‘US Student Loans Cost the Government over $60B More to Service Than They Bring in a Year’ Ongoing discourse about student loan repayment included a tweet claiming American student loans cost more to service than they yield in payments each year.
Telegraph Money ‘Kyle’ Tweet A satirical tweet about "Millennial homeowner" profile tropes was subtle enough to be perceived as authentic by readers.
‘Millennials Hold 4.8% of All Wealth, At the Same Age, Gen X Had 9% of Wealth, Boomers Had 21%’ A May 2021 tweet by Seattle-area CEO Dan Price claimed that Millennials only held 4.8 percent of all wealth, compared to 9 percent for Gen X and 21 percent for Boomers at the same age.
Is the Average Rent $1,234 a Month, Necessitating a $30.77 Hourly Wage to Afford to Live? The fundamental premise of a viral Facebook post (itself a Twitter screenshot) wasn't inaccurate, but the economic picture is even more disheartening than it suggests.
‘Budget Breakdown of a 25-Year-Old Who Makes $100,000 a Year and Is Excellent with Money’ An unrealistic CNBC "budget breakdown" circulated in August 2020 -- but not for the first time.
Was $6 an Hour in 1980 Equivalent to More Than $18 Today? A viral "Boomers vs. Millennials" post claims that "I only made $6 an hour" is a flawed metric when comparing costs of living between generations.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Facts Meme On March 14 2019, the Facebook page Occupy Democrats shared a meme (archived here), making a number of claims about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York): Next to a photograph of Ocasio-Cortez, the meme’s text read: In high school she won 2nd place at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. In a show of […]
‘Company Policies’ Poster In March 2019, a poster of “Company Policies” spread on Facebook (archived here) and other sites, purportedly illustrating draconian — yet believable — rules for employees at an unidentified company: Many versions of the image appeared to come from Snapchat, with a circled portion around “sick days” and a comment: “This part tho .. wth.” The […]
Is a Tweet Contrasting American and Japanese Generations Accurate? On December 22, 2018, the Facebook page Ethan Berk shared an image referencing baby boomers, older people in Japan, and the attitudes of the two groups: The image involved several components, including commentary at the top, a purported tweet from BBC News, and subsequent remarks made in reference to the tweet. Together, it read: North […]
