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2) CONT: Looking at PLTR here. Alex Karp was memefied on WSB, and for what reason? 1) He practices Qigong meditation, has swords in his office, and is rumored to do martial arts at the office. 2) In the absurdity of that, people on the internet rallied behind the "figure"

(12/?) 3) Nostalgia. The piling of GME and AMC wasn't just because they had high short interest; it's because they were brands people remembered from their childhood. In the social media generation, these brands helped raise people, so there is inherent bias towards keeping

(13/?) 3) CONT: these companies floating. It's like parting with one of your favorite toys when you were younger. You can't just get rid of it without thinking of all the great times you spent with it. This same logic applied to a lot of these stocks.

(14/?) 4) Ticker name. This one is slightly self explanatory. It's partially the reason why DOGE has had a meteoric rise these last few weeks, coupled with the "meme king" Elon pumping it.

I love that you did a google trends search for “bbw” and thought that even 1% of those searches might be about the stock