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This is a 5-panel vertical comparison meme. The first three panels feature illustrated portraits of famous tech billionaires: Steve Jobs with the Apple logo holding an early iPhone, Bill Gates with the Microsoft logo in a business suit, and Mark Zuckerberg with the Meta logo in casual wear, each paired with the text "He left school", referencing their widely known college dropout status that preceded their massive career success. The fourth panel shows a deadpan Wojak character working as a McDonald's cashier, paired with the text "You left school", highlighting that average people who drop out of school do not achieve the same rare success as the billionaires shown. The fifth panel features another deadpan Wojak working as a Starbucks barista, with a chalkboard behind him listing $127,834 in student debt, paired with the text "He didn't leave school", mocking the reality that even people who complete college often end up working low-wage service jobs while carrying crippling student loan debt. The joke critiques the common misleading myth of the "successful college dropout" and calls out widespread economic inequality facing young workers regardless of their education choices.

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This meme uses the iconic Omni-Man beating Mark scene from the animated series Invincible. The uninjured, yelling Omni-Man is labeled as a boomer who purchased a home for $20,000 in 1972 with little effort, telling younger people they can afford a house if they stop buying daily coffee. The heavily injured, pinned Mark is labeled as a modern young worker who works 50 hours per week, cannot afford groceries after paying for bills and gas, and has completely lost hope of ever achieving financial freedom. The meme mocks the disconnected, out-of-touch 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps' advice from older generations, highlighting the stark difference between the accessible cost of living boomers experienced and the extreme economic hardship younger generations face due to stagnant wages and skyrocketing housing and basic necessity costs.

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The meme features a top text caption that reads 'Boomers when you tell them you can't afford their home they bought for $40,000 in 1984 for $600,000 in 2022', paired with a screenshot of an enraged, yelling middle-aged animated male character from Pixar's *The Incredibles*, who is adjusting his glasses while appearing incredulous and furious. The joke highlights the common generational disconnect around housing affordability, where baby boomers often fail to recognize that real estate prices have risen exponentially faster than wages since they purchased their homes, leading to frustration for younger generations who cannot afford the same housing at current market rates.

Boomers React Incredulously to Young People Not Being Able to Afford Inflated Home Prices

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