/biz/ - Business & Finance

As much as I hate this board it's fucking hilarious this poor kid got turned into a meme.

Where the fuck can you buy this Sminem shirt? Who produced it? Why would someone buy it?

So many questions. Is this Satoshi?

About
Sminem refers to a boy wearing a shirt with the rapper Eminem on it, only “Eminem” is misspelled “Sminem.” After being shared on Russian internet and Reddit, the boy became a meme on 4chan boards /int/ and /biz/.

Origin
The earliest known post to feature the boy was posted May 18th, 2014 to Russian forum pikabu.ru.[1] There, the picture gained 15 upvotes.

Spread
The picture was reposted to Reddit the following year on /r/ANormalDayInRussia[2] on July 6th, 2015, where it gained 971 upvotes. On December 2nd, 2016, it was posted to /r/funny[3] where it gained 31 upvotes. On May 1st, 2017, the image was submitted to Shitpostbot 5000. [4]

Around October of 2016, the picture began circulating on 4chan boards, where the character became a larger meme. Some early threads featuring the picture were posted on October 18th[5] and October 19th[6] of that year. The following year, more images of the boy were posted to the board (examples shown below).

(pic related)

>>7583353
>leaked files

Reply to this thread: "thanks for the inverse head & shoulders pattern Sminem" and great gains will come to your porfolio.