[lotsofpulp]

I assume these kinds of articles are rage bait for clicks.

Present a story (if it’s even true) of an outlandish situation as if it representative of something, but not outright saying it, leaving it to the reader to feel outrage, or schadenfreude, and then they send it to their friends to gawk at the idiocy, etc.

A common one is “we earn $300k per year but are only middle class and can’t afford to save for retirement”.

[alabastervlog]

Ugh, I don't know how I didn't immediately recognize it as one of those.