‘By age 30’: How the internet turned a finance guru’s advice into a meme

Earlier this month, when Steve Adcock, a finance guru and part-time motivational speaker, dished out advice about leading a successful life, netizens turned his tweet into a meme.

On August 1, Adcock who goes by the Twitter name Steve Millionaire Habits (@SteveOnSpeed), tweeted to his over 1 lakh followers, “By age 30, you should have a group of friends that talk business, money, and fitness, not politics and pop culture.”

By age 30 you should have at least 40 different tote bags you don‘t need but keep stuffed into one larger tote bag which is the one you‘d technically need the most but now can no longer access

— Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier (@S_Mittermeier) August 4, 2022

By the age of 30 stop judging others

— Faisal (@Faisi78703658) August 6, 2022

By the age of 30, you should have a city of museums you want to visit but haven’t yet, an institution you hold a grudge against, several smart friends going for their PhDs, 5-7 potential projects in your DMS, and a complicated relationship to the concept of internships pic.twitter.com/s5OrW1NHOz

— Lacey “Public Historian of Bob’s Burgers” Wilson (@LaceyWilson4) August 3, 2022

By the age of 30, you should have seen 4 drafts of the Data Protection Bill, have your Aadhaar card data leaked a dozen times, and experienced at least 1 internet shutdown.

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