It”- Sounds legit.
“Customers discover 'fatal' design flaw in Tesla's $80,000 Cybertruck that could lead to passengers' fingers being CHOPPED OFF - and it's been named the 'guillotine effect'“- I’m getting less and less excited about being on the Cybertruck list…
“A Kiwi startup Blackbird backed with $7 million in its Seed round just pivoted to WTF”- The hubris of men is never not impressive.
“Chicago-area man who sued women for badmouthing him on dating site convicted days later of tax fraud involving mob-connected sweepstakes kiosks”- When there’s smoke…
“Parcel delivery firm faces PR nightmare after AI-powered chatbot cusses and mocks the company”- This poem is beautiful.
“TikTok Is Being Sued”- Just another day for TikTok’s legal department, I’m sure.
“Why Does Ballerina Farm Make Moms So Mad?”- A father in law like that definitely makes for a slightly comfier lifestyle.
“X Flooded With Bizarre Ads Smearing TV Chef to Promote Crypto Platform”- Besides having no idea about the woman involved in this, it feels incredibly dystopian.
“Leaving The Real World: How I Escaped Andrew Tate’s Get Rich Quick ‘Cult’”- This article led to his channel being yanked by Youtube
“Stylish 'influencer' wanted for jewelry thefts in El Cajon, two other cities”- It’s certainly easier to be stylish when money is no object.
“Southwest Airlines flight attendant mistakes ordinary passenger for Snoop Dogg”- Whoops.
“Swift's Fast-Fashion Fumble”- With her jet usage, anything else would feel unsurprising.
“X appears to be juicing MrBeast's views as Elon Musk tries to woo the YouTuber to the platform”- Gross.
“Google Discloses That Incognito Mode in Chrome Isn't Entirely 'Private'“- I suppose this isn’t surprising.
“Kentucky’s ex-Survivor lawmaker rues ‘embarrassing’ cousin gaffe in incest bill”- Ok I refuse that this dude is the same one in that Survivor pic.
“Uber shutting down alcohol delivery service Drizly”- Interesting, I always opted to order through Drizly > Uber.
“Trader Joe's Sued Its Union Over Tote Bags. A Judge Just Threw the Case Out.”- Trader Joe’s, say it ain’t so!!
“Study finds bigfoot sightings correlate with black bear populations”- Oh, so they’re best friends!
“Most New Yorkers try to avoid rats. NYC’s 'rat daddy' goes looking for them.”- NYC rats get a surprising amount of features.
“Explorer Finds 16-Foot Shark Haunting Empty Exhibit. Watch the Video.”- This would have scared me SO badly oh my gosh.
“Novelist Scoops Literary Prize—Then Reveals She Used ChatGPT”- Because of course she did.
“Anna Wintour Kept Her Sunglasses On the Entire Time She Was Telling Pitchfork Staffers They Were Getting Laid Off, Writer Says”- It’d have been better for her not to have been in the room at all.
🔏“From cocaine to psychedelics, traders and bankers take us inside Wall Street's underground drug culture”- This certainly wasn’t unusual in the PR/marketing world.
More Serious Stories
We realize some of these can be triggering for some readers, so feel free to skip! Also, sometimes we use weird letter subs so we’re not flagged as gross spam email.
“Wayfair lays off 13% of its workforce weeks after telling employees to work harder”
“Knockoff Iranian Drone Sold on Alibaba Was Meant for War, Documents Show”
“Two Men Jailed After ‘Eunuch Maker’ Website Owner Chops His D1ck Off”
Have a story or tip you’d like to submit? Share it at Hello@TheWreckList.com or drop us a DM on Instagram.
Got feedback for us? Let us know here - the form is also totally anonymous so please bring brutal honesty.
P.S. While we’re obsessed with these stories, we don’t endorse any of these insane behaviors. 💋