Millennial: Pretend Adulting, Real Talk

S8 Ep17: The Rise of Workcations, Student Loan Debt Relief Approaches, Surgery to Make You Taller

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  • Note: The news of the Supreme Court's Roe v Wade ruling broke as we were approaching the end of the episode recording, so our reactions are found at that point.
  • Laura begins the show with an update that has Andrew and Pam on the edge of their seats.
  • A new feature in The Atlantic details the rise of the "workcation" as a result of many companies moving to a work from home model during the pandemic.
  • Have we ever "workcationed?" What are the pros and cons?
  • Does working on vacation further blur the lines between work and life in a post-pandemic world?
  • President Biden is finally considering some amount of student debt forgiveness. We'll hear more in the next couple of months, but borrowers are anxious for details.
  •  Our listeners sound off about their student loan debt, and we commiserate about the predatory lending student loan borrowers are subjected to.
  • What do we think of the argument that student debt forgiveness is unfair to those who paid their loans off?
  • WTF News: He was 5’7”. After surgery he’ll be 5’10”
  • A 25-year-old pursued limb lengthening surgery to increase his height due to the stupid and unfair societal standards for how tall a man "should" be.
  • The story doesn't end there: the man in question paid for the $75,000 surgery with his OnlyFans, where he specializes in a humiliation kink where his subscribers pay him to degrade them.
  • Some BREAKING NEWS hits just as we wrap the show: a leaked opinion from Justice Alito shows that the Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that guaranteed the federal constitutional protection of abortion rights.
  • Y'all know we've got some recommendations: the Elgato Stream Deck (Andrew), the CDC's Quarantine and Isolation calculator if you're exposed to COVID-19 (Laura), and Etsy for unique gift shopping (Pam).
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    • An Uber driver pushes Andrew to his limit, and we share experiences in which a driver's tip could be impacted for bad behavior.
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