The ‘helpful’ advice how this 31 y/o paid off his student loan will have you facepalming into next week
We’re a sucker for any advice which might help us save a little money here and there, so long as it doesn’t involve cutting back on anything we actually enjoy doing.
And there’s quite a market out there for hints and tips how to pay off the giant debts you will inevitably have incurred by the time you’re [insert your age here].
Some advice is more helpful than others. This, shared on Twitter by Ivan Brandon, is of the ‘others’ variety.
do people even hear themselves pic.twitter.com/E7PBq8JwMd
— Iván Brandon (@IvanBrandon) June 18, 2019
If we had a pound for every person who retweeted it, eh? And just in case that’s tricky to read, here are the salient points.
‘Horton took a job as an operations manager at the nonprofit her mother runs … Horton’s mother gave the couple a condo that she had purchased at an auction as a wedding gift …They decided to move in with her grandparents down the street and started renting out the condo to bring in extra income … Horton has a simple message: ‘I just want them to feel empowered that they can pay it off. If I can do it, anybody can.’
I beg your pardon?
‘I just want them to feel empowered that they can pay it off. If I can do it, anybody can.’
And just a few of the things people had to say about it.
Do they hear how loudly I am screaming?
— Devin Nunes' Smirking Revenge (@schnufflerowner) June 19, 2019
"How one person's relatives paid off the student loans for them, through transfers" is more like it.
— Rick Gundlach (@Hoofin) June 19, 2019
How to pay of your $220k student loan: Get gifted a $250k condo and keep the change
— Bram Fokke (@BramFokke) June 19, 2019
"If I can, anybody can!" is the slogan for blind privilege and generational wealth. #ugh
— Mamie Parris (@MamieParris) June 18, 2019
"If I can be given a condo to rent out to make extra income, you can"
— Timm Verse Parademon no 6 (@Geoff06316321) June 19, 2019
