A few days ago, MarketWatch—a financial publication—published this Tweet/article:
Twitter did what Twitter does best and reacted in the most honest, hilarious way possible. Here are some select responses...
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@MarketWatch I think you meant to say, By 35 you should have debt twice your salary.
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@ElConquistadork @karr_pe @the_bird_roads @rcapobiancojr @MarketWatch I think the key to this is just make sure you have a very very low salary and x7 should be easy to obtain
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@LetYourLifeBe @ComeFromAwayNL @ElConquistadork @karr_pe @the_bird_roads @rcapobiancojr @MarketWatch 250k? Ha. Haha. I barely made 20k last year.
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@MarketWatch do any of you know real people? just curious.
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@MarketWatch I'm 35 and I've got a whole $5k in my retirement, and here I thought I was doing well!! 😭😭😭
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@MarketWatch I've done the math, and I can retire about 10 years after I die, if nothing else happens.
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@MarketWatch This is such an irresponsible sentiment that entirely decontextualizes the sociopolitical forces that make this impossible for *most* people and instead makes them internalize the myth that somehow they’re not working hard enough
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@MarketWatch Too bad about that whole 75 cents on the dollar thing.
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@MarketWatch my retirement plan is eating the rich
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@MarketWatch Have you guys told US companies about this yet?
12. My reaction exactly:
@MarketWatch LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
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