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Cowcaster
Aug 7, 2002



Gazpacho posted:

the 318k projection is from a 2020 analysis that is literally the second frame of the tech analysis cartoon, seasoned with austrian economic ideology

https://twitter.com/classicmacro/status/1327381449000034307?s=20

idk what people think they're proving when they write "FIAT" in capital letters but it sure is helpful for identifying TWITs

you realize where the specific number comes from is irrelevant to the point i was trying to make right

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Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde
it's all just analists pulling things out of their "hunch hole" *wink*

Sailor Viy
Aug 4, 2013

And when I can swim no longer, if I have not reached Aslan's country, or shot over the edge of the world into some vast cataract, I shall sink with my nose to the sunrise.

What I want to know is what do people actually talk about in these "communities" of NTF owners? All the NFT boosters talk about "having a strong community" as being integral to an NFT project's success. e.g. this article about "drama in the pudgy penguins community": https://nftska.com/the-rise-and-fall-and-future-of-pudgy-penguins/

But like, drama aside, what do you post about in the Pudgy Penguins community on a normal day? Do people just share their hideous penguin avatars and tell each other they look good? Is it mostly offtopic chat and the whole thing is basically an expensive excuse for lonely people to shoot the poo poo?

Sentient Data
Aug 31, 2011

My molecule scrambler ray will disintegrate your armor with one blow!
Internal-facing Nft community is just wholesale cultural appropriation of office lottery pools

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.
It's the business card scene of American Psycho but unironically

PhazonLink
Jul 17, 2010
Arnt stock reddites and discords also the same?

like when your hobby is gambling and it isnt casino games where you can actual have a sort of meta game, there's nothing to do but just to cargo cult it and stare and jackoff into the sky/screen.

Mercury_Storm
Jun 12, 2003

*chomp chomp chomp*
If George W Bush hadn't made online gambling illegal we probably never would have had cryptocurrency or it wouldn't have taken off to this extent, this is all a result of prohibition

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!

There was an actual crypto guy who tried to write down the entire bitcoin blockchain on paper.

Red Rox
Aug 24, 2004

Motel Midnight off the hook

Papa Was A Video Toaster posted:

Is an NFT an artifact or an enchantment?

It's a curse

coelomate
Oct 21, 2020


Sailor Viy posted:

What I want to know is what do people actually talk about in these "communities" of NTF owners? All the NFT boosters talk about "having a strong community" as being integral to an NFT project's success. e.g. this article about "drama in the pudgy penguins community": https://nftska.com/the-rise-and-fall-and-future-of-pudgy-penguins/

But like, drama aside, what do you post about in the Pudgy Penguins community on a normal day? Do people just share their hideous penguin avatars and tell each other they look good? Is it mostly offtopic chat and the whole thing is basically an expensive excuse for lonely people to shoot the poo poo?

It's a discord server full of people hyping one another into buying them, holding them, and generally WAGMIing their way to Valhalla or whatever.

Cowcaster
Aug 7, 2002



wet rear end grift monstering?

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

Nessus posted:

:bernchloe: Is this, uhh, a major trend in modern pornography for some reason

I get a feeling it's just like the incest thing where it's literally just one guy who owns a bunch of porn companies and has a fetish that he makes them incorporate into everything

Hello Sailor
May 3, 2006

we're all mad here

Ghost Leviathan posted:

I get a feeling it's just like the incest thing where it's literally just one guy who owns a bunch of porn companies and has a fetish that he makes them incorporate into everything

I thought that was because it's easiest fetish to mix into an otherwise "normal" pr0n scene?

"Hey, I'm delivering your pizza with the extra sausage."
vs
"Hey, I'm your stepson and I'm delivering your pizza with the extra sausage."

Hello Sailor fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Feb 17, 2022

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
oh no, my butt is stuck in the pizza!

Papa Was A Video Toaster
Jan 9, 2011





Cowcaster posted:

wet rear end grift monstering?

We're All Gonna Make It
contrast: Not Gonna Make It

Deki
May 12, 2008

It's Hammer Time!

Sailor Viy posted:

What I want to know is what do people actually talk about in these "communities" of NTF owners? All the NFT boosters talk about "having a strong community" as being integral to an NFT project's success. e.g. this article about "drama in the pudgy penguins community": https://nftska.com/the-rise-and-fall-and-future-of-pudgy-penguins/

But like, drama aside, what do you post about in the Pudgy Penguins community on a normal day? Do people just share their hideous penguin avatars and tell each other they look good? Is it mostly offtopic chat and the whole thing is basically an expensive excuse for lonely people to shoot the poo poo?

I've seen legit communities pop up from even more niche/inconsequential stuff. I'm sure a few of the nft discords have something approximating a community that talks about random bullshit even if it is full of predatory assholes and spam.

If anything, keeping a social component to your scam nft is smart, since lonely nerds might not want to cash out if it means they can't bullshit with their "friends"

Hello Sailor
May 3, 2006

we're all mad here

Deki posted:

I've seen legit communities pop up from even more niche/inconsequential stuff. I'm sure a few of the nft discords have something approximating a community that talks about random bullshit even if it is full of predatory assholes and spam.

If anything, keeping a social component to your scam nft is smart, since lonely nerds might not want to cash out if it means they can't bullshit with their "friends"

Gonna continue hodling for the exact same sense of community I could get from any F2P MMO. Plus they have an actual game that's probably kind of fun to play.

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013

Sailor Viy posted:

What I want to know is what do people actually talk about in these "communities" of NTF owners? All the NFT boosters talk about "having a strong community" as being integral to an NFT project's success. e.g. this article about "drama in the pudgy penguins community": https://nftska.com/the-rise-and-fall-and-future-of-pudgy-penguins/

But like, drama aside, what do you post about in the Pudgy Penguins community on a normal day? Do people just share their hideous penguin avatars and tell each other they look good? Is it mostly offtopic chat and the whole thing is basically an expensive excuse for lonely people to shoot the poo poo?

There's scores of people making fun of people making fun of them.

fatherboxx
Mar 25, 2013

Sailor Viy posted:

What I want to know is what do people actually talk about in these "communities" of NTF owners? All the NFT boosters talk about "having a strong community" as being integral to an NFT project's success. e.g. this article about "drama in the pudgy penguins community": https://nftska.com/the-rise-and-fall-and-future-of-pudgy-penguins/

But like, drama aside, what do you post about in the Pudgy Penguins community on a normal day? Do people just share their hideous penguin avatars and tell each other they look good? Is it mostly offtopic chat and the whole thing is basically an expensive excuse for lonely people to shoot the poo poo?

Have you seen goon projects?
Its similar but its just the "i will make a website" guys and people writing cringe fanfic about the avatar they wasted thousands on

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

fatherboxx posted:

Have you seen goon projects?
Its similar but its just the "i will make a website" guys and people writing cringe fanfic about the avatar they wasted thousands on

It's basically all Star Citizen

Hammerite
Mar 9, 2007

And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.
Jade Ear Joe

Cowcaster posted:

wet rear end grift monstering?

Yes.

putin is a cunt
Apr 5, 2007

BOY DO I SURE ENJOY TRASH. THERE'S NOTHING MORE I LOVE THAN TO SIT DOWN IN FRONT OF THE BIG SCREEN AND EAT A BIIIIG STEAMY BOWL OF SHIT. WARNER BROS CAN COME OVER TO MY HOUSE AND ASSFUCK MY MOM WHILE I WATCH AND I WOULD CERTIFY IT FRESH, NO QUESTION

PhazonLink posted:

Arnt stock reddites and discords also the same?

like when your hobby is gambling and it isnt casino games where you can actual have a sort of meta game, there's nothing to do but just to cargo cult it and stare and jackoff into the sky/screen.

Not really, those Reddits and Discords would be more analogous to a Discord generally about crypto trading.

This is like if there was a specific Reddit or Discord solely focused on the trading of one specific stock.

I'm sure there are some.

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008

kirbysuperstar posted:

It's the business card scene of American Psycho but unironically

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC9sFAd_qlw

GABA ghoul
Oct 29, 2011

Sailor Viy posted:

What I want to know is what do people actually talk about in these "communities" of NTF owners? All the NFT boosters talk about "having a strong community" as being integral to an NFT project's success. e.g. this article about "drama in the pudgy penguins community": https://nftska.com/the-rise-and-fall-and-future-of-pudgy-penguins/

But like, drama aside, what do you post about in the Pudgy Penguins community on a normal day? Do people just share their hideous penguin avatars and tell each other they look good? Is it mostly offtopic chat and the whole thing is basically an expensive excuse for lonely people to shoot the poo poo?

I don't know the answer but I've been to some memestonk bag holder subreddits(which I imagine are pretty much the same) and it's mostly just posting vaguely related news articles and posting how it's good or bad for the beanie baby market. Lots of "analyst" posting hot takes and high fiving each other

Lunar Suite
Jun 5, 2011

If you love a flower which happens to be on a star, it is sweet at night to gaze at the sky. All the stars are a riot of flowers.

Possibly because some rather ubiquitous plasticisers, as well as loads of microplastics, are loving up everyone's endocrine systems
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223430/

quote:

Multiple phthalates were associated with significantly reduced T in both sexes and in differing age groups. In females, the strongest and most consistent inverse relationships were found among women ages 40–60 years. In boys 6–12 years old, an interquartile range increase in metabolites of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate was associated with a 29% (95% confidence interval, 6, 47) reduction in T.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33804513/

quote:

Recent studies revealed the deleterious effects of MPs exposure in male reproduction and sperm quality, making them a potential hazard to reproductive success. This manuscript summarizes the main changes in sperm quality along the lifespan and the upcoming studies on the effects of MPs in male fertility in mammals.

Splorange
Feb 23, 2011

Here's my thing.. at this point it might be a good thing that humanity stops reproducing. Even though I'd be curious about what the Grift will be two generations from now. Clay tokens for non-irradiated drinking water?

Double Bill
Jan 29, 2006

Oh yeah, bring the Children of Men reality. Who will be the real baby Diego?

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.

Oh, well. I should have expected that was done some time ago, huh.

orange juche
Mar 14, 2012



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_dbFNWD910

StrangersInTheNight
Dec 31, 2007
ABSOLUTE FUCKING GUDGEON
The fact that it's just like any other hobby enthusiast space online is what makes it so hilarious that they spend mega bucks for it

You don't need to own a hideous ape picture to get Discord friends, guys

coelomate
Oct 21, 2020


StrangersInTheNight posted:

The fact that it's just like any other hobby enthusiast space online is what makes it so hilarious that they spend mega bucks for it

You don't need to own a hideous ape picture to get Discord friends, guys

hfsp

ranbo das
Oct 16, 2013


a hot gujju bhabhi posted:

Not really, those Reddits and Discords would be more analogous to a Discord generally about crypto trading.

This is like if there was a specific Reddit or Discord solely focused on the trading of one specific stock.

I'm sure there are some.

Go check out r/Superstonk if you want an example of what one looks like. It's psychotic

Orvin
Sep 9, 2006




StrangersInTheNight posted:

The fact that it's just like any other hobby enthusiast space online is what makes it so hilarious that they spend mega bucks for it

You don't need to own a hideous ape picture to get Discord friends, guys

Wait, you mean my nerdy gaming miniatures hobby (FFG, not Warhammer) finally lets me feel superior to others, and actually be right about it. What is this world coming to?

Party Boat
Nov 1, 2007

where did that other dog come from

who is he


Can't remember seeing this posted, apparently the UK tax officials think NFTs are worth seizing: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60369879

Vashro
May 12, 2004

Proud owner of Lazy Lion #46

ranbo das posted:

Go check out r/Superstonk if you want an example of what one looks like. It's psychotic

so what is MOASS ?

Space Fish
Oct 14, 2008

The original Big Tuna.


Vashro posted:

so what is MOASS ?

Mother Of All Short Squeezes - the idea that enough retail traders can buy up (and direct register) enough shares of GameStop or whatever meme stock to trigger a short squeeze that will "make the stock price look like a telephone number."

LifeSunDeath
Jan 4, 2007

still gay rights and smoke weed every day

Party Boat posted:

Can't remember seeing this posted, apparently the UK tax officials think NFTs are worth seizing: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60369879

It's worth it because it's hilarious.

Deki
May 12, 2008

It's Hammer Time!

Space Fish posted:

Mother Of All Short Squeezes - the idea that enough retail traders can buy up (and direct register) enough shares of GameStop or whatever meme stock to trigger a short squeeze that will "make the stock price look like a telephone number."

Is there any stock historically that has ever actually done anything like this? Anything even close?

Also I find it hard to believe that the hedge fund that shorted games took hasn't gotten out from those shorts yet

Vashro
May 12, 2004

Proud owner of Lazy Lion #46
they talk about the MOASS like a rapture event where the apes that have repeated the WAGMI mantra will be rocketed away to the moon

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ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


Vashro posted:

they talk about the MOASS like a rapture event where the apes that have repeated the WAGMI mantra will be rocketed away to the moon

It really is starting to look like a religion, isn't it?

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