# Does Nothing. Wins. Does Nothing. Wins. is a 4chan catchphrase from February 2016, used to call out people, companies or characters who come out on top of a dispute without lifting a finger. An anonymous poster on /v/ coined it while joking about Donkey Kong, and by August 2022 Reddit users were pairing a Chad-face Xi Jinping edit with the line to joke about China winning geopolitical standoffs by default. ## Origin The earliest known use traces to an anonymous post on 4chan's /v/ board on February 27, 2016, where a user wrote that Donkey Kong 'Does Nothing. Still Wins.' in a thread riffing on the character's passivity[1]. The line sat as a /v/-local gag for several years before escaping the board. The image that carried the phrase into wider circulation, a Chad-face photoshop of China's President Xi Jinping captioned 'Does nothing. Win.', was posted to Reddit by user SteelWolf on April 22, 2022, and is the version most people now associate with the catchphrase[4]. - **Platform:** 4chan /v/ (origin) / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2016 ## Overview Typical posts pair the line, often stylized with greentext markers as '>Does Nothing >Wins', with an image of a figure said to be coasting to victory without effort[4]. The subject can be a video game character, a company that neglects its products, or a world leader whose rivals keep tripping over themselves. Captions sometimes substitute 'Does Nothing. Still Wins.' or 'Do Nothing. Win.' depending on the joke's rhythm. Outside /v/, the format moved onto Reddit and X as a reaction template for geopolitical bickering, console wars and corporate rivalries. A photoshopped 'Chad' body attached to Xi Jinping's face is one of the recurring images for the phrase, with versions showing up in webcomics about U.S. and China trade friction[3]. Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is a second running subject, invoked when Team Fortress 2 or an older Valve title outperforms a newer competitor despite minimal updates[2]. ## How to Use People typically overlay the phrase on an image of the 'winner', often a politician, CEO or video game character, with greentext arrows for 4chan styling. A common convention is to list two or three failed actions by a rival, then end with '>Does Nothing >Wins' to credit the subject for coasting through. Captions often substitute 'Does Nothing. Still Wins.' or 'Do Nothing. Win.' when the shorter version reads better. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Does Nothing. Wins.? A 4chan catchphrase, often stylized as '>Does Nothing >Wins', used to call out people, companies or characters who prevail in a dispute without any apparent effort[4]. ### Where did Does Nothing. Wins. come from? An anonymous /v/ user applied it to Donkey Kong on February 27, 2016, which is the earliest known use[1]. ### What does Does Nothing. Wins. mean? It frames the subject as a passive winner whose rivals defeat themselves, often applied to figures like Xi Jinping or Valve's Gabe Newell[4]. ### How do you use Does Nothing. Wins.? People typically pair the line with an image of the 'winner' and list a rival's self-inflicted failures above it, as in @PDakkadakka's 2023 Team Fortress 2 vs Overwatch 2 Twitch chart[2]. ### Is Does Nothing. Wins. still popular? It saw sustained use through 2023 on X in gaming and geopolitics posts, including @Kanthan2030's December 23, 2023 U.S. and China webcomic[3]. ## References 1. [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/329036501/#q329059345]() 2. [https://x.com/PDakkadakka/status/1683678040897863681]() 3. [https://x.com/Kanthan2030/status/1738676711737405948]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/does-nothing-wins]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/does-nothing-wins Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library