Me cheering on the demise of Wall Street without understanding what’s going on
The battle between Wall Street investors and Redditors from the popular subreddit r/WallStreetBets has commanded public interest, even for those outside of the financial bubble and completely unfamiliar with terms like "short."
The past 24 hours have been neatly captured online with great analysis and explainer — and even better, the memes haven't stopped.
While those in the know debate the implications, others remain confused. However, they have managed to gather a general sense of what's going on and are picking sides.
Mainly, they are calling for the rich to be eaten.
2021 is the year we see ordinary people besting wealthy people at their own game. and i’m here for it 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼#EatTheRich
I woke up and #EatTheRich is trending. It’s gonna be a good day.
Even with very little understanding, people are rooting for WallStreetBets, which gained an extra million members in just one day as it launched its move to push up the price of GameStop stock.
Very happy this wall street bets thing is good. I feel like a proud yet confused mother.
All of this talk of manipulating Wall Street has me more confused than anything else. High-stakes gambling seems highly stressful. Making billionaires freak out is something I can get behind, though, so these chips might fall in interesting places.
Yeah I’m with the Redditers
Tahmel Morton was on the front lines of all the action and asking the hard questions: "When the revolution comes, where will you hide?"
“Burn Wall Street burn”
wall street execs when they lose their homes because of reddit user gaychungus1312
Tonight we ride #WallStreet
And as ever, some people are just continuing to nod and smile as it all plays out.
Everyone on Twitter talking about Wall Street, GameStop, Robinhood and Stock Market Me pretending to understand what's going on:
Someone please explain this Reddit Wall Street thing to me cause I’m confused.