What a year, huh? And it's only been a month. Now that you've had the weekend to read up and understand the whole Reddit vs Wall Street drama concerning the recently relevant video game retailer (kudos r/Wallstreetbets for 1,500%), it's time to dole out the memes. What, were you expecting us to break it down for you? You've got your established news networks for that, we're only here for the funnies. Not that we wouldn't do a wonderful job of it, but Trevor Noah beat us to the punch explaining the situation in the best way possible:
Margot Robbie wasn't available to explain this GameStop situation in a bathtub, so this is the best we could do. pic.twitter.com/Mw1dabmIzQ
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 28, 2021
To sum it up in keywords: internet investors, stock market manipulation, short squeeze, bankrupt hedge funds, Elon Musk, class war, Robinhood. All caught up? Alright, here be the memes:
WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR
Who knew 2021 would have me understanding the stock market against my will
— shit you should care about (@SYSCAbout) January 28, 2021
UN-PRE-CE-DEN-TED
never in my 3 days of trading have I ever seen anything like this
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) January 28, 2021
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS, RIGHT?
[walks into GameStop] – "my good man, one of your finest stocks please!"
— Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) January 29, 2021
US ON FRIDAY
me, yesterday: this gamestop stuff is crazy
me, today: DO NOT SELL YOUR STOCKS MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THAT IS WHAT THE ENEMY WANTS pic.twitter.com/GoFQECQ2Ns
— manny (@mannyfidel) January 28, 2021
US ON THURSDAY
every time I see a tweet about GameStop, Robinhood, Nokia, AMC or the stock market in general pic.twitter.com/dQuo2twv6m
— Jim Halpert (@JimHalpert__) January 28, 2021
CATCH UP IF YOU HAVEN'T
I have no idea what this GameStop thing is but I plan on playing a lot of video games to find out
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 27, 2021
WE WOULD PLAY
Whoa, GameStop just got stocked with an awesome new game. pic.twitter.com/9PTOldLuIH
— The Good Liars (@TheGoodLiars) January 28, 2021
OUR CONDOLENCES
prayers for girls whose boyfriends just said "should i try to short the gamestop stock" despite not knowing what a 401k is
— rebecca jennings (@rebexxxxa) January 27, 2021
HOW THE TURN TABLES
— Post Cred Pod (@PostCredPod) January 27, 2021
IN THE WORDS OF AOC
Gotta admit it’s really something to see Wall Streeters with a long history of treating our economy as a casino complain about a message board of posters also treating the market as a casino
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 27, 2021
PRETTY MUCH
Everyone right now pic.twitter.com/g2IM9Iy1jr
— The Soup Communist (@TheEpicDept) January 27, 2021
IT'S A WIN-WIN
*BREAKING* GameStop to restructure all storefronts and interiors starting Monday. Rendering below! pic.twitter.com/RlSMmxaYcP
— Jordan Fisher (@jordanfisher) January 28, 2021
NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE ALL DONE
GameStop sitting amongst Tesla and Amazon after reddit users make it a Fortune 500 company pic.twitter.com/AVUtcjs6gl
— Jordan Deeb (@Jordan_Deeb) January 27, 2021
WELL SHIT
Me: wow GameStop! I got your stock and now it’s over $330!
GameStop: I’ll give you $12 for it
— Alexis Guerreros (@NotAlexis) January 27, 2021
WE'RE ONTO THE NEXT THING
My friend showing me how to put my life savings into Nokia stock pic.twitter.com/egaDYOMykA
— ken drippy jr (@lilcojonez) January 27, 2021
IT'S BERNIE'S FACE FOR ME
Wall Street: “So we should all short BlackBerry, yes?”
Reddit: pic.twitter.com/2YhTPnSgEU
— Katie Maraghy (@KatieMaraghy) January 27, 2021
NEVER GETS OLD
Youth Pastor: do you know who also crashed a market?
— Michael Tannenbaum (@iamTannenbaum) January 27, 2021
ADMIT IT
me praising the fall of wallstreet when I really don’t know wtf going on pic.twitter.com/iTXaeI10Mz
— Darihana Nova (@DarihanaNova) January 28, 2021
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS
I know this GameStop stuff is funny, but you have to remember this is hurting real people who own multiple boats
— Kevin Farzad (@KevinFarzad) January 27, 2021
WHERE'S THE LIE
Wall Street with the "you better stop that my dad is a lawyer" energy right now
— Jackson Rickun (@JacksonRickun) January 28, 2021
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
I love that it took an online prank to reveal our entire international financial system is built on nothing
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) January 27, 2021
STOP
Everything with Gamestop is making me realize how I should have invested more time in our relationship. I treated it like a Game and I wish it never stopped. Anyways, hope you’re well. pic.twitter.com/0pBF3UUbFr
— myesha thee stallion (@myeshachou) January 27, 2021
GOLD
can't wait to explain this week to my therapist
— Reddit (@reddit) January 28, 2021
BUT HEY
invest in this stock, invest in that stock. how about u invest in YOURSELF for a change
— YEOLO™ (@tzehern_) January 29, 2021
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