iMediaEthics documents La Presse quoting a June 17, 2013 post from a Murray parody account. The account explicitly disclaimed affiliation with the actor. The Centre for Computing History separately records Wayne’s$800 disposal of his 10% share; that historical fact does not authenticate the quote’s celebrity credit. The joke’s original creator remains unknown.
“You think you're having a bad day? Remember this: In 1976 Ronald Wayne sold his 10% stock in Apple for $800” Bill Murray parody-account post, documentedJune 2013; real actor not the source, and original creator unknown.
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iMediaEthics documents La Presse quoting a June 17, 2013 post from a Murray parody account. The account explicitly disclaimed affiliation with the actor. The Centre for Computing History separately records Wayne’s$800 disposal of his 10% share; that historical fact does not authenticate the quote’s celebrity credit. The joke’s original creator remains unknown. iMediaEthics contemporaneous report ↗
Records Wayne’s 10% share,$800 disposal, and 1976 founding; establishes anecdote background, not Murray authorship. Computing-history museum record ↗
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iMediaEthics documents La Presse quoting a June 17, 2013 post from a Murray parody account. The account explicitly disclaimed affiliation with the actor. The Centre for Computing History separately records Wayne’s$800 disposal of his 10% share; that historical fact does not authenticate the quote’s celebrity credit. The joke’s original creator remains unknown. iMediaEthics contemporaneous report ↗
The meme turns Wayne’s early departure from Apple into consolation for someone having a bad day. A newspaper’s use of the parody post shows how a familiar actor’s name could supply false authority. The museum’s business-history record and the authorship question remain separate pieces of evidence. iMediaEthics contemporaneous report ↗
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Quotle.info. “Who really said ‘You think you're having a bad day? Remember this: In 1976 Ronald Wayne sold his 10% stock in Apple for $800’?” Last verified 9 Nov 2026. https://quotle.info/who-said/you-think-youre-having-a-bad-day-remember-this-in-1976/