Why Leaning into Unstable is Productive
I believe value-adding, productive, win-win activities are the best kind to lean into.
So why might writing about and growing the unstable meme be net-positive for the world?
The answer is actually simple: because it’s real, it’s fun, and it’s important, not just culturally, but financially, socio-economically, and personally.
Let me break it down.
1. First of All.. It’s Just Funny
At the base level, memes are about fun. That moment of scrolling, laughing, and going “yo this is so real” -- that’s catharsis.
Unstable is one of those memes that needs zero explanation.
You see it. You laugh. You nod. You relate.
Unless you live under a rock, crypto is starting to feel like a world of stablecoins... and then literally everything else is unstable.
Your PNL? Unstable.
Your mental health? Unstable.
Crypto Twitter? Deeply unstable.
There’s stablecoins… and then there’s, well, unstable coins.
And that’s kind of the point, isn’t it?
Volatility isn’t a bug in crypto; it’s the feature.
It’s the playground. The pain and the possibility.
Volatility is utility.
Degens don’t run from instability. They thrive in it.
They meme it. They trade it. They build culture out of it.
Unstable captures that spirit. Not to mock it, but to celebrate it.
It gives you permission to say:
“Yeah, I’m unhinged. I’m trying. I’m here. I’m real.”
And that’s kind of beautiful.
2. The Meme Is a Mirror
Unstable is special because it means something different to everyone.
For slingoor, it’s a character and a trading posture -- chaotic but clear, unfiltered but sharp.
He embodies the meme with full conviction. It’s his, and that ownership is authentic.
For me, it’s more existential.
It’s about the systems we live in. The currencies we hold. The selves we try to stabilize.
This meme lets people reflect their own reality, from playful to philosophical, and still be in sync.
No permission needed. No credential gatekeeping.
Just: show up, be unstable.
It’s rare to find a meme that allows both shitposting and serious self-expression in the same breath.
That’s what makes it powerful.
3. Stability Is the Illusion
Let’s talk fiat.
Most people call the dollar “stable” because the chart doesn’t yo-yo.
But underneath? It’s quietly corroding.
Inflation. Money printing. Structural debt.
A dollar today isn’t worth what it was five years ago. And everyone knows it.
So what’s more honest?
A token that pretends to be stable while slowly rugging you?
Or one that says: “We’re unstable and we’re not lying about it.”
Unstable is the realest coin.
It doesn’t hide behind a facade.
It’s chaotic, transparent, and free.
It reflects reality better than the things that claim to be “safe.”
And it sparks a much-needed question:
Why do we keep trusting the thing that lies to us?
That’s where the meme becomes productive.
It doesn’t just entertain, more importantly, it educates.
It wakes people up.
4. A Catalyst for Social Money
This is where things get interesting.
Unstable isn’t just a meme. It’s a prototype for something bigger:
A new kind of money. One rooted not in issuance or authority, but in belief and communities.
That’s what Meow’s been writing about in his vision for Web4.
Not just decentralized systems, but social monies.
Tokens born from shared values.
Held together not by policy, but by memes and meaning.
Unstable fits that vision perfectly.
No emissions. No peg. No pretense.
Just a community, a culture, and a meme that slaps.
It’s early. But if it works, it’s because the people believed it should.
And that belief? That’s a large part of what gives social money power.
5. This Is the Renaissance
If you zoom out -- really zoom out -- this all starts to feel familiar.
A small group of weirdos, laughing at the mainstream, questioning the money, building in public.
Sound familiar?
That was Bitcoin in 2009.
We’re not here to recreate the past, but we are here to remember why we started.
And for me, Unstable is a flag.
A reminder. A joke that isn’t just a joke.
In a world trying to sanitize crypto into TradFi 2.0 -- regulated, surveilled, defanged -- this meme is a portal back to cypherpunk honesty.
We didn’t come here to comply.
We came here to build.
To question. To experiment.
To hold what reflects our actual beliefs -- not what institutions tell us is “safe.”
TL;DR
Writing about and growing the unstable meme is net-positive for the world.
Why?
- Because it’s funny
- Because it’s real
- Because it speaks the truth
- Because it gives people voice
- Because it might be the seed of a new kind of money
- Because it helps keep the cypherpunk dream alive
We are unstable.
The world is unstable.
The dollar is unstable.
At least this one doesn’t pretend otherwise.
And maybe that honesty is where the future starts.