MEME REFERENCE

Empty Stonks

Use for a failed financial or optimization decision that leaves no gain at all.

What it expresses: No upside: the visual contrasts “stonks” optimism with an empty result.
Example: The team spent a week optimizing a query and the benchmark did not improve by one millisecond.
When not to use it: Avoid for genuine gains, losses that are not outcome-related, or purely emotional disappointment.