Best Investment Ever To Get Kid To Read
We pay my oldest $1 every time he reads a book. We're talking 160 page chapter books. 😂 I'm out $120 this year and he thinks he's ripping me off. Best investment ever.
Overview
This meme combines a screenshot of a 2020 Twitter tweet with the popular two-panel Roll Safe thinking meme format. The tweet, posted by father David Woodland, explains that he pays his oldest son $1 every time the son finishes reading a book, even 160-page chapter books. After a year, David has spent $120 total; the son believes he is scamming his dad out of easy money, but David calls this the best investment ever. The two side-by-side panels of the Roll Safe character (the popular 'thinking smart guy' meme) represent both the dad and the son, each thinking they have outsmarted the other. The joke is that the dad got his son to read 120 full books for only $120, which is an incredible win for encouraging childhood literacy, while the son just thinks he's getting free easy cash from his dad.
Origin notes
The original tweet was posted to Twitter (now X) on July 16 2020 by user David Woodland (@DavidSven). This meme is a remix that combines the original viral tweet with the existing Roll Safe thinking meme format to highlight the double meaning of the joke, and was later reposted as a wholesome meme to X.com's WholesomeMeme account per the provided source information.
