All In on Nothing Happens

About

All In on Nothing Happens refers to an offshoot of the Nothing Ever Happens meme in which Chudjak and other characters make an all-in bet on nothing happening when a globally significant event is expected. The meme achieved virality online in 2024, prompted by the expected Iran Attack on Israel, the 2024 Stock Market Crash and other high-profile events.

Origin

Nothing Ever Happens is a catchphrase and mantra commonly said on 4chan’s board /pol/ to signify that no major global events of significant magnitude have perceivably happened in past decades, nor will they happen in the future.

On April 5th, 2024, X^[1] / Twitter news account @BRICSinfo quoted Iran's Defense Minister announcing that the country plans to deliver an attack on Israel. On that day, X^[2] user @anchover_ posted an AI-generated image of a muscular man wearing a shirt with the slogan "Nothing ever happens" on it making a casino bet, captioning the image, "I'm all in" (post and image shown below, left and right). The post received over 530 reposts and 7,300 likes in one day.

On April 13th, 2024, following the 2024 Iran attack on Israel, @anchover_ captioned the post "I'm not 200k in debt," with the X^[3] post gaining over 250 reposts and 6,200 likes.

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On April 17th, 2024, X^[4] @Marcus_cel posted a two-panel meme imagining Cobson Soyjak telling Chudjak that a nuclear strike happened, with Chudjak making an all-in bet on it being nothing. The post (shown below) received over 1,000 reposts and 15,000 likes in four months.

In the following months, both images saw extensive use on X / Twitter, being used to predict that nothing major will happen when globally significant events are expected.

On July 31st, 2024, The New York Times reported that Iran's Supreme Leader issued orders for a direct strike on Israel. On that day, X^[5] user @kunley_drukpa posted a Casino Royale Poker Game Parody based on the All In on Nothing Happens meme which received over 450 reposts and 5,100 likes in one week (shown below).

The meme saw a spike in prevalence in August 2024 as Iran's attack on Israel did not happen within the expected timeframe and the 2024 stock market selloff was followed by a rebound.

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