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What's so interesting about Gamestop and this whole "Stonks" saga? This week, Joey with esteemed and Extremely Online special guests (Cultural Astrologer, Osei Kwakye and Dude-on-Reddit, Adam Hirschberg) talk about THE talk of the town [5:55], the unique opportunity of r/wallstreetbets [12:10], everyone's least favorite: the second wave [19:27], the demystifying power of pop culture [24:10], and the side-effects of stock gambling [30:28]. They don't talk about how the internet probably already thinks this conversation is passé. references * r/wallstreetbets (https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/) and the story about DeepF–ingValue (https://twitter.com/endtwist/status/1354547622133051393?s=21). And WSJ's interview with him. (https://www.wsj.com/articles/keith-gill-drove-the-gamestop-reddit-mania-he-talked-to-the-journal-11611931696) Did we mention this exchange from (https://twitter.com/jarule/status/1354812123080138759?s=21) and then about (https://mobile.twitter.com/harikondabolu/status/1231404760764428288) Ja Rule? * This joke (https://twitter.com/supramantrax/status/1354490055692316676?s=21) * CNN on the battle against the elite (https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/27/politics/gamestop-stock-surge-trumpism/index.html) and WSJ with their take on what lead to the second wave (https://www.wsj.com/articles/gamestop-bitcoin-and-qanon-how-the-wisdom-of-crowds-became-the-anarchy-of-the-mob-11611928823) * Google Trends "short squeeze" (https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=short%20squeeze&geo=US) * NPR: The Eddie Murphy Rule (https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/08/02/541157778/episode-471-the-eddie-murphy-rule)