The internet is full of free financial advice, and while there is a huge audience for it, sometimes netizens turn their backs on disingenuous self-help advice.
Earlier this month, when Steve Adcock, a part-time financial guru and motivational speaker, gave advice on a successful life, netizens turned his tweet into a meme.
On August 1, Adcock, who goes by the Twitter handle Steve Millionaire Habits (@SteveOnSpeed), tweeted to his over 1 lakh followers, “By the age of 30, you should have a group of friends who talk business, money and fitness, not politics. and pop culture.”
By the time you’re 30, you should have at least 40 different bags that you don’t need but keep stuffed in one larger duffel bag, which is technically what you’ll need the most, but now you can no longer access it.
– dr Sabrina Mittermeier (@S_Mittermeier) August 4, 2022
At the age of 30, stop judging others
— Faisal (@Faisi78703658) August 6, 2022
By age 30, you should have a city of museums you want to visit but haven’t yet, an institution you hold a grudge against, some smart friends going for their PhDs, 5-7 potential projects in your DMS and a complicated relationship with the concept of practice pic.twitter.com/s5OrW1NHOz
— Lacey “Bob’s Burgers Public Historian” Wilson (@LaceyWilson4) August 3, 2022
By the age of 30, you must have seen 4 drafts of the Data Protection Bill, had your Aadhaar card data leaked dozens of times and experienced at least 1 internet shutdown.
— Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) (@internetfreedom) August 5, 2022
By age 30, you should own, not rent, a living castle. This is a time when you need to build equity. The only way to beat inflation is with inflatables.
— Yer Friday Gal (@FridayInHalifax) August 4, 2022
At 30, you should know that people who discuss money, business, and fitness can also discuss pop culture and politics. These topics are not mutually exclusive.
Otherwise: at 30, you should know that it’s okay to have multiple groups of friends who discuss different topics. https://t.co/XMSJLCrNDT
— Obelisk | Webtoon canvassed lesbian (@Obelis12) August 5, 2022
At age 30 you must return to college pretending to be a student but actually a spy, fall in love with your chemistry teacher, reform your half-brother, reconnect with your stepfather, take down a terrorist group, and improve Indo- Little relations saving the Milaap Project.
— Jackie J. Thakkar (@Juvenile_Jack) August 5, 2022
by age 30 you should have several offspring, a sworn enemy, and a narrative scroll
— SparkNotes (@SparkNotes) August 3, 2022
By the age of 30 you should be able to walk down this empty road, the Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
– Josh Mings (@joshuamings) August 4, 2022
By the age of 30, you should have given up on at least 90% of your dreams, accepted your mediocrity, and considered disappearing from this world at least three times.
— peeleraja (@peeleraja) August 3, 2022
While his tweet garnered 35,000 likes, it also prompted a slew of other tweets that began with “Until I’m 30.” Responding to Adcock’s post, one Twitter user wrote, “By the time you’re 30, you should know that people who discuss money, business, and fitness can also discuss pop culture and politics. These topics are not mutually exclusive. Otherwise: at 30, you should know that it’s okay to have multiple groups of friends who discuss different topics.”
Another person simply wrote: “Don’t judge others until you’re 30.” Soon, the format of “Up to 30” tweets included everything from candid advice to movie plots.
Citing the plot of the Bollywood hit ‘Main Hoon Na’, a Twitter user wrote: “By the age of 30 you have to go back to college pretending to be a student but you’re actually a spy, fall fall in love with your chemistry teacher, reform your other half.brother, reconnect with your stepmother, destroy a terrorist group and improve Indo-Pak relations by saving Project Milaap.
