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Cryptocurrencies and NFTs can go die in a vat of acid, please & thank you.

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OT

"Founder of Oath Keepers Charged With Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy"

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/founder-of-oath-keepers-charged-with-seditious-conspiracy/2727441/

#NoQuarterForTraitors

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David Silverman is still a thing?

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Selling something that's non-fungible sounds pretty religious to me.

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"Don’t ask me why anyone would buy an NFT at all. But the obvious problem here is that Silverman is selling something he didn’t create and doesn’t own."

I am selling NFTs of my most recent BMs. Opening bids start at $5,000.

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Non Fungible Token is a misnomer to me. Most of them are digital certificates for ownership of freely available images that, like this case, have nothing to do with the actual owner or creator of the images. There is nothing tangible to own, there’s no sort of chain of ownership or receipt of purchase or certificate of authenticity. There is no real way to secure your NFT once it is purchased, there’s a big story about some guy who lost all his NFTs of apes, a hacker can steal them as if they were just treasure in your World Of Warcraft chests. Probably easier.

We are doomed if cryptocurrency and NFTs become our actual system. It’s the worst parts of Idiocracy come to life.

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Fuck you SuckStank.

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Will we next see drump selling all the images made of him both pro and con as yet another way of grifting of other peoples work to make money for himself.

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Jan 13, 2022·edited Jan 13, 2022

Not surprised that people would actually go for NFTs. After all, people also bought Pet Rocks.

EDIT BTII beat me to the pet rocks reference

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Welcome to America, Hemant. Why do you hate Capitalism? This is the same country that turned the inventors of pet rocks, chia pets, toaster strudel, and MyPillows into MegaZillionaires, amirite?

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"I can’t explain why people are rushing to purchase NFTs (non-fungible tokens)."

"What did the buyer actually get for the purchase? Who knows. Bragging rights, I guess. Welcome to the world of NFTs."

"Don’t ask me why anyone would buy an NFT at all."

Hemant, Will you be happier if the kids take their NFTs with them when they get off of your lawn while they are going to turn down their rock and roll music? Sorry, I couldn't resist and I am no better. This morning I literally had to bite my tongue to keep from telling a kid to get off my lawn. Welcome to the Grumpy Old People's Club Hemant, we'll get you your t-shirt soon. =)

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OT - More proof that Rand Paul is a psychopath.

An old video has surfaced of Sen. Rand Paul telling students that spreading misinformation is a 'great tactic'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/an-old-video-has-surfaced-of-sen-rand-paul-telling-students-that-spreading-misinformation-is-a-great-tactic/ar-AASLjb7?li=BBnb7Kz

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OT but it raises many questions. The first is, your own or someone else's urine? Another wacky 'cure' for covid.https://www.yahoo.com/news/tweet-kidney-doctor-u-l-181023786.html

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