Wednesday, April 10, 2024

John Oliver examines student loans for Wayback Wednesday

Happy Wayback Wednesday! Today's topic is Student Loans. Take it away, John Oliver!

With over 43 million Americans paying off student loans, John Oliver discusses how so many people have come to take on student loan debt, why it’s so hard to pay off, and what we can do about it, mama.
I'm lucky to have been able to get my education without borrowing, so I escaped student loan debt. My wife and daughter were not so fortunate, and my daughter is still paying hers off. Sigh.

I'm looking forward to Last Week Tonight's future examinations of the cost of college. Until then, follow over the jump for a retrospective of the most read entries featuring John Oliver during the 13th year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News.


The most read entry featuring John Oliver during the 13th year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News was John Oliver examines Clarence Thomas and makes him an offer on 'Last Week Tonight' posted February 22, 2024. I shared it at the Coffee Party USA/Citizen Connect Facebook page the next day, which helped it earn ~2,240 default and 2241 raw page views during February 2024, making it the most read entry that month. It ended the blogging year with ~2,240 default and 2,271 raw page views, ranking it third overall and the second most read entry posted during the blog's 13th year.


I shared 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' covers homeschooling from October 10, 2023 ~1,520 default and 1539 raw page views that month to rank as the most read entry posted during October 2023 and the second most read overall. The tweet of this post earned 67 impressions and 5 total engagements, including 3 detail expands (tied for most during October 2023), 1 reply in 1 thread, and 1 media engagement. The entry continued to accumulate page views, ending the blogging year with ~1,530 default and 1,606 raw page views, ranking fifth overall according to default page views and among entries posted during the blogging year, and sixth overall according to raw page views.


'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' returns after winning two Emmy Awards with 'A History of Chuck E. Cheese,' a tale of the Retail Apocalypse from February 5, 2024 benefited from two shares, mine at the Coffee Party USA/Citizen Connect Facebook page and Steve in Manhattan's in Mike's Blog Roundup at Crooks and Liars. Both combined for 845 default and 866 raw page views during February 2024, ranking it second for the month. Its page views continued to increase, ending the blogging year with 846 default and 880 raw page views, ranking it seventh overall by the first measure and seventh among entries posted during the 2023-2024 blogging year and ninth overall according to the second metric. Watch for this entry to reappear in retrospectives about the Retail Apocalypse and awards shows other than the Saturn Awards.


I shared Freight trains examined by 'Last Week Tonight' from December 11, 2023 at the Coffee Party USA/Citizen Connect Facebook page. That helped the entry earn 639 default and 651 raw page views during December 2023 to rank second by all measures during the month. It lost most of its default page views since, but a trickle of readers raised its raw page views to 673 by the end of the blogging year, enough to rank it ninth among entries posted between March 21, 2023 and March 20, 2024 and 13th overall.


I shared John Oliver examines dollar stores, a tale of the Retail Apocalypse from November 29, 2023 at the Coffee Party USA/Citizen Connect Facebook page during December 2023. That helped the entry earn 314 default and 340 raw page views during December 2023 to rank seventh for the month. It tied for the most likes on Instagram during November 2023 with three each. The entry ended the blogging year with 418 raw page views, landing it in 32nd place among entries posted during the blogging year and 41st overall. Watch for this entry to reappear in a retrospective about the Retail Apocalypse.


Infidel753 shared Elon Musk examined by John Oliver from December 18, 2023 during December 2023, then I shared it at the Coffee Party USA/Citizen Connect Facebook page during January 2024, reflected in the three peaks in readership visible in the image above. Infidel's share contributed 103 raws page views during December 2023, ranking it 20th among entries posted that month and 25th overall. My share resulted in 263 default and 293 raw page views during January 2024, ranking it seventh overall for the month. Both combined for 350 default and 396 raw page views over two months. The post ended the blogging year with 414 raw page views, placing it 33rd among entries posted during the blogging year and 42nd overall. It also had the most comments on Instagram during December 2023 with one.


Infidel753 also shared Boeing gets the John Oliver treatment on 'Last Week Tonight' from March 7, 2024 after I shared it at the Coffee Party USA/Citizen Connect Facebook page. The two shares combined for 379 default and 389 raw page views to rank the entry 20th overall by the first measure during the blogging year, 38th among entries posted during the blogging year and 48th overall by the second. I used this entry as the cutoff for ranking by page views during Crazy Eddie's Motie News's 13th year. It continued earning page views through the end of March 2024, ending the month with 379 default and 408 raw page views to land in second place among entries posted during the month and third overall. It also had the most comments during the month with five.

That's it for today's retrospective. Let's see if I can continue this series tomorrow for Throwback Thursday. It will have to be a relatively short post. In the meantime, I'm being a good environmentalist by recycling It's Wayback 'Wednesday'.

I was working on a post that was going to take too long, so I made this meme instead. I like the idea of Wednesday Addams as a mascot for Wayback Wednesday. I hope my readers do, too.
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