John D. Noe

This is where Millennials and Zoomers lose their argument and the compassion some might feel for them being in a poor economy goes out the window. I as a 52 year old man & make my lunches every weekend for around $3-$5 each. And when you suggest they do the same it’s like you just pissed on their shoes. So it’s ok for me to sacrifice and do all the little things to save money at 52. But you at 30 consider it an insult. Ok then…. fuck off.

Active listings of U.S. homes hit the highest level since March 2020

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If you're a millennial it's time to pick your midlife crisis: 1. Quitting alcohol 2. Running 10 miles before work 3. Divorce 4. Panic baby at 35 with wife you hate 5. Pickleball 6. ADHD diagnosis 7. Dressing like you did in 2004 8. Blacking out every weekend like you’re 21 9. Weekly hinge dates 10. Ice baths and saunas 11. Board games and craft beer in the suburbs 12. Getting into tattoos 13. Quitting your job to explore your “passions” 14. Plants and the environment 15. Traveling

Every millennial can relate to the stark and precipitous enshittification of airline travel, as we were born in the good days where every seat came with a cute little pillow and a friendly smile, maybe a little metal pin with airline wings on it. Everything was designed to make you feel like you were floating, not flying. A great experience and for the same price as today. And we’ve watched it year by year plummet to public bus grade. And the reasons for this, like all enshittification, remain opaque—only whispers against the cope chorus of “but I just flew x to y and it wasn’t that bad.” Just for fun, I just asked the Southwest flight attendant for a pillow. A scowl and a firm “No.” It’s a humiliation ritual every time. I am committed to boycotting all air travel for non essential purposes until after WWIII.

"Data from the Federal Reserve highlights that when the average Boomer household turned 35 years old, the generation already controlled 21% of all U.S. wealth. For context, Millennials owned just 3% of the nation's wealth at that exact same age milestone."

The Catholic Suburban Rite is always so wacky--and there's always some new sort of wackiness to be found. Today, in Elk Grove, I heard bongos for the first time at Mass. Abundant greeters too: one at narthex entry, 3 at nave entry, then one at each aisle. Then a pre-Mass neighbor greeting.

The answer is contraception. It’s always been contraception. Once the majority of Catholics consciously rejected the Church’s teaching that BC is gravely sinful, they concluded the Church can be wrong about mortal sin.

That Catholic line is horrific. Trads will blame Vatican II, but there's no way to test that hypothesis. But if not the Council, then what? Asking seriously. Notice that neither the world-changing papacy of JP2 nor the horror of the abuse scandals affected the trajectory.

The Vatican has begun investigating a possible miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope Benedict XVI🇻🇦 This comes as the Church advances the cause for his sainthood. The reported miracle involves a young man from Colorado who, in 2012, suffered from advanced Hodgkin’s lymphoma. During a general audience in St. Peter’s Square, the then-Pope placed his hand on the young man’s chest, directly over the tumor, and blessed him. What followed was a complete, unexplained recovery that doctors could not scientifically account for. Today, that same man is a priest! This is a beautiful sign of God’s continued work through the holy lives of His servants. Pope Benedict XVI, the great theologian and gentle shepherd, continues to inspire faith even after his passing. Let us pray for the success of this investigation and for the glorification of this faithful servant of the Church. In addition, a lay-initiated signature campaign has been launched, petitioning the Vatican to accelerate the cause for the beatification and canonization of Pope Benedict XVI. To date, the petition has already gathered over 1,900 signatures.

the vast majority of babies ever born were raised by parents who would consider live video monitoring of a sleeping baby so excessive they’d be confused by the concept. having a baby is hard in a bunch of ways, but a whole lot of parents are making it much harder than it needs to be. they’re doing their best to shame everyone else into having a harder time than necessary too.

Everyone in the US took a 30% pay cut and didn't even know it.