President-elect Joe Biden has been discussing plans to forgive student loan debt and it's caused some controversy on Twitter. Obviously, many people who struggle to cope with the loans are elated. Others, especially people who managed to pay off their own loans, are not too keen on the idea. There's no way to ignore the fact that the cost of a college/university education has increased dramatically over the past thirty years. This leaves many high school students feeling like they have no other choice but to commit to paying banks and loan organizations for decades to come. The struggle of juggling debt with the costs of living a normal adult life is one that's frequently expressed in depressingly relatable memes. While we enjoy relating to other broke adults, here's hoping we see less of these memes in coming years, and more policy changes that make education less of a privilege.
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Getting a college education in America can completely ruin a person financially, as times just aren't what they used to be when our Baby Boomer parents were our age. This Twitter thread is depressing as hell, but highlights the reality of being in an outrageous amount of student debt.
The solution to all of this? It may be time to encourage today's high school kids not to attend traditional college and go to trade school or community college instead!
You damn lazy Millennials and your entitlement - you guys think you deserve an education that won't ruin you financially? Back in my day we paid very lit- oh wait, never mind...so you guys actually have it harder than us old people and you're not just lazy a-holes? Okay fine, but get the f*ck off my lawn and quit eating so much goddamn avocado toast.
At this point we've accepted that we're going to be paying for our unimpressive bachelor's degrees until we die. At the very least it feels that way. Every payment hurts, and what hurts more is that it's just a drop in the damn bucket. But at least we're not alone. These student loan tweets really speak to our debt-ridden and depressed asses.
This meme is an oldie but a goldie! It all started a couple years back when an Instagram user uploaded a video of a man making fun of a boy's haircut, to which he replied, "Don't disrespect me like that dog." The video has since been used in memes that depict relatable scenarios of people being hilariously "disrespected."
