My read on this is: People just make up these memes that contain a tiny grain of truth that is distorted beyond recognition to troll or because if makes them feel good about their decisions, and then they go viral because people love a good counter-intuitive gotcha ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yeah, that was the one I remembered Hummer vs Prius, always felt off but didn't have the time to check it out more deeply.
My read on this is: People just make up these memes that contain a tiny grain of truth that is distorted beyond recognition to troll or because if makes them feel good about their decisions, and then they go viral because people love a good counter-intuitive gotcha ¯\_(ツ)_/¯