A little over two years ago—June 5, 2017 to be exact—the original “Stonks” was posted by the Facebook page Special Meme Fresh. The image, ironically enough, uses a stock photo of a businessman in front of a representation of the stock market. The man’s head has been replaced with the image of “Meme Man” aka “Mr. Succ,” which is its own surreal meme, and the page’s mascot. The word “Stonks,” an intentional misspelling of the word “Stocks” was placed below a rising orange arrow.
https://www.facebook.com/speshmemefresh/photos/a.756603181050463/1576454562398650/?type=3&theater
It’s a surreal image and one that was posted with no further comment, allowing users to interpret it however they wished. Over the next year or so, the image cropped up in various places, including Reddit, Imgur, and even YouTube.
Dump of MemesI’ll take your stonks.
byu/x37_ inmemes
“Stonks” was a bit of wacky, weird fun, but as all memes do, it eventually faded away.
However, in the past few weeks, it seems to be making a bit of a comeback, especially on Reddit. The meme’s resurgence is fueled mainly by a post in the r/goodfaketext subreddit. The post shows a conversation where someone is begging their ex-lover to take them back and unintentionally inserts the Stonks meme.
s t o n k s
by inGoodFakeTexts
From there Redditors began using the meme to make fun of people who thought they were making good investments, but clearly had no idea what they were really doing.
Hih Stonk Predictions
by indankmemes
Profit.
byu/Mohamed_Soumeur indankmemes
Although it’s also sometimes used to exaggerate trivial gains.
You gotta do what you gotta do $$$
byu/rgkrewso indankmemes
Smh out loud
by indankmemes
People have also been making fan art of the original image.
2 terabytes of stonks memes
by inmemes
On Tuesday I have exam, wish me luck
byu/DarkWarrior703 inmemes
With the meme making such a sudden and surprising comeback, the time to invest in this stonk is now.
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