Meme lore
What is the Stonks meme?
Stonks is a surreal meme featuring Meme Man - a bald 3D-rendered head on a businessman's body - standing before a stock ticker with an orange arrow pointing up. The deliberate misspelling of 'stocks' mocks bad financial decisions presented as genius moves, or celebrates absurdly lucky outcomes.
Origin & history
Stonks features Meme Man, a recurring character in surreal and ironic internet humor known for intentional misspellings and deadpan expressions. The original image was posted by the Facebook page Special Meme Fresh, pairing the character with a rising stock chart and the word 'STONKS' - a deliberate typo of 'stocks.'
The meme spread across Reddit, Twitter, and investment forums around 2019, peaking alongside the GameStop and meme-stock frenzy. It works both as a celebration of unexpected gains and as mockery of people who treat reckless or nonsensical decisions like masterful trading strategies.
The meme spread across Reddit, Twitter, and investment forums around 2019, peaking alongside the GameStop and meme-stock frenzy. It works both as a celebration of unexpected gains and as mockery of people who treat reckless or nonsensical decisions like masterful trading strategies.
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