This is Nick. This is Jack. Welcome back to the funnest place in finance. It is Monday, November 17th. And today's pod is the best one yet. This is a T-boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Jack, it happened. I heard it. It's real. What happened? Mariah Carey, all I want for Christmas, already heard it on the radio this weekend.

Dude, we watched all three versions of the Grinch this weekend. Besties had it all up and yeah,

you got to order the gifts today. Jack, three stories for today's pod. What do we got on the T-Boy?

For our first story, it's the millennial cringe stock market. Every brand that millennials love is tanking on Wall Street.

Sweet Green, Warby, Auburts, all struggling right now because millennials can't afford them.

And also, because of a triple whammy of costs.

For our second story, Doug McMillan is retiring from Walmart after raising worker pay there by 90%.

Walmart's gone from corporate villain to corporate hero, from Baltimore to Superman, and it's

thanks to their wartime CEO. And our third and final story. Four of the top apps in the app

store right now are microdrama apps. what's a micro drama yeah it's 90 second

episodes of addictively trashy tv but besties if you want to see the ending you're gonna have to pay a buck

spoiler the father of the baby is a billionaire werewolf classic jack but yet he's before we hit that

wonderful mix of stories fantastic mix to kick off the week no one else is that mix. Do you have a buddy who works in tech as an engineer? But do they suddenly look 10 years younger? It could be that they're part of a new trend in Silicon Valley, many facelifts for men. That's right. Just like your grandma down in Florida, tech guys and Cali are getting a lift these days.

True story sent to us by a listener, Manish Parique. He found it in the Wall Street Journal.

And this story, it's never looked better, baby. Here's the context. The tech industry has a bit of an age complex, a particular phobia for aging.

Peter Thiel once said that he would never hire anyone over the age of 30. I guess he wants people with the stamina to work 100-hour work weeks. That's exactly what he's doing, Jack. So there is pressure to look so young you don't even know what an iPod is. Knowing what Napster is, is a red flag. And that's why engineers in their 30s are getting a little neck pinch. They want to look like they're interns. Oh, you work in tech and you don't believe us? Well, we got the date on that. In San Francisco, male facelifts are up 25% since the pandemic. Eye lid surgery, it's up 50% since the pandemic. If Nip Tuck came back for a season 7 on FX, it'd be a very different kind of season.

Oh, and if you know what show Jack's talking about right now, then yeah, you're probably part of this trend.

Oh, and since each operation costs about $50,000 at least,

Jack, that pairs perfectly with your annual holiday bonus, man.

Correction, it doesn't cost $50,000.

It's an investment in getting a job with Peter Thiel. So besties, if your PM buddy at Google says they're getting some work done right now, could be some Figma design work, could be account management work, or it could be some chin work. So that HSA approved? I don't think so. It doesn't matter. It's a write-off.

Jack, let's sit on three stories.

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