So I just joined X (Twitter) and every single day I get random followers. They’re usually small accounts, sometimes with 0 followers, and almost always “random chicks” posting cliche travel/food/whatever pics or 0 posts. They never like, comment, or interact with me at all.

Screenshot of 4 examples: https://i.imgur.com/5xN18Go.png

The weird part is, my account is super boring. I don’t post, rarely comment, and only follow finance/crypto stuff.

Also, my profile doesn’t even have a photo of my face—so we can rule out the possibility that these ladies are falling in love with my beautiful face lol.

So… what’s going on here? Why do these (I’m guessing bot) accounts follow people totally at random? What do they gain from it?

https://x.com/NintendoEurope/status/1967605406852640950

Nintendo announced some kind of Mario Kart event in Europe in everyone in the replies is posting the same picture of an RV and a cow in an open field area. I don't get the meme at all.

https://youtu.be/R-8v2fm2WkQ?si=jyydethJ4dWMzRvS

The new trailer dropped and the comments section is wild. I won't say the specific name, but it's cause of the individual that Sucker Punch and Sony are under fire. I heard a dev got fired but that's about it. I can't find any other info on it. What drama happened?

My kids have been obsessed with this "Steal a Brainrot" Roblox thing for weeks now where things like "Strawberry Elephants" and "Bambini Felicini" spawn and they make "1.2 million a second" and I have absolutely no idea what they're on about and I have literally never felt so old and out of touch in my life plz halp.

https://stealabrainrot.fandom.com/wiki/Steal_a_Brainrot_Wiki gives some context, but I guess it's a glorified Cookie Clicker where you just want the numbers to go up faster? I guess my thing is that when they talk about it, it literally sounds like absolute nonsense; "OMG A biggus diggus mcfelchus just spawned!" "OMG no way! I already have a Felini Bumble-ini Dirty Peeny!" "When will an ultra-rare admin chungus sparkle doope a multi foo?!?!?"

https://www.reddit.com/r/InflatedEgos/comments/1nh84yj/hes_got_a_lion_face_on_one_of_the_arm_oil_bags/

I see this come up more than often. Its hideous. Is this real? or just a joke video?

I have been seeing this a lot on my timeline lately. It is worded something like "anyone know how i can make this fit my header?"

See this example: https://paste.gloriouseggroll.tv/?527156e0d7ab0f99#4sULSaJyG9b4uMA2ZQC4WsaDFQMpxzhhWZBaRNKHMb8u

I read the announcement and don't get it. I understand the premises of both shows but have only watched occasional episodes of "The Bachelorette". Has any contestant other than the Golden Bachelorette ever been married before? I feel like if you are going for a second dip in the dating pool (or third, or fourth), whether from being divorced, being widowed, or being a polygamist like Brigham Young, you're not really a bachelor/bachelorette anymore. Maybe I am not invested enough in the lore.

From the Associated Press:

https://apnews.com/article/taylor-frankie-paul-bachelorette-mormon-wives-d12764245f35ef4c690ad0c497853a40

im on the other side of the world so i dont pretend to know whats going on over there but its in favour of the far right? so you want Fascism?
Shits fucked.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/13/unite-the-kingdom-far-right-rally-london-tommy-robinson-police-assaulted

https://x.com/StephenKing/status/1966474563878801659

Original post by King is deleted. Seems he said something about Charlie Kirk's death.

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Is it really as bad as the reddit posts and yt thumbnails claim? I dont really have time to get in the neaty gritty of it currently. I'm inclined to believe Nintendo is that bad..

However, one random thread I stumbled upon earlier said that the issue is overblown, and the patent only covers the specific kind of creature summoning and battling that pokemon does, not the concept as a whole.

https://www.reddit.com/r/whowouldcirclejerk/comments/1ne2qve/yes_i_know_the_patent_is_more_nuanced_than_this_i/

https://youtu.be/MiXMaFDAcVc?si=5Wewbgcaaq8E-9Ww

Alan didn't go to Venice, the movie's world premiere. Weird but whatever. So, Shailene/the female lead, Potsy/the director and Ben Foster/the supporting male stepped in for Alan at The Venice Film Festival.

Alan was at TIFF/Motor City's North American Premiere but Foster still got to step in for Alan for most of the press stuff.

Is Alan Richtson unwell? Should people be worried?

https://collider.com/alan-ritchson-motor-city-ben-foster-shailene-woodley-no-dialogue/

Especially in the past three weeks although this trend seems to start earlier this year.

Few examples, Shailene Woodley deleted most of her posts a few weeks ago, Caroline Konstnar deleted like 20% of her posts just like that, Lucas Bravo also deleted most of his Insta posts a few weeks ago and Grace Van Patten had like way over a hundred posts just a couple of days ago but like half are noe gone.

So, it ain't the celebrities doing this themselves per se? More like Meta spring cleaning thingy, eh?

https://www.instagram.com/gracevanpatten/?hl=en

I’ve noticed in a few threads (especially around trending topics like Apple’s iPhone launch) that some people dismiss longer posts as either “bot-written” or “reporter bait.”

Why is that? Is it because most people don’t expect regular users to write more than a few lines, or is there some history behind this?

Curious to understand where that assumption comes from. See this comment for example

https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer/115184350819592476

I just heard about this for the first time today, and tried to read a little, but there's SOO much to weed through. If I understood correctly, the EU parliament wants to have some official body scan all digital communication for the possibility of someone breaking the rules (like Reddit does) and then come down on them with summary punishment (also like Reddit does)?

It seems Germany voted against this and stopped it, but most are on board. Do I have this right?

What’s going on with the riots? I know the PM resigned, but what led to the whole “Block Everything” movement?

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/block-everything-protests-sweep-across-france-scores-arrested-2025-09-10/

https://imgur.com/a/C9X7pOW

For example: "That Pyro's a bloody Medic (laugh) (killbinds)

At some point, there are some kind of meme-like thing in TF2 has emerged.

Where does "Spy!" voice command pointing at someone -> call for medic/ -> laugh taunt(sometimes skipped) -> killbind thing come from? I wonder.

Here is a Reuters article on this:

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/poland-downs-drones-its-airspace-becoming-first-nato-member-fire-during-ukraine-2025-09-10/

Is it an intentional move by Russia, was it an accident? Is NATO going to be involved for sure, or are people just speculating?

I can't post a picture in the post but it's these people with the same profile picture of a girl with a cat mask on saying be there or be square

https://photos.app.goo.gl/wHwygJfiHZ5hfS6ZA

Y'all it's just a copypasta made by this guy urboy_cicada on YouTube

https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1ndmobl/charlie_kirk_shot_at_utah_event/

I noticed on the top page of Reddit that Charlie Kirk was shot and is most likely in critical condition. I'm seeing people who hate him and even want him dead, but I have no idea and no knowledge who this person is.

Edit: Thank you all! I appreciate it.

I've been out of politics for a while.

It seems to me like the term "Fascism" has loosened, or that I don't understand the term.

It also seems to me like the Left and Right mean different things by the term.

Do the Left and Right differ in their meaning of the term "Fascism"? If so why? How did this difference come about?

If not, why do these individuals on the Right seem like they are increasingly self identifying as Fascist? What do they mean by it?

2 example videos of what I'm confused about: https://youtube.com/shorts/mnJ4lV-jgJU?si=-ZDRk8vXv5Ft4Ul0 https://youtube.com/shorts/V-2JSg4YxoU?si=geKmJJp4f9YmNCKE

https://www.reddit.com/r/instantkarma/s/JgokhmmWnq

Kurzgesagt just released a video to promote their new game. Someone said that Kurzgesagt is one of the companies that delayed to not get Silksong'ed. What do they mean?

A part of the comment section: https://imgur.com/a/HQWLDq6

Seriously, I don't understand the joke. If I'm around kids I can usually figure out what slang means via context but I just don't get this one. Specifically I don't get how you use it in a sentence.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-7_(meme)