I'm pretty certain you can trace a lot of the current fervour over short-sellers to Elon Musk's ongoing paranoid rants about how they're evil and trying to ruin

I'm pretty certain you can trace a lot of the current fervour over short-sellers to Elon Musk's ongoing paranoid rants about how they're evil and trying to ruin Tesla. There's likely a large crossover between WallStreetBets posters and Elon Musk fans.