Pay Pigs and Prayer Warriors, if you are reaching thirty, put down the Werther's Originals! This is an emergency and you need to start shaking some ass at the club. In this episode, Kenny and Virgil are joined by aesthetic scholar and TikTok Icon, Laura aka Cyberexboyfriend, to talk about nostalgia cycles, billboard charts, fast fashion, and how the means of production makes 29 year olds start thinking they are old and ready for death.\

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Works Cited and Further Reading:

Survey of the Best and Worst Decades (YouGov)

1800s Womenswear (Fashion History Timeline)

Shein's Average Shopper Spends $100 a month on clothes)

From May 21, 2023: In this episode, Kenny and Virgil break down the vigilante culture behind Citizen, Nextdoor, and Ring. We get into why and how these companies capitalize on your fear and paranoia, while successfully pitting communities against one another. We also give you social-anxiety babes a lil advice on how to build up the courage to just ask your neighbor for a cup of sugar.

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Works Cited and Further Reading:

Vigilante app removed from apple store

Citizen lays off employees

Citizen usage in Philly

False Arrest Due to Racial profiling - Citizen

Nextdoor CEO admits fault for racist biases

Citizen app does not promote public safety

LAPD + Citizen

Citizen crime alerts

How crime tracking apps create a culture of fear and incite panic

Citizen app employees mental health

Inside the Citizen App

From April 23, 2022:

In part two of the Parasocial Power Hour, [the podcaster formally known as] Ceres talks about their travels for the past six weeks on their E̶a̶t̶ ̶P̶r̶a̶y̶ ̶L̶o̶v̶e̶ Smoke Rave Chillax journey. They talk about their thrilling adventures through being held on trial at the Tenderqueer Tribunal, worshiping the moon, and taking shrooms. Like if Hunter S. Thompson was hot.

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