Your astrological week ahead for May 23rd, with Psychic Bob

Aries, March 21st–April 19th

Genesis, Exodus, skip a few, Jesus Revelation.

Taurus, April 20th–May 20th

Someone out there must be sexually aroused by extreme boredom. Absolutely rock hard while a colleague drones on about a recent sales conference in Ipswich.

Gemini, May 21st–June 21st

There’s a man down Gandalf’s chip shop swears he’s Elvish.

Cancer, June 22nd–July 22nd

If I was on death row I’d take an Imodium with my last meal. Don’t want nerves to get the better of you.

Leo, July 23rd–August 22nd

Alexander Skarsgård in thigh-high boots? Somebody’s ready for pantomime.

Virgo, August 23rd–September 22nd

“Is there such a thing as a low-functioning alcoholic? Oh that’s most of them? I stand corrected.”

Libra, September 23rd–October 22nd

I bet Jesus cringes whenever he hears Lord of the Dance. What a fucking embarrassment of a hymn.

Scorpio, October 23rd–November 22nd

There’s nothing inherently wrong with the name Adolf and it will never recover its former standing unless people start using it again, you tell the midwife.

Sagittarius, November 22nd–December 21st

“No, it’s a cuckold clock. It only comes out when my wife is having sex with other men.”

Capricorn, December 22nd–January 19th

If you’ll excuse me, I have a date with Destiny. She’s 23 and swings round that pole like she was born to it.

Aquarius, January 20th–February 18th

“Only 30 seconds to give shout-outs to the many people who’ve given me so much over the years? You insult me, Ken Bruce. You insult my life.”

Pisces, February 19th–March 20th

Bring back hanging (gardens, the) (Babylon, of) (seven wonders, ancient world, one of the).

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A confused millennial tries to… warn Zoomers that time's scythe will cut them down too

By Josh Gardner, who firmly believes 2005 was ten years ago

I WAS gagged this morning by a look in the mirror. Instead of a youthful, Yassified face, I saw faint signs of wrinkles and a single grey hair.

Depression washed over me like the fourth phase of Marvel content. How could my time as a youthquake be over? What happened to us changing the world by clicking stuff on social media?

It was giving existential crisis. Only a few years ago I was the hot new adult demographic, annoying Gen X and Boomers alike with my mental and physical immaturity. Now they’re saying I’m over?

I was on the verge of a menty B, and nobody around me was any help. My parents unhelpfully pointed out that they were homeowners by my age, which I can’t be because of house prices, flight prices and Kendrick Lamar ticket prices.

But my Zoomer friends gave me an even bigger ick. While only a couple of years younger than me, they treat me like I’m an ancient relic from the dark time of WAP-enabled phones and films not shot in UHD.

Frantically grabbing the nearest one by her oversized hoodie, I asserted that I was as enragingly young not long ago, and that soon they’ll be overthrown by Gen Alpha as the focus of pop culture’s baleful gaze.

Society’s wheel will turn. The mullet-and-moustache combination will be unfashionable once again. Yelling ‘chicken jockey’ while throwing popcorn may be the dying gasp of their youth, and they don’t even know it.

‘It’s like that bit from The Simpsons,’ I protested. ‘Where Grandpa Simpson says he used to be with it but then they changed what it was.’ ‘The Simpsons,’ my friend replied, ‘is that from the memes? Let me ask ChatGPT.’

Her indifference did not pass the vibe check. Why couldn’t they heed the warning that every generation before them has also ignored? As with everything I hate and don’t understand about their generation, I blame TikTok.