#MillennialRetirementPlans

About

#MillennialRetirementPlans is a hashtag which grew popular on Twitter on September 17th, 2019. The hashtag finds users joking about the poor retirement prospects for Millennials.

Origin

On September 17th, 2019, Twitter account @Radstags posted inviting its followers to make jokes under the hashtag "#MillennialRetirementPlans."^[1]

Spread

Over the following day, hundreds of Twitter users began sharing jokes with the hashtag. User @lamegirlblues posted a joke that gained over 240 retweets and 1,500 likes (shown below, left). User @floofram posted a joke about American health care that gained over 150 retweets and 900 likes (shown below, right).

The popularity of the hashtag caused it to trend on Twitter on September 17th.^[2] Other popular examples include a tweet by @mylightinflight which used a Saturday Night Live that gained over 140 retweets and 840 likes (shown below, left). User @Jenninjuice1 posted a Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions meme, gaining over 400 retweets and 1,700 likes (shown below, right).

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