carl rinsch cashed in on GameStop stock at $48, then spent all $48 million on a rocket launch that exploded... and now he's trending like a meme lord who actually lived the dream
In a plot twist that would make WallStreetBets blush, former Netflix engineer Carl Rinsch became an overnight meme legend after it was revealed he blew a $48 million fortune from savvy GameStop stock trading on a literal rocket—one that didn't just fail, but exploded into the Pacific with zero survivors (and zero refunds). The irony? While retail investors joke about "diamond hands," Rinsch took the term rocket ship to its literal, catastrophic conclusion. Social media is now asking: Did he lose the money to the ocean, or is he just the first person to make a yacht from the debris? Either way, he's the patron saint of "to the moon" gone wrong.