How to Form Deeper Friendships, Why Does Gen Z Do 9/11 Memes?

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and nothing but love for Taylor Swift, Haitian migrants, and geese. Is your calendar the secret to fostering deeper friendships? The NYTimes (and Andrew) think so! It seems simple enough - a standing coffee date, joining a sports league or a book club. But why do so many of us struggle to make these commitments? We discuss some ways to make planning an event with a large group easier, like using a scheduling app for availability, instagram polls in DMs, or just making plans and inviting anyone who wants to come rather than trying to cater to a bunch of scheduling needs. If so many of us are lonely, why do we struggle so much to make friend dates happen? Laura has a Bumble BFF update for us, and a reminder that we should all be conscious of not wasting others' time! Apparently for certain Gen Z'ers, 9/11 has become a popular internet meme. WHY? People have been processing traumatic events with dark humor since the beginning of time, but why are these memes crossing a line? We chat about how weird it is that people just a few years younger than us don't remember 9/11 - and it's probably why it's easier for some to be desensitized to it. Do the annual memorials and replaying of the same footage over and over play a part in desensitizing us to the horrors of that day? Read. the. room. We've got some solid recommendations for y'all this week: Frank Turner's latest album 'Undefeated' (Laura), SpotHero (Pam), and Zero app (Andrew). And in this week's installment of After Dark: Time to judge each other on our morning routines (or lack thereof). Andrew is not prioritizing enough time for HIMSELF in the mornings! Pam has the most durable, instagram-worthy morning routine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices