U.S. Livestream Shopping Market Dynamics Report

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Just recently graduated from Duke’s Physician Assistant Program and this story is so bizarre that I feel like it needs to be shared. Last year, one of our classmates came across tiktoks from an influencer that used to be on a Netflix dating show, Angel Victoria Murdock, (any Temptation Island fans?). She was documenting her journey as a Physician Assistant student at Duke, “GRWM for rotations, whats in my PA school bag,” etc. When this classmate congratulated her saying she had no idea she was also at Duke in the PA program, she was blocked in the next 5 minutes. Super odd behavior…and over the course of the semester, we started realizing something even weirder…none of us had ever even seen her. Not in class, not on campus, not at program events and that’s when we discovered she was never even enrolled as a student. She went quiet for a while and we figured she had given the jig up, until just a few days ago, she posted her “graduation” photos in front of Duke’s chapel complete with a counterfeit cap and master’s hood (which were the wrong color, btw). We did some further digging and she has no [NCCPA number](https://portal.nccpa.net/verifypac) in North Carolina (where she purports to be certified) which every PA student in the country has if you search her name. Also, our entire 2 hour long hooding/graduation ceremony is on [Youtube here](https://www.youtube.com/live/4qDaIm4jSLE?is=SxiwjD001hxjGQ4g) where every graduate is called in alphabetical order and her name is never called and she is never seen walking across the stage. And as [u/Stunning\_Tie8613](u/Stunning_Tie8613) pointed out, she’s not in the [Duke PA Class of 2026 Official photo](https://www.instagram.com/p/DM7q1Ouyf9H/) which has every single student in our class. Aside from these phony grad pics, she doesn’t have a single other picture with another classmate, or family member, not at any other ceremonies, not even a white coat pic, degree pic, nothing. She’s gone as far as dressing up in scrubs with no where to go, purchasing medical equipment, driving to campus to film content and driving back home lmao, having fake badges made, the girl is mentally ill. When a few of us commented on her fake grad photos, she blocked us all, privated all her social medias and limited comments on her posts which tells you everything you need to know. Impersonating a PA student is one thing, but doing so at what is considered the #1 pa program in the nation is wild. And seeing someone fabricate an achievement that is literally one of the hardest things you have ever done in your life, sucks. Anyways, congratulations to the REAL Duke PA Class of 2026! UPDATE 08/24/26: First of all, thank you to everyone who offered words of encouragement and support and for joining in on this insane roller coaster! I thought I knew my way around a deep dive, but y’all are masterclass detectives and uncovered sooooo many layers to this mess. Still have our head in the books studying for the PANCE but wanted to drop by and give some updates for those who are interested: \- Formal complaints have been submitted to both Duke and the North Carolina Medical Board \- Tips have been submitted to Indy Week, The Duke Chronicle, WRAL and DailyMail \- We’ve gone Tiktok viral with [this tiktok](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTD4me62v/) by @daadisnacks \- Tiktokers unearthed some wild footage as recently as 2 weeks ago of Angel lying in real-time about PA school in her friend, @tajahferjuste’s vlog. Clip is [here](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP87fMUwa/) for those interested \- Watch our class historian @theekieralee gather her all the way together [here](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTD41dNcY/) UPDATE 08/27/26: Current list of published articles \- [Fashion Times](https://www.fashiontimes.co.uk/netflix-star-angel-victoria-murdock-duke-university-pa-allegations-1763032) \- [DailyMail](https://www.dailymail.com/lifestyle/article-16070877/duke-university-angel-victoria-murdock-scandal.html) \- [Inc](https://www.inc.com/victoria-salves/netflix-reality-show-contestant-claimed-duke-pa-student-two-years-schools-says-never-attended/91396453) \- [New York Post](https://nypost.com/2026/08/27/lifestyle/reality-star-angel-victoria-murdock-faked-graduating-duke-but-an-even-bigger-lie-could-land-her-in-real-trouble/) \- [TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/28/angel-victoria-murdock-caught-lying-about-graduating-from-duke/) \- [Complex](https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/bernadette-giacomazzo/temptation-island-star-angel-victoria-murdock-duke-lie)

Cascadia has officially won Top comment deletes a US State 2026, gaining over 8000 votes in the Final Poll, winning the First poll and Gaining widespread support throughout the last 2 months, Cascadias greatest allies have joined it in the Atlantic Ocean to celebrate, Hawaii and Alaska have returned and the country is now under the leadership of Bernie Sanders. 49 states had to be removed to get to this point, each was decided by a top comment (except for the last one) so I made a full list of everyone who got a state deleted or just did something cool and deserved an honourable mention, so here it is: Florida - [u/LlewellynSinclair](u/LlewellynSinclair) Idaho - (Deleted User) Texas - [u/Oberndorferin](u/Oberndorferin) South Dakota - [u/Unfinished-Basement](u/Unfinished-Basement) West Virginia - [u/Hamburgler4077](u/Hamburgler4077) Nebraska - [u/shermanhill](u/shermanhill) South Carolina - [u/Redshirt\_Welshy\_Nooo](u/Redshirt_Welshy_Nooo) Arkansas - [u/KnowWhat\_I\_Mean](u/KnowWhat_I_Mean) Ohio - [u/stayzuplate](u/stayzuplate) Rhode Island - [u/Puzzleheaded-Tip660](u/Puzzleheaded-Tip660) North Dakota - [u/mongoose\_kai](u/mongoose_kai) New Jersey - [u/NoraGrooGroo](u/NoraGrooGroo) Alabama - [u/GlermanRepublic](u/GlermanRepublic) Missouri - [u/DenverBroncos\_Fan](u/DenverBroncos_Fan) Mississippi - [u/CheesyConey](u/CheesyConey) Indiana - [u/Long-Jackfruit427](u/Long-Jackfruit427) New Hampshire - [u/reimbler](u/reimbler) Oklahoma - [u/bottomless\_queso](u/bottomless_queso) Delaware - [u/sdonnel87](u/sdonnel87) Alaska - [u/Ok-Administration-65](u/Ok-Administration-65) Utah - [u/Evergreen2255](u/Evergreen2255) Connecticut - [u/dnhouser1](u/dnhouser1) Wyoming - [u/tehweave](u/tehweave) Iowa - [u/QuesoCadaDia](u/QuesoCadaDia) Kentucky - [u/Professional-Cat2123](u/Professional-Cat2123) Louisiana - [u/capfrank09](u/capfrank09) Tennessee - [u/SlipperyDSS](u/SlipperyDSS) Maine - [u/irefuse77](u/irefuse77) Georgia - [u/Able-Western-6648](u/Able-Western-6648) Nevada - [u/bionicbeatlab](u/bionicbeatlab) North Carolina - [u/rJohnandYoko](u/rJohnandYoko) & [u/The\_Mongrel\_Tarants](u/The_Mongrel_Tarants) Arizona - [u/SlipperyDSS](u/SlipperyDSS) Virginia - [u/ExcelsiorPhoenix](u/ExcelsiorPhoenix) New York - [u/CaptRed76](u/CaptRed76) Washington - [u/wildpolymath](u/wildpolymath) Vermont-Massachusetts merge - [u/Late\_Box\_7867](u/Late_Box_7867) Kansas - [u/lewildkenken](u/lewildkenken) Montana - [u/BAC2Think](u/BAC2Think) California - [u/The\_\_Nutmaster](u/The__Nutmaster) Illinois - [u/xx2983xx](u/xx2983xx) Pennsylvania - [u/SlipperyDSS](u/SlipperyDSS) Wisconsin - [u/whoohw](u/whoohw) Michigan - [u/Educational-Swan-226](u/Educational-Swan-226) Colorado - [u/RoseRaving](u/RoseRaving) New Mexico - [u/ImNotThatStoned](u/ImNotThatStoned) Maryland - [u/welcheroni](u/welcheroni) Hawaii- [u/Oldmanshakesf1st](u/Oldmanshakesf1st) Vermont - [u/dromio05](u/dromio05) Minnesota - over 8000 votes to the opposing team Made an epic timelapse on day 34: [u/Lirsh2](u/Lirsh2) Spread the game series onto X/Twitter: @StanthonyEdwrdz Made a sick ‘the United States of top comments map’ + made multiple amazing memes and contributions - [u/SlipperyDSS](u/SlipperyDSS) Jonathan Bach + The Oregon live - Made a news article on the game HUMONGOUS Thanks to the [r/geographymemes](r/geographymemes) mod team who continually allowed me to post on their awesome subreddit and also ended up making me a moderator, special thanks to [u/Podria\_Ser\_Peor](u/Podria_Ser_Peor) who’s been the absolute best mod. **But overall thank you everybody. This has been one of the best things I’ve done and seeing the reaction has been amazing. Everyone who commented, upvoted, awarded my posts (I’ve made 15 dollars off of rewards or something like that) or even just interacted with the post you should all be super proud because without you, none of this would’ve ever been possible.** The next game series starts on May 28th with ‘Top comment deletes a European country’ which should be cool. But we’ll run this game again, maybe later this year or next year the reaction has been too good not to. I’m going to miss doing this for sure as I know a lot of you guys will but it’s been super fun. Especially the controversies (Coloradogate). From Florida - Oregon, thank you all!

**I am not The OOP, OOP is u/DumpsterPuff** **TIFU by not telling my doctor how many Tic-Tacs I eat per day** **Originally posted to r/tifu** **Thanks to a longtime lurker for suggesting this BoRU** [Original Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/s/HobLJpTYVW)  **Apr 24, 2024** So I'm absolutely fucking obsessed with the Fruit Adventure flavor of Tic-Tacs. The flavor combined with the soft *smush* they make between your teeth when you chew them makes my brain very happy. I've been buying them in bulk, where each container has 200 candies each, and they come in bulk packs of 12 containers. I tend to eat them by the handful while I'm working or gaming, so in a day I can easily slam through 1-2 containers. Now keep in mind that on the nutrition label, it says the serving size is 1 candy, and is listed as having 0 calories, which I thought was awesome because I could have as many as I want! Over the past year, I found that I gained about 40lbs, and nothing about my eating habits had changed as far as I was aware. I told my doctor about it and she was a bit worried, so she had me do a bunch of bloodwork to see if there was a reason why I gained so much weight in a short period of time. Everything came back normal. She referred me to see a weight loss doctor who would also have me see a dietician. I had been working with the dietician for a few months now, and we have me keep a food log. I had a virtual visit with her today and during it, I was fiddling around with an empty container to keep my hands busy. She saw it and asked where I got such a large container from, so I told her about it and how I eat 1-2 of those per day. She asked why those weren't on my food tracker and I said it was because they're 0 calories so they wouldn't count. Apparently I was very, very wrong about this. She explained to me that food companies can label something as being "0 calories" if the food's serving size contains 5 or less calories. In reality, each individual Tic-Tac actully has about 2 calories. So essentially, since each container has 200 pieces and I typically have 1-2 of those, I've been eating 400-800+ calories *per day* of Tic-Tacs, in addition to all the other food I've been eating - which is very likely why I've gained so much weight. TL;DR: Didn't realize that tic-tacs weren't actually 0 calories and gained a ton of weight because I eat so many a day. **RELEVANT COMMENTS** **Not3kidsinasuit** >I just finished a diploma in a medical field, we were warned about people like you OP. I wish I was joking. **~** **AngstyToddler** > Reminds me of when I went to a friend's house and watched him take the pump off a bottle of spray butter and just dump it into the mashed potatoes. I asked him why he didn't just use butter or margarine and he said it was because the spray butter was zero calories. I had to explain the whole concept of "per spray" and did the math to show it had almost the exact same calories as margarine. His wife had gained about 30 lbs since they'd married the year before, and it was apparently because most of his diet hacks meant she was actually eating more calories than ever. > > ETA: Remembered another one. He was buying low calorie bread, but never compared the calories to regular bread. Just assumed it was much, much less. Instead of serving her 2 slices of regular bread each morning (190 calories) he was serving her 4 slices of lower calorie bread (240 calories - slathered with "zero calorie" butter spray, of course). **~** **skoulker** >Tic tacs are funny. LESS THAN ONE GRAM OF SUGAR PER SERVING!!!!!! But a serving is like one or two and they weigh so little it’s under a gram. (Less than a gram of pure sugar is still sugar) **[deleted]** >>.49 grams per tic tac. Under .5 grams can be considered sugar free. **~** **kafelta** >Bro ate 40lbs of tictacs Edit: Just wanted to clarify that I'm aware that sugar will in fact make you gain weight (I'm not *that* stupid), but I never actually read the product ingredients. I assumed they must have been made with something like Xylitol or some other artificial sweetener to make them "0 calories" so it never crossed my mind to check! Edit 2: Dang y'all are brutal lmao. But at least some good came out of it since apparently, like me, a lot of people didn't realize about the "less than 5 calories per serving" rule can legally be classified as 0 in the US. Personally I wish we could have the model they do in other countries where they list calories per X amount of grams. Edit 3: MY TEETH ARE FINE 😂 I actually just had a dentist appointment two weeks ago. No cavities or decay, gums are healthy. Despite my candy habit I do take good care of my teeth! **OOP Updated on Aug 15, 2026/Same Post (over 2 Years later)** Edit 4: It's 08/15/26 and I actually forgot about this post until the other day and I figured I'd share an update. So I did stop eating the tictacs, but did find out I have a legitimate health condition afterwards. After my gallbladder removal a few years ago, I kept having issues where I felt shaky, confused, lethargic, dizzy, irritable, and sweaty shortly after eating meals, especially in the middle of the day. All I knew was that if I grazed on tictacs throughout the day, my symptoms would go away. When I stopped eating the tictacs, my symptoms came back and my doctor had me wear a continuous blood glucose monitor, which was showing readings that kept hitting the low 60s/high 50s, indicating hypoglycemia. It turns out I developed a condition as a result of the gallbladder removal called postprandial hypoglycemia, meaning you get rapidly dropping blood sugar shortly after eating meals. They don't exactly know why the gallbladder removal causes it, but it explains why the tictacs made me feel better because it prevented those huge drops. After we figured this out, doctor put me on Zepbound in hopes that it will stop those blood sugar crashes. Thankfully it worked and I no longer need to eat candy to feel normal again! And I've been losing some of that weight I gained too. But yeah, it was a wild ride. **THIS IS A REPOST SUB - I AM NOT THE OOP** **DO NOT CONTACT THE OOP's OR COMMENT ON LINKED POSTS, REMEMBER - RULE 7**

Y’all wanted an update? Unfortunately, you got one. Some of you may remember my last post about how my then-boyfriend had suddenly begun to “understand polyamory.” 🙄 Funny what kinds of personal discoveries a man can make when a new shiny toy decides she likes his company. ANYWAYS. Congratulations to the approximately 400 of you who told me to dump him. The council has been heard. He sent me a photo of him crying, which has made me feel immensely better. Because yeah, I think you should feel bad. And I’ve laughed looking at it because.. what the fuck 😂 Also, special recognition to everyone who read my two posts about this man and immediately clocked it: “Is he military?” because yes. Yes, he is. Somehow yall knocked that out of the park. Navy, specifically. Idk what kind of collective trauma-informed pattern recognition is happening in this subreddit, but apparently never trust a Navy man is today's lesson. Which is fine by me. Unfortunately, quite literally not even 12 hours after becoming single, the men began their descent. I did NOT issue a press release. I did NOT update my relationship status. I did NOT light the beacons of Gondor. And yet somehow... I was walking downtown when a cute guy around my age scootered past me, turned around, and came back to ask for my number. ✔️ An ex has suddenly decided he'd very much like me to come visit him in Miami. This conversation has already deteriorated to the point where he asked me if I was ovulating, so that's going great. ✔️ And, because apparently we needed a third horseman, a friend confessed that he's in love with me. ✔️ Also an old hinge match asked me out for drinks this week. Unfortunately like my ex, he is an engineer and I’m growing weary of anyone in the engineering profession. ✔️ Did I mention that now I have a suitor in my TikTok DMs asking for feet pics? Yeah I think I’m good on that front. 🧍🏼‍♀️ It has been less than two days. I’m trying to move. I tore my MCL a couple weeks ago, I’m trying to go back to work early and rescind my notice. I’m stressed. I don’t have time nor the want to sort through applicants. And apparently becoming single after being official for two months and in that fuck ass situationship for six months, released some sort of bat signal for men to come bother my peace. And it’s detectable across state lines. I don't know. I'm tired. I just wanted butter chicken. Forgot to say this is homemade butter chicken and chickpeas, basmati rice, steamed broccoli, and garlic naan with one of my fav kombuchas. Made by me. Also noteworthy: in a moment of *tremendous* emotional stability and excellent financial decision-making, I hired an Etsy witch. I expected “he'll come back 💕 divine masculine 💕 twin flame 💕” or whatever. Instead she essentially pulled three cards and told me, “Girl, what the fuck are you doing? Stop dating men for their potential and observe their actual behavior.” So.. even the supernatural community is sick of my shit. Edit: I will not be dating anyone, thank you for your concerns! I enjoy being single and have shot down everyone. This is more of a ramble 🚮 Edit 2: Some incel tried to dox me from this post. Whoever you are, I hope you have the day you deserve. To anyone else who lurks or posts on here, be careful ❤️🧍🏼‍♀️

Whatnot and TikTok are tapping into its potential livestream shopping in the U. S. after a decade of massive success in China.

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Whatnot and TikTok are tapping into its potential livestream shopping in the U.S. after a decade of massive success in China.

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