Nobody Cares: the Non-Fungible Thread

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Oh man

This is a longish thread but an interesting read! With links to further information if you want to amuse yourself further.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Okay, this is both a relief, and also just very face-palmingly terrible.

A relief in that I've dug deep and found out that - so far - it doesn't appear that snack company Hostess is making an actual cryptocurrency or NFTs. That's a good thing.

The terrible part is that in order to either make fun of or appeal to crypto enthusiasts, Hostess has made a special limited edition variety of its famous Twinkie snack-cakes, and it is called...

...wait for it...

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Okay, this is both a relief, and also just very face-palmingly terrible.

A relief in that I've dug deep and found out that - so far - it doesn't appear that snack company Hostess is making an actual cryptocurrency or NFTs. That's a good thing.

The terrible part is that in order to either make fun of or appeal to crypto enthusiasts, Hostess has made a special limited edition variety of its famous Twinkie snack-cakes, and it is called...

...wait for it...

I really don't know how to react other than... I'm highly amused - this is almost as good as 'Woodie the internet pecker' except that the people who came up with that aren't native english speakers.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Okay, this is both a relief, and also just very face-palmingly terrible.

A relief in that I've dug deep and found out that - so far - it doesn't appear that snack company Hostess is making an actual cryptocurrency or NFTs. That's a good thing.

The terrible part is that in order to either make fun of or appeal to crypto enthusiasts, Hostess has made a special limited edition variety of its famous Twinkie snack-cakes, and it is called...

...wait for it...

Cream filled even!

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

[Govi]

The whole of the crypto bro world is a noxious late-stage capitalist excrescence.

 

[Essence Lumin]

The People Who Are Finding God Through, and in, Bitcoin

“Bitcoin adoption becomes a conviction,” Patrick Melder writes in his self-published book, The Christian Case for Bitcoin.

slate.com

 

[Free]

The People Who Are Finding God Through, and in, Bitcoin

“Bitcoin adoption becomes a conviction,” Patrick Melder writes in his self-published book, The Christian Case for Bitcoin.

slate.com

The Christian Case for Bitcoin...another sign that Xtianity is a scam.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

[Govi]

I'm sad for all the people who have been suckered by the con-artists who came up with all these crypto-currency schemes. It's the same as with all pyramid schemes: the only ones who make money are the ones who get out early. Everyone else will lose some or all of their "investment."

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

What makes me -so- furious is that business scams can go bankrupt, but not former college students who can't pay their student loans. Prolly going bankrupt after stashing all their ill gotten gains.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

That little bump before the final drop was almost certainly people getting out because they knew the end was nigh.

 

[Free]

There's a certain story about rats and a sinking ship.

 

[Free]

When did Wikipedia become The Anarchist Cookbook?

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

[Essence Lumin]

When did Wikipedia become The Anarchist Cookbook?

Well duh and if that doesn't work there always printscreen and pasting it into paint or something.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

They mean "linked from" not "linked to".

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

When did Wikipedia become The Anarchist Cookbook?

But, but.....the NFT owners have the one true original or something...they're like special and stuff because they're crypto-bros. If they say their NFT of the girl giving a side glance at the house on fire is worth millions...then it is supposed to be worth millions, because they're like special and smart and techy and have the crypto-stuff.

(Just to be clear, I'm being sarcastic)

 

[Lexxi]

Shesh. Every other picture and/or story about this had a different sell price. heh. hmm.

Zoë Roth sells 'Disaster Girl' meme as NFT for $500,000

Zoë Roth, 21, will use the money from the sale of a 2005 image of her to pay her student loan.

www.bbc.com

 

[Veritable Quandry]

It says they sold it for crypto, so probably about $20 in current value.