Steroid Olympics, fake belly buttons & a falsely accused bird ๐๐ฟ๐ง
Hi Wrecklings!
For those of you that follow me on Instagram, youโll know that I have a one-sided feud with Liquid Death (perfect example of how white men can get funding for everything). Now Iโm mad because theyโve officially made other brands feel like they can do the most unacceptable batshit things in the name of marketing. Iโm only not hiding the name so yโall can avoid them :) unless hair in a bag is your thing:
โWeWorkโs Co-Founder Is Trying to Buy the Companyโ- Iโd like to have dinner with Adam Neumann and Billy McFarland and just listen to their conversation.
โFinance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake โchief financial officerโโ- Any time I have a bad day, I think about how it could always be worse.
โWellness influencers fueled pandemic misinformation. Now they have another big conspiracy in their sightsโ- Uhhhh. Admittedly I donโt follow health influencers so have missed this entirely.
โInfluencer gets fake belly button tattoo โ to make herself look tallerโ- Fashion will never not be weird.
โPeter Thiel invests in group to recreate the Olympics on steroids โ literallyโ- Ok, but also, then can we get a regular person competing for perspective?
โA Couple Went Viral. Then the Internet Started Diggingโ- This wasnโt a shocking revelation, her nickname is Pooky.
โPigeon Was Cleared of Being a Chinese Spy, but Served 8 Months Anywayโ- Well, birds arenโt real anyway, so.
โ130 poisonous frogs found hidden in suitcase in Colombia airport; woman now chargedโ- So glad this lil dudes are all ok.
โUniversal Music Group to remove songs from TikTok after failing to reach dealโ- This feels like a game of chicken between two behemoths with a symbiotic relationship but ok.
โNJ shelter offers to name feral cat after your ex and neuter them for Valentineโs Dayโ- An epic remix of the cockroach campaign.
โDo you have 'TikTok voice'? It's OK if you don't want to get rid of itโ- The whispery-voice one makes me want to scream.
โJason Kelce 'secretly looking into' bringing back iconic 'Backyard Sports' video gamesโ- YES. Backyard Baseball was my jam.
โMcDonaldโs Sued After Big Mac Almost Kills New York Manโ- The sub-headline is: โThe franchise is owned by polo-playing businessman Bruce Colley, who was accused of breaking up Andrew Cuomoโs first marriage.โ
โIndian Actress Poonam Pandy Fakes Cervical Cancer Death in Shocking Media Hoaxโ- Fire whatever brand people told you this was going to be a good plan.
โFTX Says It Expects to Repay Customers in Full. Some Are Suing for Moreโ- Greed and Web3 will always go hand in hand.
โKilling The Messenger: My Final Days Working at a Disasterโ- Media layoffs are reaching a new level of brutal.
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 weโre not flagged as gross spam email.
โBud Light Is Partnering With a Comedian Who Was Fired From SNL for Anti-Gay Slursโ
โHow Two Single Moms Escaped an Alleged S3x-Trafficking Ring and Ultimately Saved Each Otherโ
โThese States Are Trying to Require Influencer Parents to Pay Their Kidsโ
โYouTuber found buried in a coupleโs backyard after disappearing on Christmas Dayโ
โWe Regret to Inform You That Chips Ahoy! Is Tweeting Like a Trans Personโ
โWashington Co. sheriffโs office sued again in bizarre catfish, murder, kidnapping case involving one of its deputiesโ
โM@sturb@tion abstinence is popular online. Doctors and therapists are worriedโ
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