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All photos via PropertySex.com You’re an on-site landlord, and also a horny straight dude. Yesterday, you kicked out some obnoxious tenants and want to fill that vacancy as quickly as possible, but you also realize you’ve got a desirable space in a nice area, which, in the words of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, is…
For $1,000 a day, David Markovich will teach the old people in your office how to use Slack. Don’t know what Slack is? He can help. The 27-year-old runs ChatOverload, a consulting firm that helps companies modernize team communications using the popular, two-year-old messaging platform. For less tech-savvy (or millennial-savvy) organizations, Markovich holds seminars, builds custom Slackbots, and explains…
You don’t take any medications?” “No.” The doctor stared at me dolefully, then reframed the question. “So, when you get up in the morning, what do you put in your mouth?” he asked with an air of exasperation, as if I was the one who wasn’t getting it. “Oatmeal, usually, and tea with milk.” “You…
Every year, high school students and their parents spend much time, effort, and money on the college search. By comparison, they spend very little time focused on how they will spend their undergraduate years while in college. Yet a series of decisions that start the moment they secure their spot in the freshman class—from choosing…
It’s true: Kids Today are more dependent on their parents than Kids Yesterday. At least when it comes to housing. Nearly a third of Americans age 18 to 34 were living with their parents in 2014, according to a new analysis from the Pew Research Center. That’s the highest share since the Great Depression. It…
Some millennials may never get to experience the joys of playing bocce and telling kids to get off their lawn, as 12 percent of Americans between the ages of 20 and 34 expect to work until they die. A study, released on Tuesday by workforce solutions company Manpower Group and conducted by surveyor Reputation Leaders, found…
Young creatives are using social media to shape the culture we consume. But what happens when they don’t own their work? By DOREEN ST. FELIX Kayla Newman started her Vine account to record herself commenting on the minutia and mundanity of high school life. This was nearly two years ago, when she was 16. For…
According to the high-profile consulting firm, McKinsey & Co., millennials will have to work seven years longer or save twice as much in order to live as well in retirement as their parents. But take heart millennials! The following video should make you feel better (if you have a little adventure in your soul as…
Photo by MarishaSha/Shutterstock RenderHTML [if gte IE 9]>> Loading… We don’t have data for people under the age of 18. Okay What’s your number? How do I stack up? Don’t worry, we’re not collecting your data. Data based on answers from more than 13,000 Americans in the General Social Survey, 2006 – 2014. …
Every couple of months, some think-piece or study or list or viral video comes out, claiming to “explain” what millennials are. In a nutshell, millennials have “helicopter” parents who coddled us in our youth and turned us into “trophy children” and now we are whiny, entitled, and live in our parents basements because we can’t…