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Stonks Meme
Stonks is the surreal 3D "Meme Man" head in a suit standing in front of a stock-market board with a rising arrow, labeled with the misspelled word "stonks." Use this template to caption your own questionable financial decision and save the meme.
What does the Stonks meme mean?
Stonks celebrates a bad or silly decision as if it were a brilliant investment. The caption on top describes something like spending money to save money, buying a game on sale you'll never play, or making a tiny profit after a big loss, and "stonks" is the proud payoff. The misspelling signals that the person making the move doesn't really understand what they're doing. A variant, "not stonks," uses a falling arrow for obvious losses.
Where is the Stonks meme from?
Stonks was first posted by the Facebook page Special Meme Fresh on June 5, 2017. The image puts Meme Man — the bald, smooth 3D-rendered head used throughout surreal memes — in front of a stock photo of a financial chart, with the deliberately misspelled caption "STONKS." A month later it was shared on Reddit's r/Ooer, a hub for surreal humor, and it went on to appear in Imgur dumps, YouTube clips and r/me_irl posts through 2018 and 2019. Its success led to spin-off misspellings for other fields, such as "helth" and "shef," all using the same Meme Man look.
Stonks meme caption ideas
- Top: Spending $50 on gas to save $10 at a cheaper store / Bottom: STONKS
- Top: Buying 3 books on sale I'll never read / Bottom: STONKS
- Top: Selling my old phone for $20 and buying a $40 case / Bottom: STONKS
- Top: Free trial ends, I forgot to cancel / Bottom: not stonks
- Top: Finding $5 in last winter's jacket / Bottom: STONKS
Tips
- Keep "STONKS" spelled wrong — fixing it kills the joke.
- Put the setup in the top area above Meme Man so the rising arrow stays visible.
- The dumber the "investment," the better the meme.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the guy in the Stonks meme?
He's Meme Man, a 3D-rendered head used in surreal memes; he isn't a real person.
Where did the Stonks meme come from?
It was first posted by the Facebook page Special Meme Fresh in June 2017 and then spread on Reddit.
Why is it spelled "stonks"?
The misspelling of "stocks" is intentional and mocks someone who thinks they're a financial genius.
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