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Stockhole Syndrome

Stockhole syndrome is a psychological phenomenon where lower or middle class citizens develop positive feelings and emotional bonds toward their upper class managers and abusers, often even defending them and their extravagant bonuses and tax breaks. The term is a mash of ‘stock’ and ´a-hole’ since most people with wealth use stocks to borrow money tax free and avoid paying their fair in taxes like the rest of us. The term originated from a 2026 conversation on imgur when it was suggested that if people that had less than 1b in wealth then disagreed with a one time wealth tax in california, they might be siding with tax-cheats, stock a-holes, and the 1%.
Jimmy the plumber thought his neighbor who owned half of the local town needed additional tax breaks from the government so that he could upgrade his 3rd yacht to be 300’ long; textbook case of stockhole syndrome.

I don’t have stockhole syndrome; I only make 50k a year but i’m worried that my taxes will be unfair if i start earning 10m a year.

Won’t someone please think of the billionaires!

- a nobody suffering from un-diagnosed stockhole syndrome
Stockhole Syndrome by Crasshtack January 1, 2026

Stockholm Syndrome 

You might know it as the popular song by One Direction but it is a real syndrome.
Stockholm syndrome is a syndrome that is gained during being kidnapped. You begin to gain positive feelings for that person usually of the opposite sex. The main reason for obtaining Stockholm Syndrome is the kidnapper telling the captor that they will no kill them or if they feed them on a regular basis.

The captor begins to feel grateful and think of them as a good person or even start to gain feelings for their kidnapper not wanting to be rescued.

When they are rescued they talk about their captor as good or even loving person.
Belle from 'Beauty and The Beast' is said to have Stockholm Syndrome.

person 1, "Look at that girl on the TV, she just got rescued from that awful man."
person 2, "Whats's she saying?"
person 1, "That he was a great person. But he kidnapped her!"

Stockhold Syndrome 

This occurs when you cant let go of a certain stock. Whether it soars to the moon or sinks to hell, a person with Stockhold Syndrome will never sell their shares.

Someone with Stockhold Syndrome could cut glass with their hands because they're made of diamonds.
Paperhanded Hedgefunds: lets sell all our shares, buy some shorts, and crash this stock's price! Maybe we'll crash the market too while we're at it!

Stockhold Syndrome sufferer: Huh.. I guess this stock is on sale now.. I better buy more and hold on to what I have.

Paperhanded Hedgefunds: Fuck! We need a bailout! We just lost billions to a bunch of apes with suffering from Stockhold Syndrome!

Stockhold Syndrome Sufferer: Wow, the stock price spiked!! Cool. I'm never selling.

Stockhomo Syndrome

The unconscious assimilation of camp mannerisms as a consequence of spending time with gay friends or engaging with gay culture.
"Brett spent the whole weekend watching re-runs of Will and Grace and suddenly he's obsessed with telling me which celebrities are in the closet."

"Sounds like a case of Stockhomo Syndrome."

Stockholm Syndrome 

When a person has been in IKEA so long the items there actually start to look good.
Dude, I think you have Stockholm Syndrome. You've been staring at that Fillsta for an hour.
Stockholm Syndrome by Henry Spencer September 24, 2010

Stockholm Syndrome 

Stockholm syndrome is when you are kidnapped and are able to befriend/fall in love with your kidnapper.

Why are you even looking this up?
"I fell in love with a guy who kidnapped me because I have Stockholm Syndrome."