Millennial: Pretend Adulting, Real Talk

Three Childless Cat Ladies Discuss Falling Birth Rates, 'Espresso' Conspiracies

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  • Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk!
  • Who will Kamala pick as her VP? We want Mayor Pete, but we're not sure if he'll make the cut (this time).
  • VP candidate and couch aficionado J.D. Vance lashed out at childless cat ladies - he has no idea what he's done!
  • As childless (dog) ladies ourselves, we feel seen by this report from Pew that shows 57% of people under 50 who aren't having kids cite "just not wanting to" as their primary reason.
  • Do you need to have biological children to give a damn about the future of your country and the world? How is Andrew supposed to touch all that grass if he didn't care about conservation?
  • Falling birth rates globally is breeding a pronatalism movement, wherein some are looking to incentivize having children.
  • We're happy to be the cool aunties/uncle and continue growing our fur baby collections. But we can still love and care about the future of the children in our lives!
  • Is Spotify forcing users to listen to Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso”? Some users (including on our panel) feel like they simply cannot escape Espresso. 
  • Many people with this concern believe that Carpenter's label is paying Spotify to "force feed" Espresso to listeners around the world. But why? The song is already regarded as a bop, and has been doing well since it dropped this spring.
  • Sabrina Carpenter isn't alone though, a similar trend has emerged with Chappell Roan's "Good Luck, Babe!" and Tommy Richman's "Million Dollar Baby."
  • Does this simply boil down to Spotify's algorithm not being as good as it once was?
  • This week's recommendations will entertain and make your heart full: The Chameleon (Andrew), Inkless Ink Pads for taking impressions of your fur baby's paw prints (Laura), and "My Lady Jane" on Amazon Prime (Pam).


    • And in this week's installment of After Dark:

    • It's a roll call special! We're not leading with any agenda besides the things we want to bitch about today.
    • What is the point of having a smart doorbell if people will continue knocking instead of using it and taking the message that if we're not answering, we don't want to?
    • We have a bone to pick with Yelp and the INJUSTICE it has done!
    • What are some of our best door-to-door solicitor stories?

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