History Memes / Reddit

*** the b [[labelnote:Explanation]]A user posted [[https://www.reddit.com/r/thomastheplankengine/comments/s9tjco/the_b/ a screenshot of a tweet]] in the r/[=ThomasThePlankEngine=] subreddit (a subreddit for memes in dreams or memes about dreams). It is a trend where someone asks if someone wants to be their "venny" (lowercase intended), and when anybody asked what it means, they send a [[https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/787930956219940884/934295453472809010/ezgif-5-0d7c9b8c54.gif horribly compressed GIF of]] [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Springtrap]] with the caption "The b" to the person who asked then blocked them. It quickly became an actual trend in that subreddit, sometimes without sending the GIF.[[/labelnote]]

* 3725.95 MPH slap [[labelnote:Explanation]]On the /r/[=NoStupidQuestions=] subreddit, a user named [=MrWaterplant=] posted a question reading "If kinetic energy is converted into thermal energy, how hard do I have to slap a chicken to cook it?". Three days later, a user and physics major from Website/{{Facebook}} posted an answer to the question where he ''actually went through the trouble'' of calculating the velocity needed to cook a frozen chicken by slapping it, concluding that one would have to slap it at a velocity 1665.65 m/s or 3725.95 MPH to achieve such a feat. This quickly transcended Reddit and spread like wildfire across the Internet, both due to the absurdity of the concept and the fact that such a silly-sounding question would receive an entirely serious answer.[[/labelnote]]

Due to its addictive nature as well as being a content aggregator, reddit is naturally highly susceptible to MemeticMutation.

* Cumbox / Jolly Ranchers / Doritos / Swamps of Dagobah / Coconuts / etc. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Each of these are references to stories depicting something of extremely disgusting nature that long-time redditors are familiar with.[[/labelnote]]
** [[DontExplainTheJoke For context...]] (NSFW/NSFL, get BrainBleach ready)
*** [[labelnote:Cumbox]] A poster on [=r/AskReddit=] revealed that every time he masturbated, he ejaculated into a shoebox. It smelled "atrocious", and he desperately tried to get rid of it by burning it. However, the box was so damp from his semen that it just sizzled and made the smell much worse. Even worse, an update to the post revealed that, due to the poster moving to a damper apartment, there was now ''mold'' growing on it. Oh, and the poster added pictures of it, too.[[/labelnote]]
*** [[labelnote:Jolly Ranchers]]Another poster on [=r/AskReddit=] knew someone with a long-distance girlfriend who flew to visit him in college. The person being referenced apparently decided to perform cunnilingus on his girlfriend like he had many times before, but she smelled awful and tasted worse this time, so he popped a Jolly Rancher in his mouth to try and cover up the taste. He deposited the candy in her by accident and quickly retrieved it before biting into it, only to immediately vomit after it exploded in his mouth. Turns out that it was actually a ''gonorrhea nodule'' the size of a Jolly Rancher, as she had cheated on him months prior, and now the poor boyfriend had an unfaithful girlfriend, a mouth full of infected pus, ''and'' gonorrhea of the mouth plus any number of other things.[[/labelnote]]
*** [[labelnote:Doritos]]Yet another poster on [=r/AskReddit=] had a family friend who worked at a convalescent home that housed people with mental disabilities. In particular, a morbidly obese female patient had a specific mental disorder that made her think [[ExtremeOmnivore literally everything was food]]. One day, another patient told the worker that the woman had stolen his Doritos, so they went to her room to retrieve the chips. They found the lady there, lying on her bed naked, dipping the chips into an almost gelatinous discharge from her vagina, and then eating them while smiling as the discharge dripped down her chin.[[/labelnote]]
*** [[labelnote:Swamps of Dagobah]]Yet ''another'' poster on [=r/AskReddit=] worked as a nurse and recounted the tale of the time that a morbidly obese patient came in with a perirectal abscess that needed to be lanced (likely due to extensive intravenous drug usage). The abscess was ''far'' larger than any of them knew (having ''tunneled'' into the patient's abdomen), and one incision literally flooded the room with untold amounts of pus, feces, blood, and rotten tissue that splattered all over the staff. The entire section of the hospital reeked from the stench, and the entire suite was quarantined for several days just to get the smell out after it had been cleaned. The incident made the grizzled ex-Army surgeon utter the only complaint that OP had ever heard from them: [[{{Understatement}} "That was bad."]][[/labelnote]]
*** [[labelnote:Coconuts]]A poster on [=r/TodayIFuckedUp=] recalled how they [[{{Squick}} masturbated with a coconut for a week]] until they discovered during one of their "sessions" that it was ''filled with maggots,'' since they never bothered to dispose of the coconut. [[SchmuckBait This led to a bunch of people who didn't learn anything from this story to try this themselves]], which went about as well as you'd expect - mostly {{Groin Attack}}s.[[/labelnote]]

* He boomed me[[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/8ukahd/rohrbach_overheard_in_cavs_locker_room_after_game/ A tweet]] that described Boston Celtics player Jayson Tatum dunking on UsefulNotes/LeBronJames in a crucial elimination game and the latter expressing his admiration for the former quickly caught on like wildfire on /r/nba and spread to the rest of the website in short time.[[/labelnote]]

* The condoms are under the sink/You could have heard a needle drop/And then everyone clapped/$100%/His name? Albert Einstein/Can confirm, I was the _____/''r/thathappened''/etc [[labelnote:Explanation]]/r/[=ThatHappened=] is dedicated to making fun of obviously made up stories on Reddit, Tumblr, Facebook, and so on. Some select phrases from the most popular stories of that nature, or the subreddit's name, are used to imply that the story is bullshit.[[/labelnote]]
* Cat.[[labelnote:Explanation]][=r/CatsStandingUp=] has very specific posting rules: any text post on the subreddit ''must'' be "Cat." No deviations of any kind are allowed, and anyone who does is banned. The rest of reddit picked up the joke and you can probably find strings of "Cat." comments on any thread related to cats.[[/labelnote]]

* "You have now been banned from [[{{VideoGame/Planetside}} /r/planetside]]. To get unbanned you must write a 500 word essay on how transphobia affecting [blank]."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A mod banned a user for transphobic comments on the Planetside subreddit, though most people believed it was his usage of the word 'trap' (slang term for MTF pre-ops or [[DudeLooksLikeALady girly-looking boys]]). The user in question was ordered to write an essay.[[/labelnote]]

* Hatred for Music/KanyeWest - usually directed at his ego, behavior, and/or music - was popular on frontpage subreddits, usually accompanied with South Park's "fishsticks" joke (wherein a delusional, angry Kanye believes a "fishsticks/fishdicks" joke that became popular in-universe means [[InsaneTrollLogic he is a gay fish, because everything is about him]]). Enough angry music fans (mainly from [[https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads /r/hiphopheads]] and [[https://www.reddit.com/r/lewronggeneration/ r/lewronggeneration]], the latter dedicated to [[NostalgiaFilter combating "music [x] decades ago was SO much better than today's music]] posts) started counter-hate posts mocking the "fishsticks" joke and asking if that person's taste in music includes "someone who's innovated and reinvented rap". Metaposts mocking both circlejerks pop up with gusto, as a result.
* Talking about [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]Also known simply as "Prequel Memes", users parody the dialogue of the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy by quoting it wherever and whenever possible, sometimes with slight modifications to fit the topic at hand. Usually the scene being parodied is Palpatine's telling the story of Darth Plagueis, which is so ingrained, that in situations that show a person or thing able to save others but not themselves, comments will often simply state "Ironic." and leave out the rest. Other lines include Anakin's "I don't like sand" speech, "Now THIS is podracing", "A fine addition to my collection", and "I'll try spinning; that's a good trick!"[[/labelnote]]
* Hi Karin! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Whenever talks of the ChurchOfHappyology crop up, expect someone to post this, since Leah Remini of ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'' fame outed a member named Karin who'd always reads ''anything'' on Reddit related to said church.[[/labelnote]]

* "If this post gets x upvotes I'll post it again with double the y." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Started off with someone doing this with frogs, where he doubled the amount of frog pictures every time he got enough upvotes, racking him so much karma that he got shadowbanned from me_irl.[[/labelnote]]

* Fuck You, [[HateSink Karen]][=/=]Karen is the worst[[labelnote:Explanation]]From a user known as Fuck_You_Karen (now Fuck_You_Karen_ due to their account being hacked by Karen), who posts almost always relate to how terrible his ex-girlfriend Karen is. Became so popular that Karen is now shorthand for [[ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife a hypothetical woman who believes they hold privileges]], to the point that there is now a subreddit called [[https://www.reddit.com/r/FuckYouKaren/ r/FuckYouKaren]], and many users don't actually know where the name came from[[/labelnote]]

* [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith General Reposti!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A play on General Grievous's line in Film/RevengeOfTheSith, this phrase was used to call out unmarked reposts first on /r/prequelmemes but has spread to pretty much every fan sub and then some.[[/labelnote]]

* The [=GameStop=] Stock Surge [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the [=GameStop=] (or GME) retailer's falling stock prices as a result of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, various hedge funds and other companies sought to profit off of it via short selling: the act of "borrowing" a company's stock to sell it, then agreeing to buy it back later, hopefully at a lower price than the profit gained from selling the stock. In other words, betting that the price will continue falling. Members of the [=/r/WallStreetBets=] subreddit caught wind of this and collectively decided to screw over the hedge funds and short-sellers by purchasing large numbers of GME stock to drive up its price, forcing them to buy back their borrowed stock at a ''much'' higher price than intended. These re-purchases further raised the price of GME stocks, consequently forcing more short sellers to buy back their stocks and raise it ''even further'', resulting in a "short squeeze" that drove up GME's stock price from $17 to '''a whopping $360''' in January 2021, and causing the company to become one of the most traded stocks on Wall Street that month. WSB's shenanigans became a ''massive'' source of memes and controversy; many saw it as a hilarious example of the proletariat [[EatTheRich sticking it up to the bourgeoisie]], while others -- usually the very hedge funds who were hit with losses courtesy of WSB -- criticized it as blatant manipulation of the stock market. The latter in turn were criticized and mocked by supporters of the campaign, who point out that they are guilty of using the exact same tactics to line their pockets, and are only crying foul ''now'' [[MoralMyopia because they're on the receiving end of them]].[[/labelnote]]
** [=DeepFuckingValue=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A prominent /r/[=WallStreetBets=] user and one of the key figures of the subreddit's campaign to mess with hedge funds. Following the short squeeze, [=DeepFuckingValue=] became the face of said campaign and was elevated into MemeticBadass status.[[/labelnote]]
** Robinhood [[labelnote:Explanation]]Shortly after GME's stock price spike, Robinhood -- a platform that lets users participate in stock trading -- responded by restricting trading for GME stocks and other "Reddit stocks" in regards to individual investors, in an attempt to drive down their prices once more... while still allowing hedge funds and Wall Street institutional investors to freely do the same. This move was widely met with backlash from [=/r/WallStreetBets=] and the Internet, some of whom noting the sheer irony of a platform named after Myth/RobinHood trying to appease the wealthy elite by keeping commoners from reaping the same rewards as them. The fact that Robinhood previously posted "[[{{Hypocrite}} Let the people trade]]" on Website/{{Twitter}} in 2016 didn't help matters.[[/labelnote]]

** Diamond hands [[labelnote:Explanation]]A WSB slang term for when a trader [[{{Determinator}} intends to hold on onto their stocks or securities for a long period of time, no matter the cost]]. Memes of the GME stock surge often depict hands literally made of diamond as a VisualPun referring to the term.[[/labelnote]]
* 3725.95 MPH slap [[labelnote:Explanation]]On the /r/[=NoStupidQuestions=] subreddit, a user named [=MrWaterplant=] posted a question reading "If kinetic energy is converted into thermal energy, how hard to I have to slap a chicken to cook it?". Three days later, a user and physics major from Website/{{Facebook}} posted an answer to the question where he ''actually went though the trouble'' of calculating the velocity needed to cook a frozen chicken by slapping it, concluding that one would have to slap it at a velocity 1665.65 m/s or 3725.95 MPH to achieve such a feat. This quickly trascended Reddit and spread like wildfire across the Internet, both due to the absurdity of the concept and the fact that such a silly-sounding question would receive an entirely serious answer.[[/labelnote]]

* The condoms are under the sink/You could have heard a needle drop/And then everyone clapped/$100%/His name? Albert Einstein/''r/thathappened''/etc [[labelnote:Explanation]]/r/[=ThatHappened=] is dedicated to making fun of obviously made up stories on Reddit, Tumblr, Facebook, and so on. Some select phrases from the most popular stories of that nature, or the subreddit's name, are used to imply that the story is bullshit.[[/labelnote]]

* "Egg" as slang for a {{transgender}} person who doesn't realize they're trans. [[labelnote:Explanation]]"Cracking your egg" has become slang on several subreddits for realizing that you're trans. This has in itself led to the [[https://www.reddit.com/r/egg_irl/ egg_irl]] subreddit, which is all about memes concerning trans people before they fully realized they were trans.[[/labelnote]]

* The [=GameStop=] Stock Surge [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the [=GameStop=] (or GME) retailer's falling stock prices and status as a failing business, various hedge funds and other companies sought to profit off of it via short selling: the act of "borrowing" a company's stock to sell it, then agreeing to buy it back later, hopefully at a lower price than the profit gained from selling the stock. In other words, betting that the price will continue falling. Members of the [=/r/WallStreetBets=] subreddit caught wind of this and collectively decided to screw over the hedge funds and short-sellers by purchasing large numbers of GME stock to drive up its price, forcing them to buy back their borrowed stock at a ''much'' higher price than intended. These re-purchases further raised the price of GME stocks, consequently forcing more short sellers to buy back their stocks and raise it ''even further'', resulting in a "short squeeze" that drove up GME's stock price from $17 to '''a whopping $360''' in January 2021, and causing the company to become one of the most traded stocks on Wall Street that month. WSB's shenanigans became a ''massive'' source of memes and controversy; many saw it as a hilarious example of the proletariat [[EatTheRich sticking it up to the bourgeoisie]], while others -- usually the very hedge funds who were hit with losses courtesy of WSB -- criticized it as blatant manipulation of the stock market. The latter in turn were criticized and mocked by supporters of the campaign, who point out that they are guilty of using the exact same tactics to line their pockets, and are only crying foul ''now'' [[OriginalPositionFallacy because they no longer benefit from it]].[[/labelnote]]

* Me too thanks. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A variant of [[MeToo classic useless "I agree" type posts]] that have existed since shortly after the creation of the internet. It started in /r/meirl in 2015 and eventually spread through the site, either to jokingly join in on karma trains or as a stock reply when the topic of useless comments comes up.[[/labelnote]]

* 3725.95 MPH slap [[labelnote:Explanation]]On the /r/[=NoStupidQuestions=] subreddit, a user named [=MrWaterplant=] posted a question reading "If kinetic energy is converted into thermal energy, how hard to I have to slap a chicken to cook it?". Three days later, a user and physics major from Website/{{Facebook}} posted an answer to the question where he ''actually went though the trouble'' of calculating the velocity needed to cook a frozen chicken by slapping it, concluding that one would have to slap it at a velocity 1665.65 m/s or 3725.95 to achieve such a feat. This quickly trascended Reddit and spread like wildfire across the Internet, due to the absurdity of such a silly-sounding question receiving an entirely serious answer.[[/labelnote]]

* The [=GameStop=] Stock Surge [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the [=GameStop=] (or GME) retailer's falling stock prices and status as a failing business, various hedge funds and other companies sought to profit off of it via short selling: the act of "borrowing" a company's stock to sell it, then agreeing to buy it back later, hopefully at a lower price than the profit gained from selling the stock. In other words, betting that the price will continue falling. Members of the [=r/WallStreetBets=] subreddit caught wind of this and collectively decided to screw over the hedge funds and short-sellers by purchasing large numbers of GME stock to drive up its price, forcing them to buy back their borrowed stock at a ''much'' higher price than intended. These re-purchases further raised the price of GME stocks, consequently forcing more short sellers to buy back their stocks and raise it ''even further'', resulting in a "short squeeze" that drove up GME's stock price from $17 to '''a whopping $360''' in January 2021, and causing the company to become one of the most traded stocks on Wall Street that month. WSB's shenanigans became a ''massive'' source of memes and controversy; many saw it as a hilarious example of the proletariat [[EatTheRich sticking it up to the bourgeoisie]], while others -- usually the very hedge funds who were hit with losses courtesy of WSB -- criticized it as blatant manipulation of the stock market. The latter in turn were criticized and mocked by supporters of the campaign, who point out that they are guilty of using the exact same tactics to line their pockets, and are only crying foul ''now'' [[OriginalPositionFallacy because they no longer benefit from it]].[[/labelnote]]
** [=DeepFuckingValue=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A prominent r/[=WallStreetBets=] user and one of the key figures of the subreddit's campaign to mess with hedge funds. Following the short squeeze, [=DeepFuckingValue=] became the face of said campaign and was elevated into MemeticBadass status.[[/labelnote]]
** Robinhood [[labelnote:Explanation]]Shortly after GME's stock price spike, Robinhood -- a platform that lets users participate in stock trading -- responded by restricting trading for GME stocks and other "Reddit stocks" in regards to individual investors, in an attempt to drive down their prices once more... while still allowing hedge funds and Wall Street institutional investors to freely do the same. This move was widely met with backlash from [=r/WallStreetBets=] and the Internet, some of whom noting the sheer irony of a platform named after Myth/RobinHood trying to appease the wealthy elite by keeping commoners from reaping the same rewards as them. The fact that Robinhood previously posted "[[{{Hypocrite}} Let the people trade]]" on Website/{{Twitter}} in 2016 didn't help matters.[[/labelnote]]
** Retards [[labelnote:Explanation]]A self-deprecating nickname for r/[=WallStreetBets=] users -- as many are amateur investors with little to no experience in the field -- and a TakeThat towards the hedge funds' supposed superiority over the "uneducated peasants"[[/labelnote]]

*** [[labelnots:Cumbox]] A poster on [=r/AskReddit=] revealed that every time he masturbated, he ejaculated into a shoebox. It smelled "atrocious", and he desperately tried to get rid of it by burning it. However, the box was so damp from his semen that it just sizzled and made the smell much worse. Even worse, an update to the post revealed that, due to the poster moving to a damper apartment, there was now ''mold'' growing on it. Oh, and the poster added pictures of it, too.[[/labelnote]]

*** [[labelnote:Coconuts]]A poster on [=r/TodayIFuckedUp=] recalled how they [[{{Squick}} copulated with a coconut to masturbate for a week]] until he discovered during one of his, uh, sessions, that ''it was filled with maggots'' since he never bothered to dispose of the coconut. [[SchmuckBait This led to a bunch of people who evidently didn't learn anything from this story to try this themselves]], which went about as well as you'd expect--mostly {{Groin Attack}}s.[[/labelnote]]
*** [[labelnote:Jolly Ranchers]]A poster on [=r/AskReddit=] knew someone with a long-distance girlfriend who flew to visit him in college. The person being referenced apparently decided to perform cunnilingus on his girlfriend like he had many times before, but she apparently smelled awful and tasted worse this time for some reason, so he popped a Jolly Rancher in his mouth to try and cover up the taste and quickly deposited it in her by accident. He quickly retrieved the candy and then bit into it, only to have it explode in his mouth. Turns out that it was actually a ''gonorrhea nodule'' the size of a Jolly Rancher, as she had been cheating on him, and now the poor boyfriend had an unfaithful girlfriend, a mouth full of infected pus, ''and'' gonorrhea of the mouth plus any number of other things.[[/labelnote]]
*** [[labelnote:Swamps of Dagobah]]Another poster on [=r/AskReddit=] worked as a nurse and recounted the tale of the time that a morbidly obese patient came in with a perirectal abscess that needed to be lanced (likely due to extensive intravenous drug usage). The abscess was ''far'' larger than any of them knew (having ''tunnelled'' into the patient's abdomen), and one incision literally flooded the room with untold amounts of pus, feces, blood, and rotten tissue that splattered all over the staff, made that entire section of the hospital reek from the stench, got the entire suite quarantined for several days just to get the smell out after it had been cleaned, and made the grizzled ex-Army surgeon utter the only complaint that OP had ever heard from them: [[{{Understatement}} "That was bad."]][[/labelnote]]
*** [[labelnote:Doritos]]Yet another poster on [=r/AskReddit=] had a family friend who worked at a convalescent home that housed people with mental disabilities. One patient had a specific mental disorder that made her think everything was food. One day another patient complained to the worker that the lady with the disorder had stolen his Doritos, so they went to her room to retrieve the chips. They found the lady inside, naked and lying on her bed, with a gelatinous discharge in her vagina, which she proceeded to dip the chips into and eat them.[[/labelnote]]
* Sticky notes [[labelnote:Explanation]]From a post where the OP claimed his landlord was stalking him and leaving mysterious post-it notes in his surroundings. In an incredible luck break, another redditor correctly guessed the OP had dangerous levels of CO poisoning. Nowadays, ''anytime'' carbon monoxide comes up in a thread, there's a comment about sticky notes not far behind.[[/labelnote]]

* "We did it, Reddit!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]It's a phrase that makes fun of reddit taking credit for something that it was not responsible for. Or alternatively, it's also used as a sarcastic celebration for achieving something of no importance in a comment chain. More recent instances of the phrase are also a reference to the Reddit Boston bomber fiasco.[[/labelnote]]

* COLBY 20xx! [[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to a four-thread story made by a father whose son molested a dog named hobby with a hairbrush. Replace "20xx" with current year.[[/labelnote]]

* Albit Einstein/wicked smaht [[labelnote:Explanation]]From a story in which a Spanish user was explaining the difference between the verbs for "to understand completely" and "to be familiar with." For example, you could be familiar with Boston, but not understand it completely, to which one student responded "Albit Einstein could! He's wicked smaht!"[[/labelnote]]

* We got bamboozled! [[labelnote:Explanation]]A redditor made a self-post in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/me_irl /r/me_irl]] stating that if their post got 10 000 upvotes within two days, they would get a tattoo of the day's #1 post on their ass. They then posted a reminder of this promise the next day. After it was over, with the required score comfortably reached, they made another post proudly proclaiming that they had no intention of getting the tattoo and that Reddit had been bamboozled. This resulted in the word "bamboozle" becoming the JustForFun/{{Egregious}} of Reddit for a while.[[/labelnote]]

* KillItWithFire as a typical reaction to centipedes, arachnids and the like.

* The condoms are under the sink/You could have heard a needle drop/And then everyone clapped/$100%/His name? Albert Einstein/''/r/thathappened/''etc [[labelnote:Explanation]]/r/[=ThatHappened=] is dedicated to making fun of obviously made up stories on reddit, tumblr, facebook and so on. Some select phrases from the most popular stories of that nature, or the subreddit's name, are used to imply that the story is bullshit.[[/labelnote]]

* Test ''something'' Please Ignore [[labelnote:Explanation]] This is a running gag that has become the theme for games, mods, teams, guilds, and so on by redditors. It was based off of a [[https://www.reddit.com/comments/92dd8/test_post_please_ignore/ test post]] that had somehow become extremely popular. [[/labelnote]]

* [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith General Reposti!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A play off General Grievous's line in Film/RevengeOfTheSith, this phrase was used to call out unmarked reposts first on /r/prequelmemes but has spread to pretty much every fan sub and then some.[[/labelnote]]

* [=r/RedditSings=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The habit of redditors posting a line from a song in a thread, then other redditors continuing the song, line by line. Eventually got the eponymous subreddit cataloging such incidents.[[/labelnote]]
* [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Beetlejuicing]] [[labelnote:explanation]]A form of SpeakOfTheDevil where a post mentioning something is followed up by a response by a redditor with a suspiciously appropriate name, and in rare circumstances, by the subject his- or herself. This happens a surprising number of times with, of all people, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.[[/labelnote]]

* Wholesome awards/Who the fuck gave this a Wholesome award?! [[labelnote:Explanation]]When awards were introduced to Reddit, one of the free ones was the Wholesome award. This being the internet, said award found more use on things that...''[[NotSafeForWork aren't]]'' [[NotSafeForWork very wholesome]], to say the least.[[/labelnote]]
* The [=GameStop=] Stock Surge [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the [=GameStop=] (or GME) retailer's falling stock prices and status as a failing business, various hedge funds and other companies sought to profit off of it via short selling: the act of "borrowing" a company's stock to sell it, then agreeing to buy it back later, hopefully at a lower price than the profit gained from selling the stock. In other words, betting that the price will continue falling. Members of the [=r/WallStreetBets=] subreddit caught wind of this and collectively decided to screw over the hedge funds and short sellers by purchasing large numbers of GME stock to drive up its price, forcing them to buy back their borrowed stock at a ''much'' higher price than intended. These re-purchases further raised the price of GME stocks, consequently forcing more short sellers to buy back their stocks and raise it ''even further'', resulting in a "short squeeze" that drove up GME's stock price from from $17 to '''a whopping $360''' in January 2021, and causing the company to become one of the most traded stocks on Wall Street that month. WSB's shenanigans became a ''massive'' source of memes and controversy; many saw it as a hilarious example of the proletariat [[EatTheRich sticking it up to the bourgeoisie]], while others -- usually the very hedge funds who were hit with losses courtesy of WSB -- criticized it as blatant manipulation of the stock market. The latter in turn were criticized and mocked by supporters of the campaign, who point out that they are guilty of using the exact same tactics to line their pockets, and are only crying foul ''now'' [[OriginalPositionFallacy because they no longer benefit from it]].[[/labelnote]]
** [=DeepFuckingValue=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A prominent r/[=WallStreetBets=] user and one of the key figures of the subreddit's campaign to mess with hedge funds. Following the short sqeeze, [=DeepFuckingValue=] became the face of said campaign and was elevated into MemeticBadass status.[[/labelnote]]

* Broken arms. NSFW [[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to an AMA of a man who as a teenager lost the use of his arms (contrary to what the meme says, he did not ''break'' them) and was frustrated because he couldn't masturbate. His mom "helped" him, and they eventually [[ParentalIncest had sex.]] In general, this meme is bound to crop up on threads discussing broken arms, and incidents or news articles that feature them.[[/labelnote]]

* Broken arms. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to an AMA of a man who as a teenager lost the use of his arms (contrary to what the meme says, he did not ''break'' them) and was frustrated because he couldn't masturbate. His mom "helped" him, and they eventually [[ParentalIncest had sex.]] In general, this meme is bound to crop up on threads discussing broken arms, and incidents or news articles that feature them.[[/labelnote]]

* Pride and accomplishment [[labelnote:Explanation]] The most downvoted comment in Reddit history was when EA used these words to justify lootboxes. [[/labelnote]]

** Robinhood [[labelnote:Explanation]]Shortly after GME's stock price spike, Robinhood -- a platform that lets users participate in stock trading -- responded by restricting trading for GME stocks and other "Reddit stocks" in regards to individual investors, in an attempt to drive down their prices once more... while still allowing hedge funds and Wall Street institutional investors to freely do the same. This move was widely met with backlash from [=r/WallStreetBets=] and the Internet, noting the sheer irony of a platform named after Myth/RobinHood trying to appease the wealthy elite by keeping commoners from reaping the same rewards as them. The fact that Robinhood previously posted "[[{{Hypocrite}} Let the people trade]]" on Website/{{Twitter}} in 2016 didn't help matters.[[/labelnote]]

** [=DeepFuckingValue=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A prominent r/[=WallStreetBets=] user and one of the key figures of the subreddit's campaign to mess with hedge funds, who eventually became a MemeticBadass and the face of said campaign following the short squeeze.[[/labelnote]]

* The [=GameStop=] Stock Surge [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the [=GameStop=] (or GME) retailer's falling stock prices and status as a failing business, various hedge funds and other companies sought to profit off of it via short selling: the act of "borrowing" a company's stock to sell it, then agreeing to buy it back later, hopefully at a lower price than the profit gained from selling the stock. In other words, betting that the price will continue falling. Members of the [=r/WallStreetBets=] subreddit caught wind of this and collectively decided to screw over the hedge funds and short sellers by purchasing large numbers of GME stock to drive up its price, forcing them to buy back their borrowed stock at a ''much'' higher price than intended. These re-purchases further raised the price of GME stocks, consequently forcing other short sellers to do the same, resulting in what is known in the world of investors as a "short squeeze". Thanks to [=r/WallStreetBet=]'s efforts, in January 2021 GME's stock price rose from $17 to '''$360''', with the company becoming one of the most traded stocks on Wall Street that month. This event became a ''massive'' meme on the Internet; many saw it as a hilarious example of the proletariat [[EatTheRich sticking it up to the bourgeoisie]], and [=DeepFuckingValue=] -- a prominent member of the subreddit -- was elevated to the status of MemeticBadass for being one of the leading figures of the campaign. People also mocked how the wealthy elites and top dogs of Wall Street got outraged that a bunch of middle-class bozos on the Internet manipulated the stock market using dirty tricks, [[OriginalPositionFallacy even though they routinely engage in those same tricks themselves]].[[/labelnote]]

* The [=GameStop=] Stock Surge [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the [=GameStop=] (or GME) retailer's falling stock prices and status as a failing business, various hedge funds and other companies sought to profit off of it via short selling: the act of "borrowing" a company's stock to sell it, then agreeing to buy it back later, hopefully at a lower price than the profit gained from selling the stock. In other words, betting that the price will continue falling. Members of the [=r/WallStreetBets=] subreddit caught wind of this and collectively decided to screw over the hedge funds and short sellers by purchasing large numbers of GME stock to drive up its price, forcing them to buy back their borrowed stock at a ''much'' higher price than intended. These re-purchases further raised the price of GME stocks, consequently forcing other short sellers to do the same, resulting in what is known in the world of investors as a "short squeeze". Thanks to [=r/WallStreetBet=]'s efforts, in January 2021 GME's stock price rose from $17 to '''$360''', with the company becoming one of the most traded stocks on Wall Street that month. This event became a ''massive'' meme on the Internet; many saw it as a hilarious prime example of the proletariat [[EatTheRich sticking it up to the bourgeoisie]], and [=DeepFuckingValue=] -- a prominent member of the subreddit -- was elevated to the status of MemeticBadass for being one of the leading figures of the campaign. People also mocked how the wealthy elites and top dogs of Wall Street got outraged that a bunch of middle-class bozos on the Internet manipulated the stock market using dirty tricks, [[OriginalPositionFallacy even though they routinely engage in those same tricks themselves]].[[/labelnote]]

** Diamond hands [[labelnote:Explanation]]A WSB slang term for when a trader [[{{Determinator}} intends to hold on onto their stocks or securities for a long period of time, no matter the cost]]. Memes of the GME stock surge often include a VisualPun referring to the term in the form of characters with hands literally made of diamond.[[/labelnote]]

** Robinhood [[labelnote:Explanation]]Shortly after GME's stock price spike, Robinhood -- a platform that lets users participate in stock trading -- responded by restricting trading for GME stocks and other "Reddit stocks" in regards to individual investors, in an attempt to drive down their prices once more... while still allowing hedge funds and Wall Street institutional investors to freely do the same. This move was widely met with backlash from [=r/WallStreetBets=] and the Internet, noting the sheer irony of a platform named after Myth/RobinHood trying to appease the wealthy elite by keeping commoners from reaping the same rewards as them. The fact that Robinhood previously posted "[[{{Irony}} Let the people trade]]" on Website/{{Twitter}} in 2016 didn't help matters.[[/labelnote]]

** "Let the people trade." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Shortly after GME's stock price spike, Robinhood -- a platform that lets users participate in stock trading -- responded by restricting trading for GME stocks and other "Reddit stocks" in regards to individual investors... while still allowing hedge funds and Wall Street institutional investors to do the same. This move was not only widely met with backlash from [=r/WallStreetBets=] and the Internet, but it also drew attention to a [[Website/{{Twitter}} Tweet]] posted by Robinhood in 2016: "Let the people trade." The hypocrisy of Robinhood's decision in light of said Tweet, as well as the sheer irony of a platform named after Myth/RobinHood apparently trying to appease the wealthy elite by keeping commoners from reaping the same rewards as them, led to many mocking it mercilessly.[[/labelnote]]

** Diamond hands [[labelnote:Explanation]]A WSB slang term for when a trader [[{Determinator}} intends to hold on onto their stocks or securities for a long period of time, no matter the cost]]. Memes of the GME stock surge often include a VisualPun referring to the term in the form of characters with hands literally made of diamond.[[/labelnote]]

** Diamond hands [[labelnote:Explanation]]A WSB slang term for when a trader [[{[Determinator}} intends to hold on onto their stocks or securities for a long period of time, no matter the cost]]. Memes of the GME stock surge often include a VisualPun referring to the term in the form of characters with hands literally made of diamond.[[/labelnote]]

** "Let the people trade." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Shortly after GME's stock price spike, Robinhood -- a platform that lets users participate in stock trading -- responded by restricting trading for GME stocks and other "Reddit stocks" in regards to individual investors... while still allowing hedge funds and Wall Street institutional investors to do the same. This move was not only widely met with backklash from [=r/WallStreetBets=] and the Internet, but it also drew attention to a [[Website/{{Twitter}} Tweet]] posted by Robinhood in 2016: "Let the people trade." The hypocrisy of Robinhood's decision in light of said Tweet, as well as the sheer irony of a platform named after Myth/RobinHood apparently trying to appease the wealthy elite by keeping commoners from reaping the same rewards as them, led to many mocking it mercilessly.[[/labelnote]]

** Retards [[labelnote:Explanation]]A self-deprecating nickname for r/[[=WallStreetBets=]] users -- as many are amateur investors with little to no experience in the field -- and a TakeThat towards the hedge funds' supposed superiority over the "uneducated peasants"[[/labelnote]]

** Retards [[labelnote:Explanation]]A self-deprecating nickname for r/[[=WallStreetBets=] users -- as many are amateur investors with little to no experience in the field -- and a TakeThat towards the hedge funds' supposed superiority over the "uneducated peasants"[[/labelnote]]