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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 212 points 6 months ago (3 children)

God, remember when links to pictures of monkeys were selling for millions and rubes ate it up?

[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 208 points 6 months ago (9 children)

It was not 'pictures of monkeys' it was art. It was digital art. If you don't get that then you don't understand money laundering.

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 117 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] Trarmp@feddit.nl 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Coming to FX next this fall

[–] Wes_Dev@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sitcom of chimps in the big city running a shady laundromat.

Run this on Adult Swim and I'll consider watching it.

[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

How much can a virtual banana cost, Michael? Ten dollars?

[–] codapine@lemm.ee 36 points 6 months ago

I read that as monkey laundering

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[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 50 points 6 months ago (6 children)

I still want to know how much money my wife's dumb ass ex-boss lost when the bubble burst. I think he was in the mid 6 figure range.

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago
[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 37 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca 28 points 6 months ago (6 children)
[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 102 points 6 months ago (3 children)

It is with a heavy heart I announce the sale of my long term ape, Salazar. Most of my early followers know me as this ape. My kids know me as this ape. I met my wife when I WAS this ape and had my first kid when I was still proudly wore this ape. By extension, it is part of me.

I’m sure his wife and kids are deeply relieved by this news.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 58 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What a scam, my fursona didnt cost me anything

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Fursuits are expensive AF, but they are quality products custom made by skilled artisans.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah, but those aren't required dress code or anything. Most of us just make some shit up out of our heads that sounds cool and go with it. Then we'll fill all our online gaming and social media account profiles with it.

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[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 26 points 6 months ago

No Stacy, the ape mask stays on.

[–] Moonrise2473@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

During dating: "and then i spent $300k to buy this monkey jpg..."

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wow, if this is actually sincere and not a gift of some kind... this person is really sad and pathetic.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Most scams prey on people with more money than friends.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Ohhh so they don’t target me because I don’t have either!

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I mean, ha ha funny joke, but realistically, yes. Someone with no money and no friends or family with money is a waste to advertise to. You fly under the radar by virtue of being a statistically bad investment. You'll still get hit with all the same shotgun-style advertisement that the rest of us do, but you're unlikely to find yourself being a priority for targeted advertisement. It's a little bit of a silver lining to an unhappy situation.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Oh don’t worry I was cutting along the ‘funny because it’s true’ line.

Some of the shotgun stuff would get me, if I could buy basic amenities without crying.

I’m full on with team silver lining, I have a roof, for now.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

When a homeless person asks me for money and I tell them I'm unemployed and live on the basic income the state gives me they say they're sorry and wish me good luck, they know lol

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[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

I must be invulnerable to scams then

[–] rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

Collecting Magic: the Gathering cards works much the same way, except you at least have some tangible cardboard with a highly variable price instead of a digital token signifying you own the concept of an ugly piece of digital art at the end of a day.

[–] Moonrise2473@lemmy.ml 22 points 6 months ago

I wasted 15 minutes of my life to understand why he is staying that "blur" is crashing the price of that jpg

It looks like that there's a new nft marketplace that created some shitcoin as a reward for users. When someone trades a jpg , the platform print this worthless monopoly money and give as a reward for the user. Because there's dumb people that is buying this monopoly money thinking that surely it would be worth something, whales are exchanging those jpgs between them in order to get the free monopoly money as a gift, so they can dump them immediately and buy more jpgs to exchange.

What a waste of compute energy

[–] rutellthesinful@kbin.social 14 points 6 months ago

but what kind of protest is "I'll have no choice but to sell the ape"?

like even if your "threat" is losing you as a member of the community, you're still selling it to somebody else who will just take your place

[–] ThoranTW@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Two weeks ago myself and around 15 other high ranking ape members gathered at the recent International Ape Workshop in Miami

I have no idea how someone can say this with a straight face

[–] dumbass@toast.ooo 4 points 6 months ago

Wtf did I read lol, half way through I thought I was having a stroke, apes vs Pacman!

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

NFT owner thinks no one should be able to use an NFTs pic as a PFP except the owner, but unfortunately thats not how this game works

As long as they arent using the image for profit, they can kinda do whatever they want

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

A fun rabbit hole my buddy sent me down a couple weeks ago was how these guys are actually a secret nazi group.

[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why not link the original instead of a reaction video?

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[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

I now own it too

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago

This is not in any way a meme

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 6 months ago
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