The "ape" thing came out of a thread where WSB users were trying to figure out how to explain the GME situation to casual observers. The most popular explanatio

The "ape" thing came out of a thread where WSB users were trying to figure out how to explain the GME situation to casual observers. The most popular explanation that came out of it used snakes as the shorts, shorting bananas, and the WSB users as apes[0]. This then was built upon with the "aps together strong" scene from the Rise of the Planet of the Apes movie [1]. But yeah, its a bit overdone. [0]:Not the original, but one example - https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/l7jnqw/information_for_the_newbies_who_want_to_join_the/gl74lqf/ https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/l7jnqw/info... [1]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20LuSlZT4S4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20LuSlZT4S4