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I am really confused about the current stock meme trend.... (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by remotelove@lemmy.ca to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] Alk@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I miss /r/MemeEconomy. Stupid but funny premise when it showed up every once in a while on /r/all

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you explain the premise? I never understood it and it was never properly explained anywhere

[–] IanSomnia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Memes go through varying stages of popularity. Some burn fast and die off. Some go through a typical cycle. Some are simply useful or relevant and never die off. The point of the sub was to scout new meme formats and guess what kind of lifespan they'd have.

[–] Alk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To add to that, a lot of it was emulating and poking fun at stock market trading, in this case the meme formats being a stock, and creating memes being "investing". For example, you could have a stereotype of some crazed investor yelling "BUY BUY BUY" as a meme format was becoming popular. It was silly fun and let people discuss meme trends in a novel way.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

The only ethical investment portfolio nowadays.

[–] noVerity@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Not in this economy

[–] giantfloppycock@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This took me way too long to understand.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair. Using a double entendre as a meme kinda breaks all meme philosophy.

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

Huh no it doesn't

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Stonks

[–] InternetTubes@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Has the same sort of motivation investing into it, even if the concepts slightly differ. Stock appraise my meme.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I prefer to short them

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

NFT bros:

(and then they all crashed and burned cause they ran out of gullible rich nerds to scam and there was much rejoicing)