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Truth Social Can’t Meme Its Way to Becoming the Next GameStop

2Apr

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Truth Social Can’t Meme Its Way to Becoming the Next GameStop

On Reddit and Truth Social, users have been trying to re-create the meme-stock magic for Trump Media and Technology Group—the company behind Truth Social—that boosted companies like GameStop in 2021. So far, they haven’t been too successful.Truth Social, former president Donald Trump’s Twitter copycat, lacks two essential ingredients to the narrative of previous campaigns: underlying fundamentals and the foil of institutional investors. Large hedge funds had shorted GameStop, betting that the price would go down. This time, the stock is owned primarily by retail investors.Unlike other social media companies, the Truth Social doesn’t disclose how many users it has, but has said previously that just 9 million people have signed up for the site, compared with over 3 billion monthly active us...

‘I Didn’t Get Into Movies To Become A Meme’: Nicolas Cage Addresses Fandom

Nicolas Cage has made peace with becoming viral meme fodder — but doesn’t enjoy it.The actor’s unique style and expressionism were famously turned into fan-made images and compilations of his most eccentric movie moments. Cage, who was in a precarious career slump when they first emerged, is now sharing what that experience was like.“I got into acting because I was moved by film performance more than any other art form,” Cage told The Guardian in an interview published Friday. “I didn’t get into movies to become a meme. That was new. I made friends with it, but it was an adjustment.”The 59-year-old continued, “I thought maybe they would compel someone to go back and look at the movies. But I had no control over it. The same thing happens with Paul in ‘Dream Scenario’: he has no control ov...

Brutal ‘Boy Math’ Meme Skewers Men’s Illogical Reasoning For Problematic Behavior

The common denominator here is that women are funny … and frustrated with misogyny.A new meme dubbed “boy math” has taken over X, formerly Twitter, in the past week. The meme is a very pointed response to men who criticized a lighthearted meme called “girl math.” Last month, “girl math” went viral after a 28-year-old TikToker named Samantha Jane poked fun at herself for the way she justified some of her purchases.“I got a Starbucks today that was $4.90, [but] anything under $5 feels like it’s pretty much free. Girl math,” she says in her TikTok. ”[If I] return something at Zara for $50 [and] bought something else for $100, it only cost me $50. Girl math.” Jane’s self-aware skewering of the mental gymnastics she uses to explain her overspending struck a chord with other women, who began po...