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Re:YouTube Down by oars on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:28PM (#25065316)
Sorry it might be due to my age, but I don't understand this. What's the meaning behind the "Stonks" photo they posted?
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Re:YouTube Down by ffpip on Thursday November 12, 2020 @06:42AM (#25068774)
If you sometimes have trouble understanding context in meme templetes, check out https://knowyourmeme.com

Search ''Meme text' knowyourmeme' on you search engine and you'll get an answer.

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=stonks+knowyourmeme

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Re:YouTube Down by quantumRolls on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:30PM (#25065340)
It's used to express expected financial gain
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Re:YouTube Down by mrebus on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:32PM (#25065353)
It just means punhub is gonna profit from youtube being down. ie stocks("stonks") rise
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Re:YouTube Down by boogies on Friday November 13, 2020 @11:38AM (#25084014)
But https://nitter.net/punhubonline doesn’t have any videos that I can see.
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Re:YouTube Down by augusto-moura on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:32PM (#25065359)
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stonks
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Re:YouTube Down by cepp on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:31PM (#25065342)
Some context: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stonks
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Re:YouTube Down by dmingod666 on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:34PM (#25065373)
Their stock just went up.. reddit wallstreetbets calls stocks, stonks because they claim they're autistic.
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