LOLOLOL! NY Mag writer totally FACEPLANTS trying to push wage gap myth

If you’re gonna push the wage gap myth, at least have the forethought to check your decimal point placement first. New York Magazine writer Olivia Becker learned that lesson the hard way:

https://twitter.com/oliviaLbecker/status/923196269937512449

Another what, now?

It's either 77 cents or .77 dollars. No wonder you're paid less. https://t.co/OkzCEaoSs7

— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) October 25, 2017

Daaaaaaaamn!

You'd earn more if you knew math.

— Chibi William Henry Harrison? (@TobytheBeagle1) October 25, 2017

Double daaaaaaaamn!

Math is hard, amirite?

— Chuck Vipperman (@ChuckVipperman) October 25, 2017

Wait…. .77 cents is $0.0077… Math is hard.

— Drummer FAL (@drummerFAL) October 25, 2017

Thats less than 1 cent.

— Poe's Law says HASHIRE SORI YO KAZE NO YOU NI (@ScribeUndead) October 25, 2017

https://twitter.com/17ebivor/status/923275822164721664

https://twitter.com/BobsonDugnutt9/status/923240889006268416

Not even paid a full cent…that’s rough.

— Jonathan Martinez (@Jcadvamlier) October 25, 2017

https://twitter.com/touchdownHtown/status/923229912831545349

Make it .8 cents.

Don't spend it all at once.

— アーケットシスターズ (@ArquetteSisters) October 25, 2017

Ouch.

Exit advice:

1. Stop lying.
2. Learn 4th grade math.
3. Delete your account.

— Brooks (@Brooks_the_Lab) October 25, 2017