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Does Nothing. Wins., also known as Does Nothing. Still Wins. or Do Nothing. Win. and commonly stylized as >Does Nothing >Wins, refers to a catchphrase used initially on 4chan to comment about people, companies or characters that won an argument or dispute without doing anything. The phrase can be tracked to early 2016, gaining memetic usage going into the 2020s, especially with a photoshopped image of China's President Xi Jinping, titled "Chad Xi Jinping," posted on Reddit in August 2022, often used to joke about the country winning geopolitical disputes without putting in any significant effort.

Origin

The catchphrase "Does Nothing. Still Wins." has been used by 4chan's users since early 2016, as the earliest mention found online was posted by an anonymous 4chan^[1] user commenting on how Donkey Kong does nothing and wins (seen below) in a post to the /v/ board on February 27th, 2016.

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On April 22nd, 2022, Know Your Meme user SteelWolf^[2] posted another early of the phrase in a meme that combined a Chad face Photoshop edit of China's President Xi Jinping and the caption "Does nothing. Win." The post (seen below) garnered more than 7,900 views in three years.

The variant phrase "Does Nothing. Still Wins." became popularized in various online contexts beyond its origins on 4chan in the following years, also being linked to Valve's President and co-founder Gabe Logan Newell and his company's success.

For example, on July 24th, 2023, X^[3] user @PDakkadakka compared the number of active viewers on Twitch for Team Fortress 2 to that of Overwatch 2. The meme (seen below) garnered 110,000 views and 6,500 likes over two years, illustrating how Gabe Newell's games continue to be popular even though he and Valve do almost nothing to promote them or update them.

Additionally, on December 23rd, 2023, X^[4] user @Kanthan2030 posted a webcomic utilizing the "Does Nothing" template to humorously explain the geopolitical conflicts between China and the United States. The post (seen below) received roughly 208,000 views and 3,500 likes in two years.

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