#215 The Weekend, Kenye & Coachella. The Male Birth Control Pill. Flirting at Work. Gay Father Wont Pay For Homophobic Wedding AITA

Support The Channel: 0x9De0f37eA2523e2425301C1E47442A151E8aD14C Topics 1: The Weekend flexed on Coachella The Weeknd Threatens to Pull Out of Coachella if He Doesn’t Get Kanye’s $8.5 Million Payday https://www.theroot.com/the-weeknd-threatens-to-pull-out-of-coachella-if-he-doe-1848762437 Coachella organizers are really going through it. After announcing Kanye West as the headliner for Sunday, April 17 and 24, they had to deal with his erratic demands. Then his escalating harassment of ex-wife Kim Kardashian led to increasing cries from fans that he be removed. When the rapper himself decided to drop out of performing at the music festival, that left organizers with the difficult task of finding a last minute replacement. Enter superstar The Weeknd to save the day. The “Can’t Feel My Face” singer will take the stage alongside house music legends Swedish House Mafia, However, Page Six reports, before things were made official on Wednesday, negotiations hit a snag when festival owner Phil Anschutz wanted to pay The Weeknd less than the $8.5 million Kanye was set to receive. So, you’re the one in a bind, but you still had time to try and be cute about the money? 2: Boss response to staff not working on the weekend https://www.newsweek.com/boss-response-staff-not-working-weekend-stuns-internet-1695065 I received a message over the weekend about a low-impact, low-priority, occurrence (not even an issue, just a heads up) and I did not respond or wade in. (From an internal colleague, not a client/etc). The person escalated to my boss that I wasn’t replying. Monday morning my boss messaged me “I would just like to confirm you did not message ___ this weekend and did not do anything to investigate the issue.” I replied “Nope. Not a thing.” My boss replied “Great. Thank you for not working on your weekend. I reminded ____ that we do not work weekends and what resources were available during non-business hours.” It is nice to have a boss that believes in boundaries and a workplace that has systems to handle non-work hour issues, so both sides get what they need - the off-hours person gets help, the business hours person gets a weekend. 3: Is the male birth control on its way? https://fortune.com/2022/04/01/male-birth-control-pill-almost-ready-for-human-trials-half-century-mice/ Scientists at the University of Minnesota created a contraceptive pill that was proven to be 99% effective at preventing pregnancy in mice. According to Md Abdullah Al Noman, a Ph.D. candidate and one of the project’s main researchers, human trials could begin “as early as the end of this year.” The new pill targets interactions with Vitamin A, key to sperm production and fertility. Mice that took the pill were functionally sterile after four weeks. Those same mice returned to normal levels of virility four to six weeks after treatments ended. Noman and Georg’s pill represents a breakthrough because it’s a non-hormonal birth control that, when tested in mice, did not produce any side effects besides the reduction in sperm count. Hormonal birth control options like the gel, on the other hand, produce a wide range of side effects “like depression, decreased libido, and increased risk for cardiovascular disease,” Noman said. 4: Am I the asshole, dad backed for not paying for daughter’s wedding https://www.newsweek.com/dad-backed-after-not-paying-daughters-wedding-homophobic-rules-1691856 A man went viral after claiming he refused to pay for his daughter's wedding after she said he could not bring his husband or son because it would make her in-laws uncomfortable. 5: Flirting at work https://www.newsweek.com/husband-messaging-flirtatious-woman-work-mumsnet-1696346 A husband has come under fire after his wife discovered he has continued to be friendly with a woman from work—despite her flirtatious behavior previously crossing the line. she explained that her husband came home one night to reveal a woman at work had "progressively been getting more and