Prompt Cast
The Secrets and Stories Hidden in Venmo Transactions
TLDR Venmo transactions can reveal intimate details about people's lives, from breakups to financial struggles. People are surprisingly open and unfiltered in their Venmo transactions, leading to interesting and sometimes unexpected stories.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
People obsess over being charged for pizza after bringing wine to a party and Venmo is a place on the internet where people share private financial information.
03:03
People are surprisingly honest and unthinking in their Venmo transactions, and Kiara thinks you can find real stories here in this shoebox of the internet's receipts, such as the story of Melanie and her girlfriend's breakup.
05:50
Melanie's Venmo transactions revealed her journey through a breakup, from single girl outings to serious relationship transactions, and she was surprisingly okay with Kiara watching.
08:26
The hosts found interesting stories hidden in financial transactions, including a woman who moved back in with her parents and received money from her brother for "sanity," and someone paying back a loan to their parents with weekly installments and including childhood memories in the comments.
12:08
A person started offering advice to people for a fee, even though they are unqualified and unsure of what they are doing.
15:09
A person seeks advice on whether or not to tell their partner about their infertility diagnosis before moving in together.
18:07
The person ultimately decided to tell their boyfriend about their fertility issue after receiving advice from a stranger on Venmo.
Categories:
Technology
Society & Culture
