reporter:the leader of this revolution? many of these small guysare pointing to elon musk. man: the god, the king,the meme master himself, elon musk has tweeted aboutgamestop and wallstreetbets. we are on his map. [launch sounds] man: if you happento be on social media and you have a great reach,is that not power? is that not influence? - diamond hands, baby.diamond hands. like, to the moon, boys.to the moon. gamestop at $420.
matt kelly:i was on reddit looking atall these different things, and then i started comingacross wallstreetbets. [typing noise] - so i m on reddit and it slike r/wallstreetbets, like the slash. and i m like, well,what s wallstreetbets? [music playing] man:dear viewer, do you money? do you like money?does your money like money? does your money want to makesweet lovins with other money and have beautifulmoney babies? do you haveinvestment accounts you don t understand or pay attention to becauseyour meaningless desk job is all the excitementyou need? or are you atrader? [interposing voices] matt kelly:i loved the sentiment of wallstreetbets.i loved it.
i was describing itto my girlfriend as like i m in the nba finalsright now. i have to belike on all cylinders. like when i have to execute is probably the mostimportant week of my life. - i got my stimulus. [laughs] so i started throwingmy stimulus in it, and i m feeling cute,you know. then i mwatching the numbers and it just keeps,and i m like, huh. maybe this is something. reporter: gamestop is knownas the world s largest video game retailer. reporter:the stock is now at the center of a davidversus goliath story. shares have soared, driven by posts on thereddit forum wallstreetbets. matt kelly:my wife and i are drivingto meet our realtor, and gamestop is moving. reporter:there are potentially billions of dollars of investor dollarson the line here. matt kelly: we re supposed tobe looking at houses, and i m like,i can t look at i m staring at my phone.she s looking at she s like, oh this is nice. i m like staring.i m like, oh, that s great. this is a great house.let s just get this
who just got fed upwith the world, got fedup with being told go to college,get a job, make a living. frankly,that s just not realistic for our generation. you know,it is really frustrating. the boomers,they think we re lazy. you know the whole term, pull up your bootstrapsand work hard and you get the same lifethat they had? no. the world is very,very different these days. hell, the next pandemicin 2025 might wipe us all out anyways. i ain t got timeto wait for retirement. you got to will itinto existence. life s just not fair.the world is a harsh place and the stock market was justthe purest form of yolo. [music playing] reporter: stocks up againthis morning, 12%. short sellerscontinue to get hurt by the thread wallstreetbets and other retail [interposing voices] reporter: all this whiningby wall street,
i was like,these guys are fucking nuts. [music playing] man: in a small,exceptionally unhelpful, and irreverent cornerof the internet, therein lies a battalionof nihilistic meme lords who discuss their positionsand strategies, speculate and argueover the markets moving, and provide sage advice to the humble stock trader who just so happens to stumbleupon this fine community. (singing) wallstreetbets. - hello.i am the sir jackalot. i m here wearing a maskbecause i m a millionaire, and i would like to stayanonymous. matt kelly:i started telling my friends, i m like, dude,this is a crazy subreddit. i mean, guys are making money.they re also going broke.so if you like risk [laughs] - i saw all the people postinglike million dollar gains over the last year.i was like this sounds like my kind of place. chris garcia: you would seethe success stories of dudes who made a random call andthey came out with 100 grand. - nice. well, he s goingto get fucked on taxes.