The 'Stock Photo Clichés' meme subculture satirizes the bizarrely staged and often unrealistic imagery found on professional stock photography websites. From people in business suits shaking hands while looking at a blank wall to the legendary trope of 'women laughing alone with salad,' these images serve as a blank canvas for internet irony. These memes highlight the disconnect between corporate professionalism and actual human behavior. They gained mainstream popularity as social media users began identifying recurring, nonsensical patterns in stock assets, transforming generic corporate imagery into a goldmine for relatable humor and surrealist commentary.