Attention all you pickle lovers, a viral pickle sweatshirt is making the rounds but some people think its popularity has a sneaky origin.
I don’t like pickles. When I bite into a pickle my mouth is flooded with saliva as if to say, “This is not natural. Spit it out. Let me help.” And while I’ve never enjoyed a pickle, I often wonder if some of that has to do with the intense fandom surrounding what is essentially a salty cucumber. I feel the same way about the Dave Matthews Band. Their fans are insufferable therefore I struggle to enjoy the music.
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Maybe I’m being too harsh on a food that can be eaten solo, in a burger, or as one insane person suggested: on a peanut butter sandwich. There are certainly enough varieties; perhaps I need to try them all. Only then will I be able to understand why a pickle sweatshirt is breaking social media. People are clamoring for it, but a conspiracy theory has emerged from the brine. Is its popularity organic, or is something else at play? Let’s get into why a pickle sweatshirt is such a big dill.
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This is too many pickles
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Are these pickle sweatshirts really that delicious?
On the one hand, small corners of the internet don’t like it when something gains traction. There’s a sweet spot where people are very supportive of something then suddenly they turn on it, and decide it’s too much. This is when someone tries to destroy that thing, or find an insidious reason as to why it’s in vogue.
Vic, who is part of the @1800tshirts TikTok account, recently dropped a conspiracy theory explaining why the pickle sweatshirt is suddenly everywhere. Unrelated, the @1800tshirts TikTok is wildly confusing. What is its mission? Who can say.
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In an effort to get to the tart bottom of the pickle sweatshirt, Vic did a “deep dive into figuring out what the conspiracy around this pickle jar sweatshirt that’s blowing up all over TikTok is.” He really seemed to relish this self-imposed task.
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Vic uploaded his video on Aug. 12, 2023, and at the time, over 15,000 pickle jar sweatshirts had been sold. People were willing to fork over $44 for this gherkin gear. That seems like a bit much, right?
The pricing is what grabbed Vic’s attention first. It all begins on the Bad Addiction TikTok where its founder, Jessica Slone, is really “pushing the pickle jar sweatshirt.” Speaking of the sweatshirt, the design is printed on Gildan which if bought in bulk will cost about $13 per sweatshirt. So that’s a $30 markup that is probably fair considering the time and labor that goes into pressing the design into them.
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After not seeing much else about the pickle sweatshirt, Vic checked out the influencers who were purchasing and pushing it. He finally found a video where he claims the people promoting it are eligible for commission. In fact, that notification is on all the videos shouting it out.
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“When a creator is eligible for commission it means two things,” explains Vic. “One, they get a cut of the sales of the product that they’re promoting. Number two, they sign up for the affiliate program to promote the TikTok shop.” So, what is a TikTok shop? It’s basically their response to Amazon’s influencer program. TikTok is really trying to give Amazon a run for its money.
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Naturally, influencers know that any videos promoting a TikTok shop will get more love from the algorithm. Pretty soon your feeds will be nothing but TikTok shop promotions. What a fun dystopian future that will be! Hopefully it will send everyone back to the malls, where capitalism made sense! But I digress, into the 1990s.
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Another aspect of the TikTok influencer videos gleefully showing off the pickle jar sweatshirt that came to Vic’s attention was a caption that read, “I got a $50 coupon off anything in the TikTok shop.” What this means is, those influencers then get the sweatshirt for free, which leads to more views. This is like an ouroboros made entirely of pickles.
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To recap, influencers get a free sweatshirt they can make a commission from. TikTok then rewards these videos by pushing them into people’s timelines which leads to regular non-influencers purchasing the pickle jar sweatshirt. I’m not sure this is a conspiracy theory as much as it’s a marketing tactic. In fact, it’s pretty standard when it comes to social media–related sales.
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Now that we’ve said pickle jar sweatshirt so many times, here’s where you can buy it.
You can buy this sweatshirt directly from the Bad Addiction Boutique. There are cheaper versions on Amazon and I don’t know who actually designed the pickle jars graphic, but why not stick with Bad Addiction because it’s a small business.
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They also have non-pickle designs if you’re someone like me, whose mouth prefers to exorcise pickles as if they are the devil themselves. Also, be smart when it comes to TikTok shop. Not everything is a scam but there are things to look out for. The Washington Post released a helpful guide that includes things like, avoid any shop whose comments are turned off and maybe don’t buy something you would eat or put on your skin. A pickle jar sweatshirt, unlike actual pickles, is just plain fun.
Who is Rubber Ducky on Season 10 of ‘The Masked Singer’? From clues and guesses to the big reveal, here’s everything we know about Rubber Ducky.
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It’s that time of the year again — yes, we’re talking about The Masked Singer!The reality singing competition series is back for its 10th season, and Fox is going all out to celebrate the milestone.
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With Season 10 officially underway, we can’t help but try to guess the identity of the performers, including the squeaky clean Rubber Ducky. With that said, who is Rubber Ducky on The Masked Singer? Read on to find out!
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Rubber Ducky on ‘The Masked Singer’ — The Clues
There’s very little information about Rubber Ducky on social media, but the Season 10 premiere offered fans many clues about the celebrity behind the mask:
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VHS tape with the title The Horror! 3–4
Tried standup comedy (“It wasn’t for me.”)
Picture of Leonardo DiCaprio
Gold turtle figurine
‘Behind everything I do is my family.’
A signed picture of a rubber duck family featuring three adult ducks (one wearing a blue hat, one wearing glasses), and three baby ducks. Rubber Ducky then said, “My family is full of stars. Check out the headshot.”
Rubber Ducky on ‘The Masked Singer’ — The Guesses
As expected, the guesses started rolling in. So, who’s under the Rubber Ducky mask?
Robin, who based his guess around the famous family clue, is convinced that Rubber Ducky is David Arquette. The actor, best known for his role as Dewey Riley in the beloved slasher film franchise Scream, is the younger brother of Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Arquette.
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As for Jenny, she believes Rubber Ducky is one of the many Wayans brothers. They come from a wildly popular show-business family, and some of their works include the Scary Movie film series, The Wayans Bros., In Living Color, White Chicks, and My Wife and Kids.
Ken guessed Anthony Anderson, which seemed to fit all of the clues pretty nicely.
So, who is Rubber Ducky on ‘The Masked Singer’? The answer is…
Rubber Ducky was revealed to be Anthony Anderson, meaning Ken guessed it correctly! Pretty impressive!
Catch new episodes of The Masked Singeron Wednesdays at 8 p.m. EST on FOX.
Ben Fab has been absent from recent videos on the Fab Rats YouTube channel, leading some to wonder why he decided to leave the shop.
The Gist:
Ben Fab has been a fixture in Fab Rats videos for years.
The Fab Rats channel recently announced that Ben would be leaving the shop to spend more time with his family.
Fans of the Fab Rats will miss Ben, but seem to understand why he made this decision.
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The anchors of the Fab Rats YouTube channel have always been Paul Fab and his wife Lizzy, but another prominent member of their team was Ben, Paul’s brother, who worked at their shop with them. The Fab Rats YouTube channel is largely dedicated to videos about difficult tow jobs and rebuilds of old cars. Ben has been a huge piece of what the channel offered in recent years.
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In a video posted on Sept. 27, 2023, the Fab Rats addressed Ben’s absence from recent videos. While they didn’t go into a ton of detail, they did explain that Ben would no longer be on the Fab Rats channel because he had left the shop. Now, many want to know why Ben decided to leave the shop and the channel behind.
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Why did Ben leave Fab Rats?
At the beginning of their most recent video, Paul and Lizzy explain that Ben decided to leave Fab Rats in order to spend more time with his family. They said that while they were sad to see him go, they understood his decision, and said he still might pop up on the channel occasionally. The era of Ben appearing in videos regularly is over, though. Part of the reason is that his family lives pretty far away from where the videos are filmed.
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In a separate post on Instagram, the Fab Rats made a similar announcement addressing Ben’s absence.
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“Change can be hard and this has been one of the harder adjustments for us all,” the statement says. “We sure are going to miss having this guy in the shop but family is important and Ben’s family needed him. Lucky for us, we have Hunter and Sean around to help with all of the awesome upcoming projects.”
“Thanks to all of our amazing viewers/friends/Fab Rats family for the love and support you have given us. We appreciate you all more than you know,” the statement concluded.
It’s unclear whether there’s any tension between Ben and the rest of Fab Rats, but publicly it seems like Ben just wanted to spend less time at the shop and more time with his family, which is a choice all of us have to balance.
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The Fab Rats certainly don’t plan to slow down, though, and their statement indicates that. As the comments under the post suggest, people loved Ben and understand his decision to leave.
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“You know if you stick around long enough you always see people come and go in life. It was Randall now Ben but I’m sure it will not be the last we see either of them. We will all miss seeing you Ben, I wish you all the best!” one person wrote.
Following the news of Michael Gambon’s death, many want to learn more about the actor’s personal life, including who his wife and children were.
The Gist:
Legendary Irish stage and screen actor Michael Gambon has died at the age of 82.
Michael has been married to his wife Anne, for more than 60 years, but he also had at least one girlfriend outside his marriage that produced two children who were born in 2007 and 2009.
Michael had three children in total, including an older child that he had with Anne.
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On Sept. 28, 2023, news broke that actor Michael Gambon, who is best known for taking over the role of Dumbledore in most of the Harry Potterfilms, had died at the age of 82. Following the news of his death, many offered their thoughts on his legacy as an actor and the many huge roles he played.
At the same time, some people also wanted to learn more about Michael’s personal life, including who his wife was and whether he had any children. Although he wasn’t one of the more sensational celebrities in Hollywood history, here’s everything we know about Michael’s family.
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Who was Michael Gambon’s wife?
Michael married his wife Anne Miller in 1962 when he was 22 years old. Anne is a mathematician, and as a result, the two were very private about their relationship. In fact, if Michael was asked about his wife in interviews, he would sometimes pretend that he didn’t have one. The two appear to have still been married at the time of Michael’s death, although their marriage had gotten more complicated in recent years.
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In 2001, while filming Gosford Park, Michael brought a woman named Philippa Hart to set and introduced her as his girlfriend. The news that Michael was cheating on Anne became official in 2002, and he moved out of the home that they shared. Michael and Philippa had reportedly begun dating in 2000 while working on the Channel 4 series Longitude together. The two have been together ever since.
Did Michael Gambon have any kids?
Michael had one child with Anne named Fergus who eventually became a ceramics expert and started appearing regularly on Antiques Roadshow. After becoming estranged from Anne, Michael had two children with Philippa. Their first child together was born in 2007, and was named Tom, and their second was born in 2009 and named Will.
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What was Michael Gambon’s cause of death?
The news of Michael’s death was first announced on Sept. 28 in a brief statement from his family.
“Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife, Anne, and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia,” the statement explained, which suggests that pneumonia was the ultimate cause of death.
Michael first made his breakthrough as a British stage actor in the 1970s and had a long career in the theater in addition to his more high profile film and TV work. Although many Americans will only know him as the more controversial performer to play Dumbledore, his career contained much more than that single performance.
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