Facebook legs are a lie, pool boy confessions & $11 million heist ๐๐ฟ๐ง
And a $100,000 couch mistake/prank/scam?
Hi Wrecklings!
All things considered, this week is relatively quieter in the world of scams but is no less juicy. We saw the tweet below and were first to post the story to TikTokโ and then also shared our thoughts on the โapologyโ.
As for the rest of this weekโs drama, hopefully itโll keep everyone entertained until both the Taylor Swift and Carly Rae Jepsen albums drop in a couple days:
โโGleeโ Exposรฉ Documentary Coming From Discovery+ โ But What More Is There To Say?โ- Curious how this is going to turn out, Iโm sure there are a number of people very unhappy about it.
Sad news for my Robinhood stocks:
โTrying To Sell Your Peloton Bike? Good Luckโ- While perhaps unsurprising, it feels weird that such expensive bikes are now available for such a deep discount on the second market. Also worth reading how a โFired Peloton Instructor Rips Into His Former Bosses Over โHumiliatingโ Remarks.โ They also just lost their Chief People Officer. Yikes.
โBeyond Meat exec Doug Ramsey leaves company after arrest for allegedly biting manโs nose, punching Subaruโ- Imagine that awkward goodbye message on Slack.
โFacebook's Legs Video Was A Lieโ- Ha. Love the irony that the initial story never had legs in the first place.
โNew York Congressional Race-- I'm Promoting Sex Positivity ... Willing To Go Deep For Your Vote!!!โ- This PR stunt makes me want to vomit, this election play feels very Black Mirror.
โBig Tech employees are TikToking on the job โ and their bosses donโt always like itโ- Employees TikToking from small tech would be like the corporate equivalent of all the drama/chaos that happens in any restaurant. Like Sweetbitter but office work.
โInfluencer Quenlin Blackwell posted a TikTok crying and begging for donations after saying she 'accidentally' bought a $100,000 couchโ- Cautionโ this saga is frustratingly dumb.
โInside the Jerry Falwell Love Triangle: Pool Boy Tells Allโ- This salacious scandal is also getting the documentary series, hitting Hulu on November 1st.
๐โNew York City's Answer to Its Rat Problem: Asking You to Take the Trash Out Laterโ- The one-liners in this piece are incredible, and for those of you unable to read past the paywall:



โIs the Honeymoon Already Over for Right-Wing Dating App?โ- What the article doesnโt cover is that the FBI is allegedly contacting people when they admit to being a certain somewhere on January 6thโฆ itโs just so good.
โFans Of โThe Kardashiansโ Said They โStopped Watchingโ This Weekโs Episode After Noticing That The Show Edited Out A Significant Part Of Kimโs โOffensiveโ Women In Business โAdviceโโ- Shady, absolutely. Surprising, not at all.
โInmate Stole $11 Million in Gold Coin Scheme While in Prison, Officials Sayโ- This is honestly impressive, although the house that went for $4.4m hardly looks worth it (uh Iโm also basing that judgement on the uh.. one photo)?
โOnlyFans Star Courtney Tillia Offers Content Training Course... Free for Teachers!!!โ- Itโs not surprising that the course content sounds incredibly well thought-out.
โJava Films Debuting โCryptoqueen โ The OneCoin Scamโ at Mipcom, Unveils Trailerโ- Yessss, give me all the scammer documentaries.
More Serious Stories
We realize some of these can be triggering for some readers, so feel free to skip!
โHow Koch Industries, Fake Scientists, and Rush Limbaugh Invented Climate Denialโ
โFacebook is still flooded with โgroomerโ slurs despite Metaโs pledge to crack downโ
โHousing Advocates Release Database of Serial Evictors for Tenantsโ
โโHe was spreading blatant misinformationโ: Ted Cruz falls for fake news story claiming Muslim parents are โwhite supremacistsโโ
โTikTok made money from getting Syrian refugees to beg in livestreamsโ
โOops: Woman Dr. Oz Appeared to Spontaneously Comfort Was Actually a Paid Stafferโ
โKanye West to Buy Parler, Joining the Right-Wing Social Media Crowdโ
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P.S. While weโre obsessed with these stories, we donโt endorse any of these insane behaviors. ๐