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Someone Who Is Good At The Economy Please Help Me is a snowclone popular on Twitter in which a person lays out a budget in which they are spending an exorbitant amount on a frivolous item, then asks, "someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying."

Origin

On September 29th, 2013, @dril tweeted:[1]

Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
Candles $3,600
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying

His tweet gained over 53,000 retweets and 74,000 likes in three and a half years (shown below).
The top response is user @craigus12[2] saying "spend less on candles," to which @dril[3] responded "no." The tweets gained over 12,000 and 13,000 retweets, respectively.

wint @dril Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 Candles $3,600 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this my family is dying Expand 29 Sep craig @craigus 12 29 Sep @dril spend less on candles Expand wint @dril @craigus12 no 29 Sep Hide conversation Reply Retweet ★ Favorite More

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Over the following several years, the tweet became a popular snowclone on Twitter where people would change the numbers and "candles." One of the earlier, more popular examples was posted by a Dril parody account, @critical_dril (shown below).[4]

Winttgenstein @critical_dril Follow / Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 @VersoBooks $3,600 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy help mee budget this. my family is dying RETWEETS LIKES 128 313

@Dril's tweet was included in a Daily Dot[5] article later that year in a feature on Dad Jokes. It was included in a list of @Dril's 15 best tweets on The Things[6] as well as a list of his 10 best tweets in Newsweek.[7] Meanwhile, the snowclone continued to be used in various iterations on Twitter.

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Pension $200k/yr Wall St Speech $400k Book Deal $65 mill someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying
Food $200 Data $90 Rent $800 Clout $1,000,000 Utility $90 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying
School 2¢ Military $600 billion Healthcare $2 Welfare $1 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying.
Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 MOAB $314M Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying
food $200 gear $350 tea for levi $36,000 horses $500 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my survey corps is dying
TALENT: $100 UTILITY: $200 GIANT MOTORCYCLE: $90000000 someone who is good at the economy please help my Network is dying

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Someone Who Is Good At The Economy Please Help Me

Someone Who Is Good At The Economy Please Help Me

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About

Someone Who Is Good At The Economy Please Help Me is a snowclone popular on Twitter in which a person lays out a budget in which they are spending an exorbitant amount on a frivolous item, then asks, "someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying."

Origin

On September 29th, 2013, @dril tweeted:[1]

Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
Candles $3,600
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying

His tweet gained over 53,000 retweets and 74,000 likes in three and a half years (shown below).
The top response is user @craigus12[2] saying "spend less on candles," to which @dril[3] responded "no." The tweets gained over 12,000 and 13,000 retweets, respectively.


wint @dril Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 Candles $3,600 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this my family is dying Expand 29 Sep craig @craigus 12 29 Sep @dril spend less on candles Expand wint @dril @craigus12 no 29 Sep Hide conversation Reply Retweet ★ Favorite More

Spread

Over the following several years, the tweet became a popular snowclone on Twitter where people would change the numbers and "candles." One of the earlier, more popular examples was posted by a Dril parody account, @critical_dril (shown below).[4]


Winttgenstein @critical_dril Follow / Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 @VersoBooks $3,600 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy help mee budget this. my family is dying RETWEETS LIKES 128 313

@Dril's tweet was included in a Daily Dot[5] article later that year in a feature on Dad Jokes. It was included in a list of @Dril's 15 best tweets on The Things[6] as well as a list of his 10 best tweets in Newsweek.[7] Meanwhile, the snowclone continued to be used in various iterations on Twitter.

Various Examples


Pension $200k/yr Wall St Speech $400k Book Deal $65 mill someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying Food $200 Data $90 Rent $800 Clout $1,000,000 Utility $90 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying School 2¢ Military $600 billion Healthcare $2 Welfare $1 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying. Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 MOAB $314M Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying food $200 gear $350 tea for levi $36,000 horses $500 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my survey corps is dying TALENT: $100 UTILITY: $200 GIANT MOTORCYCLE: $90000000 someone who is good at the economy please help my Network is dying

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