Social:Meme Man

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Meme Man

Meme Man, sometimes also referred to as Mr. Succ and the Stonks guy, is a character often featured in internet memes. He is depicted as a 3D render of a smooth, bald, and often disembodied blue-eyed male head.[1] He was popularized in the mid-2010s by the artist "Special meme fresh", and became a common character in many surreal memes, a genre of internet humor inspired by surrealism.[2][3] During the 2021 GameStop short squeeze, Meme Man was popularized by users of the subreddit r/wallstreetbets as the face of the "stonks" meme.[4]

The first usage of him as a recurring character was on the Facebook page of the artist "Special meme fresh" and soon spread to become "one of the only consistent stylistic elements" of the surreal memes aesthetic.[2] On June 5, 2017, the artist uploaded an image of Meme Man overlaid on top of a stock photo of a man in a business suit with arms crossed and a chart pointing upwards behind him, and the caption "Stonks", a deliberate misspelling of the word "stocks".[5] The meme went viral and became a common reaction image on Reddit and Twitter.[6][7]

On February 1, 2019, Elon Musk bought the domain name "stankmemes.com" according to his tweet.[8][9] In June 2020, when Tesla Inc. shares soared he tweeted "stonks" and the website featured this meme.[10][11][12][13]

On August 27, 2020, a tweet by user @trentandrewrld comparing Meme Man to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos went viral, accumulating over 400,000 likes as of July 30, 2021.[14][15]

Elon Musk has used both Meme Man and the "stonks" meme as a reaction on Twitter,[3][16] and on January 26, 2021, he tweeted the word "Gamestonk!!"[17] with an attached link to r/wallstreetbets. Immediately afterwards, shares in GameStop rose 157 percent in extended-hours trading, which some linked with Musk's tweet.[18][19]

In 2021, the multiplayer video game Fortnite released the playable character "Diamond Hanz", based on the design of Meme Man, as a joke for April Fools Day.[20]

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References

  1. ↑ Granata, Yvette (2019). "Meme Dankness: Floating Glittery Trash for an Economic Heresy". Post Memes.. Brooklyn, NY: punctum books. ISBN 978-1-950192-43-4. OCLC 1135847279. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Surreal Memes Are the Last Escape the Internet Has". https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/xwz833/surreal-memes-are-the-last-escape-the-internet-has. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Weissmann, Jordan (2021-01-28). "What We Talk About When We Talk About Stonks" (in en). https://slate.com/business/2021/01/stonks-not-stocks-got-it.html. 
  4. ↑ Haasch, Palmer (2021-01-29). "What are 'stonks'? History of GameStop-linked meme explained" (in en-US). https://www.insider.com/stonks-meme-origin-stocks-dogecoin-gamestop-hold-line-memes-game-2021-1. 
  5. ↑ "Why Are People Referring To "Stocks" As "Stonks"?" (in en-US). https://www.dictionary.com/e/memes/stonks/. 
  6. ↑ "The bizarre 'Stonks' meme has returned" (in en-US). 2019-06-17. https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/stonks-meme/. 
  7. ↑ Reynolds, Kelly (2019-06-14). "Stonks Memes" (in en-US). https://stayhipp.com/internet/memes/what-are-stonks-up-with-meme-man-memes/. 
  8. ↑ Musk, Elon [@elonmusk] (February 1, 2019). "Just bought t.co/LJJCD7BAgX oh yeah" (in en). https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1091480239891345408. 
  9. ↑ "Stankmemes.com owner runs Tesla, Space X". Mashable. February 1, 2019. https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-buys-stankmemes. 
  10. ↑ Musk, Elon [@elonmusk] (June 11, 2020). "@engineers_feed Stonks" (in en). https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1271019765138518016. 
  11. ↑ Musk, Elon [@elonmusk] (June 8, 2020). "Stankonia at t.co/LJJCD7BAgX" (in pl). https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1270045026907648004. 
  12. ↑ "Elon Musk weighs in on Tesla's stock again with a 'lol' and a meme". BNNbloomberg. June 11, 2020. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/-1.1448940?%3F. 
  13. ↑ "Elon Musk weighs in on Tesla's stock again, this time with 'Lol' and a meme". HT Auto. June 11, 2020. https://auto.hindustantimes.com/auto/news/elon-musk-weighs-in-on-tesla-s-stock-again-this-time-with-lol-and-a-meme/amp-41591883186126.html. 
  14. ↑ "Jeff Bezos and His Uncanny Resemblance With 'Meme Man' Could Explain Amazon's Rising 'Stonks'" (in en). 28 August 2020. https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/jeff-bezos-and-his-uncanny-resemblance-with-meme-man-could-explain-amazons-rising-stonks-2826927.html. 
  15. ↑ Andrew, Trent [@trentandrewrld] (August 27, 2020). "They’re literally the same t.co/G2xzIUeilY" (in en). https://twitter.com/trentandrewrld/status/1299057870772658176. 
  16. ↑ Musk, Elon [@elonmusk] (June 20, 2019). "Stonk tip of the day t.co/tvPodcAtkK" (in en). https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1141781922500239361. 
  17. ↑ Musk, Elon [@elonmusk] (January 26, 2021). "Gamestonk!! t.co/RZtkDzAewJ" (in en). https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1354174279894642703. 
  18. ↑ GmbH, finanzen net. "GameStop explodes another 157% higher after Elon Musk's 'Gamestonk' tweet extends Reddit-driven short squeeze" (in en). https://www.businessinsider.com/gamestop-stock-price-elon-musk-gamestonk-tweet-extends-trading-rally-2021-1. 
  19. ↑ Shead, Sam (2021-01-29). "Elon Musk's tweets are moving markets — and some investors are worried" (in en). CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/29/elon-musks-tweets-are-moving-markets.html. 
  20. ↑ "Fortnite now has the Stonks guy" (in en). April 2021. https://www.polygon.com/22362424/fortnite-meme-skins-stonks-diamond-hanz-v-bucks-price. 




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