The more I find out about NFTs makes me want to ask... isn't this just being used for money laundering?

@redwitch95

3 жыл бұрын

I mean... probably?

@Akrilloth

3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly, using historical paintings and actual art are becoming too hard and noticable for the vampires, so why not use arbitrary code instead?

@RGBeanie

3 жыл бұрын

Just like laundering, with money!

@LESTR97

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, real art has been used to launder money and dodge taxes since forever

@thelinedrive

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, that’s what crypto currency has basically been used now for a decade plus. Although that might be coming to an end since the IRS has come out and said they known who the people are doing that and are coming for them.

"I love pyramid schemes" is a quote I thought I'd never hear completely unironically

@JaelinBezel

3 жыл бұрын

He needs to amend “morally grey” with “morally black”

@Healermain15

3 жыл бұрын

From someone claiming they're not scamming anyone.

@Geoff69420

3 жыл бұрын

The people at the top of pyramid schemes tend to love pyramid schemes.

@aprinnyonbreak1290

3 жыл бұрын

Pyramid schemes are great! Any plan that gets you a nice, swag crypt is pretty great.

@TheRockLobsterMafia

3 жыл бұрын

The world is becoming an episode of South Park for sure.

“I love pyramid schemes” sounds like it should be a bdsm safe phrase; but here it is as an actual opinion.

@cereal_chick2515

3 жыл бұрын

I might actually use that...

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

if nfts are a scheme then I love schemes lmao cuz it's making me rich!!! you like being poor? you like being working class and having no power?

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

you people are brainwashed

@ctb3335

3 жыл бұрын

@@icedcoffee8561 wat

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

@@ctb3335 just pissed at Jim for spreading misinformation, none of this is a pyramid scheme and anyone saying it is a pyramid scheme doesn't know anything about computer code... but then again Nobody ever trusts the experts

"I like to think I pay well" for the upteenth time... pogs aren't currency, stop handing sackfuls of pogs to people like you're paying them.

@whoiscuriousgeorge

3 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant. Genuine lol. Ah all those people who thought POGs would be valuable one day (still aren't).

@JaelinBezel

2 жыл бұрын

This ain’t fallout, you can’t pay people with garbage and reasonably expect to not get decked in the face

The more I hear about NFT, the more it sounds like a Yakuza scheme. Not the ACTUAL Yakuza, but the series Yakuza. Like this sounds literally like some side quest Kiryu gets involved in.

@Spumawful

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly I don't think simply Tiger Dropping everyone inside a building will be enough in this case.

@Ckoz2829

3 жыл бұрын

@@Spumawful It can’t hurt to try.

@kjj26k

3 жыл бұрын

@@Spumawful It won't be enough but it is an important step, cause boy do these c-SKELETON WARRIORS deserve it.

"What does buying a tweet do?" It shows you a fool whose money needs to be parted from them, that's what.

@vaiyt

3 жыл бұрын

Each new transaction increases the value of ETH. The point is to bring fresh suckers into the scam.

@GiratinaofFury

3 жыл бұрын

I can probably find a million suckers who'd pay through the nose for the right to "own" the tweets of people whose Twitter pages were shut down. Though I reckon some of this ownership can be sold on the basis that if someone "owns" them, people cannot take them out of context for the purposes of criticism or libel.

@DrZaius3141

3 жыл бұрын

It's like buying a sports car. There are still speed limits, the upkeep is higher, the handling in most trafficked areas is worse, the noise is abhorrent, the running cost is insane and all you show is that you're genitalically underdeveloped and to make stupid people think you're worth more than you are.

@ToddHanson

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrZaius3141 Except we have race tracks where you can actually take that sports car and use it.

@vaisravana2092

3 жыл бұрын

@@ToddHanson Well and you actually can use it to bring your groceries home or drive a kid to school...def not the best tool for the job, but it still HAS some actual, practical application

I shall live a hundred lifetimes and I swear I'll never hear anything as malevolently vacant as "It would exceed my bandwidth as a content creator".

@TheNewton

3 жыл бұрын

Have you never heard neither of these: I'm just following orders That's the policy Obey the law

@vikiai4241

2 жыл бұрын

TBH, I'm stuck at "as a content creator" in direct reference to having had other people generate the content in question.

@stingerjohnny9951

2 жыл бұрын

@@vikiai4241 can it even be called content?

Does kotaku think that if the artwork isn't shaped like a box, is not a loot box

So the reason I couldn't understand NFTs is that there was nothing to understand?

@jackwitty255

3 жыл бұрын

NFT stands for "Nothing Fucking There"

@nevarran

3 жыл бұрын

It's pretty simple actually, it's a pyramid scheme. And there could be some money laundering going on as well, but that's often just a bonus side activity.

@kigut7443

3 жыл бұрын

pretty much, yeah at one point i tried to reason it as "its like buying animal crossing villagers but... you dont get a villager? its just the idea of one?" and i think it might even be less than that.

@kerbe3

3 жыл бұрын

Always hasn’t been. *bang*

@zhentable

3 жыл бұрын

@@nevarran I always like my pyramids with a laundromat

NFTs feels like those meme pages that put their watermark over someone else's meme, while the original watermark is still visible

@bargaintuesday812

3 жыл бұрын

The above post has been brought to you by Bargain Tuesday.

@RoadSickSick

3 жыл бұрын

@@bargaintuesday812 I'm big enough to admit that I read this yesterday and didn't get it. Only to come back today and read your name

Me: Oh Fck, 8 days to go until next month, ramen noodles it is for a week... Rich people: let me buy literally NOTHING for 2,5 million At the end this is just a money laundering scheme, that nobody cares about... But as a peasant: dont pay your taxes for a month and you are done

@Thormedor

3 жыл бұрын

The true revolution is to scam rich people with NFT's and meaningless art.

The saying "come sling your slime in me" is infinitely more valuable than an NFT .

@magicrainbowkitties1023

Жыл бұрын

The action of going to whatever Nickelodeon park and getting actual slime slinged at you that you may well have an allergic reaction to is infinitely more valuable than an NFT because at least you'll have a physical picture of yourself covered in slime

"Despite it being legal--uh, I mean, despite it being unregulated.." Fucking genius.

@Ramsey276one

3 жыл бұрын

THIS

@whoiscuriousgeorge

3 жыл бұрын

There's a lot of truth in not a lot of words, there. Jim's writing at it's sharpest.

@ivanvoronov3871

3 жыл бұрын

Thats the definition of legal. Illegality is only what is banned. The law only seeks to define what it deems nessrarly and even then rarely. E.g. murder is defined only by common law not statute in the UK

@hazukichanx408

3 жыл бұрын

"It's not illegal so far, that must mean it's not wrong." -People who know damn well they shouldn't be doing what they're doing, and are determined to do it anyway

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

you can't technically regulate it, it's on the internet, like you know how you can do anything online, crypto is online, so how you regulate that?

Jrpg final bosses: I will wipe the slate clean and start the world over Me: You know he has a point let's pack up gang

@Dipnderps

3 жыл бұрын

...you know...I'd love for that to be in a game...either at the end or in a fake-out "midboss" just the shittiest world that makes no effort to make you like it or want to protect it, your character is basically forced into the role of "hero" out of obligation. And that scene comes in after a few hours of genuine "fuck this shit"....and then the real fun starts

@ryanclemons1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dipnderps ever see the fuck it ending in bard's tale?

@devastatheseeker9967

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dipnderps I mean persona 5 does it. It's basically like do you want a world where nobody has control anymore or where everyone is free but the world is shit because of it. Honestly I'd pick the former in that case. Screw free thought, all it does is make people miserable.

@DrownedInExile

3 жыл бұрын

Kefka "Hold my Light of Judgment!"

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

3 жыл бұрын

@@devastatheseeker9967 "Screw it free thought just makes people miserable" Sounds like a line from the dub version of a 90s anime.

Sorry Jim Stephanie - when you buy souvenir plots you don't actually buy a piece of land. You buy a piece of paper which says you own the land, but in Scots law it's actually not possible to own a souvenir plot. What you are buying is an expensive piece of paper. (More technical description: to own land in scotland it must be registered in the land registry. You cannot register souvenir plots in the land registry. Therefore you cannot own souvenir plots.)

@Eunostos

3 жыл бұрын

According to the souvenir plot website, I read what you're buying is a donation to a national park fundraiser with a non-binding certificate attached. Which is actually awesome.

@MrGrinny

3 жыл бұрын

lol I just had a thought why not hand one of these to an applicant in an interview and if they don't look at you like your insane, they don't get the job.

@JaelinBezel

2 жыл бұрын

What about when you buy a star in the night sky?

@dirrdevil

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you pointed out the nature of that scam.

@dirrdevil

2 жыл бұрын

@@Eunostos Stop pushing bullshit. OP already explained you can not buy souvenir plots. They do not promote conservation. That's a lie.

"But you get eggs for free in the game!" You also get Overwatch lootboxes for free, doesn't make them not lootboxes.

@canislupid2466

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't expecting you to be here

I paid $0 for the NFT to play EA games. It's not piracy. It's a surprise NFT.

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

you can't play em online if it's pirated, Yar har diddly Dee I am a pirate

@Impotantmink

3 жыл бұрын

Now that's, a sense of accomplishment 👏

@CDNSnowDay

3 жыл бұрын

@@icedcoffee8561 yes.... you can't play them online.......... skirts 2142 and BF2 under the rug.

@jaywilliams720

3 жыл бұрын

@@CDNSnowDay depends on the type of crack doesn't it?

@GGamersUnited

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaywilliams720 rare cases and exceptions are there. Normally a cracked recent AAA game can not be played in MP. Even the biggest pirates pay when they wanna enjoy MP.

The best thing to come from cyberpunk is that damn "now that's punk" meme

"You cannot buy them directly so it is not gambling!" I would like to see any of these losers trying to spend money at a blackjack table. You have to buy chips and then spend them at the blackjack table to gamble. Almost like the way you have to buy tokens in Resident Evil remake and, and, and, oh wait…

@refundreplay

3 жыл бұрын

@@icedcoffee8561 that's cool. I just hodl Bitcoin. You do you, bro

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

@@refundreplay bitcoin is for the wealthy, you must be wealthy.. I could give you 100 better cryotos to invest in. you must not know anything about computer code huh? reply if you wanna learn

@arandombard1197

3 жыл бұрын

@@icedcoffee8561 This guy is shady as fuck. Nobody message him.

@naerwyn239

3 жыл бұрын

@@arandombard1197 I've been reporting all his comments.

Hey if there's a millionaire out there tired of being a millionaire, I'd be happy to sell you this comment as a memorial to your hubris and wasteful spending.

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

you can do that, you could research and find a way to do it. or you could download the veve app and realize how cool NFTs are!! it's blockchain

@AJLikesCats

3 жыл бұрын

@@icedcoffee8561 Hey, you know you sound like a huuuuge shill, right?

@matiascabrera2557

3 жыл бұрын

@@icedcoffee8561 because fuck the environment right?

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

@@matiascabrera2557 NFTs are not bad for the environment. look at Jim with his action figures, you think those don't effect the environment? they probably came all the way from across the world! and he wants us to play video games most our lives. think for yourself! research and learn educate... and it's bitcoin which is the inefficient cryptocurrency, it uses more power than all of Paris combined, that's why it's considered the gold of crypto, and just like gold, a lot of energy is required to mine and move around.... it's really a perfect comparison and people will always want gold and always want bitcoin, so it's just the way of the world, try to change it if you have any ideas

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

@@AJLikesCats I know i sound like a shill, sorry im a computer nerd and very low spectrum autistic, so I'm not the best at communicating... but like do your own research and see for yourself, what else better do you have going on, you watch this garbage on KZread

Correcting 'legal' to 'unregulated' is something I will do for myself and everyone I know until the end of time, thank you Jim Stephanie Sterling, thank god for you

@Soclever

3 жыл бұрын

that was so perfect!

Handsome Jack comes to mind when thinking about NFTs and how they work. Specifically, his line where he says, "enjoy your nothing, idiot."

If, “weird flex but ok” was a currency.

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

you can make that an nft

@andonbreitna4466

3 жыл бұрын

That's it. You nailed it

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

@@andonbreitna4466 I plan to make NFTs of quotes I've come up with throughout my life.... have to wait for ADA to get around to making it more affordable though, it's expensive to create an NFT right now because those types are on the etherium network

The way I see it, if you're the sort of person to spend millions of dollars on an NFT, then you probably shouldn't have been trusted with millions of dollars to begin with.

@Thormedor

3 жыл бұрын

It was pointed out that it was some money passing with ethereum. It's like what they do with "artpieces", but now it's only a pretense of a thing you bought.

A "NFT Influencer" mentioned an artist I follow as one as well, which she wasn't, which lead to her being harassed and spammed with people and bots trying to sell her art as NFTs. So, just to show what kind of people love the concept.

@joluoto

3 жыл бұрын

They found a way to "steal without actually stealing", to sell someone else's work without actually selling their work. The perfect scam.

@mickeyd1999

3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, we need a collective name for the crypto, blockchain, scalper type of nut-jobs

@thevgmlover

3 жыл бұрын

Thieves.

@justinreid2947

3 жыл бұрын

The words "NFT" and "Influencer" do *NOT* belong in the same sentence.

@justinreid2947

3 жыл бұрын

​@@mickeyd1999 And you know that sad thing is that even *SCALPERS* like these are less of a fucking scam than lootboxes, which was another point Jim made in their video. It literally makes more financial sense to buy a lootbox item at an inflated price from a pirate than to go through buying all the lootboxes to get the asset you want in one of those shitty games. All of these problems show the kinds of "freedom" that crypto bugs and video game companies claim to represent is the "freedom" to scam their consumer base. When your operating philosophy is "well they *OBVIOUSLY* knew what they were signing up for" I don't want the kind of "freedom" your supposedly fighting for.

When I heard that someone had "sold their first tweet" I just assumed I'd misunderstood due to my lack of sleep but no... It's just capitalism.

*EA showing microtransactions and loot boxes:* "It's optional. You don't have to buy it. You can play for free and grind for years, or pay to skip the grind and get a competitive edge. Your choice." *US hospital showing expensive medical bill for treatment to fix broken leg:* "It's optional. You don't have to buy it. You can walk it off and wait for it to heal, or pay to get your bones fixed quicker and walk again without pain. Your choice"

@Silburific

3 жыл бұрын

*Insulin prices skyrocket:* "It's optional. You don't have to buy it. You can die a slow, painful death as your body begins eating itself because your pancreas failed and you can no longer digest food, or pay to continue living. Your choice."

@neonnwave1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Silburific That's a good one.

@neonnwave1

3 жыл бұрын

@Mekronid Uhh, it's not socialist if you have to pay to get treatment. That capitalist. That's what the USA has right now and it's regarded as one of the worst systems in the world. Also, if socialist healthcare is so bad, then why do countries with such healthcare have higher life expectancy than the USA? Oh, and last time I checked, it would be cheaper to have free medicare than private since the cost would be covered by everyone's taxes. The USA is the third most populated country in the world, so I think the money would be plentiful enough. The only reason it has not been implemented is because pharmaceutical companies have influence and do not want things to change because they wouldn't be making as much money as they already do. It's rather odd that those who complain about social medicare have never tried it. But if you like your current medicare system, then when the doctors say your next treatment is going to cost you your house and the insurance refuses to cover it because it's too expensive, then you have no right to get angry or complain about it.

@neonnwave1

3 жыл бұрын

@Mekronid Uhh, socialist medicare does work, is not corrupted and they haven't changed one bit in the decades (over even centuries) they've been established. The only things people pay for in socialist medicare systems is for prescriptions and they're cheap. No one has to fear paying for it unlike in the USA. Everything else is paid through taxes (this includes treatment and ambulences). Every country with socialist medicare (including Canada, Japan, Cuba, Greece, Italy, Macao, Spain, Israel, and many others) has a much higher life expectancy rate than the USA, and they haven't changed one bit. If you don't believe me, then you can go watch the many documentaries that show how much worse the American healthcare system is crap compared to the rest of the world. (Life expectancy rate = the average amount of years people life a full life).

@neonnwave1

3 жыл бұрын

@Mekronid I have the right to speak, as is part of your country's ideology and constitution (as well as mine).

All I can manage is an exhausted "what the fuck" at this rate.

@YouDonkeyfu

3 жыл бұрын

agreed, i am running out of fucks at this rate, instead a "wtf" is just being stuck on my face instead.

@ayoubbabiker5770

3 жыл бұрын

*Sighing scot* shall be your name now.

I initially heard that as you being in a relationship with a bag of Weebles and was about to tell you to get out of it because, as everyone knows, Weebles wobble, but they don't go down.

@novadselir1068

3 жыл бұрын

(slow clap to applause) Well played.

@chrisseddon5823

3 жыл бұрын

YTCS, make this person famous.

@OutsideGalaxy

3 жыл бұрын

This is Iconic. And not Ubisoft iconic

@erstwhilegrubstake

3 жыл бұрын

Weeble. That's a word that so satisfying to say... Weeble.. It just rolls off the tongue. Weeble. It's euphonious. Weeeeeeeeeeeeble. Weeble weeble. Weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble weeble....

@TiredOfAllOfThis

3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of my favourite punchline.... its a shaggy dog story but the punchline.... makes me laugh 30 yesars after I first heard it. Trouble is it is predicated on an advertising meme from the 1970s....

My brother’s friend got him one of those lordship land kits for Christmas. He immediately bought the tackiest gold frame he could find on Amazon to display the certificate, and I feel that’s the correct level of seriousness.

@Eunostos

3 жыл бұрын

He glossed over that the lord kits are actually funding nature conservation projects. So it's fun and not-serious *BUT* also does concrete good!

@TheNewton

3 жыл бұрын

Bonus points if he chipped some of the gold paint off to really get the point across.

@JaelinBezel

2 жыл бұрын

This really is just the modern version of the “Wanna buy a bridge?” scam

@StormsparkPegasus

2 жыл бұрын

@@JaelinBezel It's that, combined with a pyramid scheme.

@dirrdevil

2 жыл бұрын

@@Eunostos They actually aren't. They claim to do that, but don't. Prove me wrong.

"btw finding out if I'm pronouncing Rohrer's name right would exceed my bandwidth as a content creator" Classic Jim. Just classic.

Been having a very very hard time with clinical depression. I want to genuinely thank you for the first honest side splitting laugh I’ve had in months. The ‘Mince’ advert absolutely got me.

@1IGG

3 жыл бұрын

I wish you all the best in the world! Hang in there!

EA pretending to care about “balance” in their money vampire games may be the funniest thing I’ll hear all week.

@Stormdraka

3 жыл бұрын

No, no, you see, what they mean with balance is adjust prices/split their games into more DLC so you, the consumer, can have a better experience! Lmao I also just can't with EA anymore.

Reminds me of that old scam about selling stars to people. They'd only give a piece of paper saying it's yours, but didn't mention it's not recognized by anyone but the seller.

@clancywiggum3198

3 жыл бұрын

Difference being that NFTs aren't issued by a single issuer, so they're recognised by multiple entities

@Cudgeon

3 жыл бұрын

@@clancywiggum3198 this is wrong. They are recognized by no one. Which is funny, you know. Because if you wanted to sell your PNG, you actually could just make a sale contract - which is legally binding. But hey, then you would have to own the PNG your selling and can't just sell your neighbours house.

@nathanlevesque7812

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cudgeon Exactly, ppl already had IP protection on their own images and could just sell the rights for money...but then there would be paperwork and legal accountability.

@IsaacIsaacIsaacson

3 жыл бұрын

Except the star thing gave you a cute certificate you could frame and give as a gift. Like the Scottish Lord thing, most people know its not real. But its gives them a fancy certificate that is cool to look at and play pretend

@clancywiggum3198

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cudgeon They're effectively certificates of authenticity. There's strictly speaking no actual authorisation involved in a physical COA but people still recognise them. And there's technically nothing stopping you from selling a COA for your neighbour's house but the buyer would need to be a bonehead to fall for it. The whole "selling someone else's art" problem isn't an NFT thing, it's a dirty capitalist thing that existed before NFTs and isn't fundamental to them.

A bigger problem is the gacha game community trivializing gambling addiction and going broke for a "jpeg of their waifu"

@qade2128

3 жыл бұрын

I mever understood that. I played azur lane for a bit and never put a penny in and done just finr at the game. I dont understand the people eho do spend on the games. Because like. There is do much more art work out on the internet than what they could get on the game

@arandombard1197

3 жыл бұрын

@@qade2128 They put money into the game because the game is designed to psychologically manipulate a small percentage of humanity who have gambling addiction tendencies.

@qade2128

3 жыл бұрын

@@arandombard1197 yeah ok yhat makes sense

@NIHIL_EGO

3 жыл бұрын

Never understood that too. Like yeah I have husbandus too, but I don't see myself paying for a jpeg.

@qade2128

3 жыл бұрын

@@NIHIL_EGO well as the others say. Its people with gambling problems.

"In na relationship with a bag of wheels!" Are they.... Hot Wheels?

@electrowave114

3 жыл бұрын

Goddamnit, lol.

"NFT - Not Fucking There" - My Dad

@Ramsey276one

3 жыл бұрын

Good one! XD

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

Jesus christ does No one understand computer code

@joshuarovere2459

3 жыл бұрын

James Pumphrey?

@TomRozel

3 жыл бұрын

Your Dad is a wise man.

@emceeunderdogrising

3 жыл бұрын

Your Dad is a boomer.

I bet Jason calls them "multi level marketing" when pitching it to his friends and family.

@Myrea_Rend

3 жыл бұрын

"Hey, hun! 👋 I have this 💰AMAZING financial opportunity💰 that I think you'd be PERFECT for!❤❤❤❤" etc.

@growingsage

3 жыл бұрын

@@Myrea_Rend i just had to block a dude trying to get me to buy in to a pyramid scheme because my cousin is in one

@brifox

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, it's not fair to compare MLM's to your "traditional" pyramid scheme. You're actually *far, far,* more likely to earn your money back in a no-product Ponzi scheme than you are an MLM.

I love that your "Skeleton Warriors!" meme is starting to make a comeback Jim. XD

Rick: The eggs don't affect gameplay directly. They just add a fun surprise element with the option to pay for more useful things. Morty: That's just loot boxes with extra steps!

@FlandrionScarlet

3 жыл бұрын

but they really don't affect the gameplay - all good pokemon come from wild and raids eggs are only good to fill out a pokedex + you can't even buy eggs

@Draclord35

3 жыл бұрын

@@FlandrionScarlet Back when I was playing, Lucario was amazing and locked behind eggs. And that was the case for many other mons.

@FlandrionScarlet

3 жыл бұрын

@@Draclord35 well back when i was playing(1-2years ago) he wasn't but he was one of the few mons to get benefit from his baby form - reduced cost for unlocking second skill but that's it

@Orangefan77

3 жыл бұрын

@@FlandrionScarlet neither thing you said was true.

"It's optional to buy lootboxes!" I would love to hear a drugdealer say "Hey, it is optional if they want to buy crack and ruin their lives! I just provide a service people want!" in court. Wonder if he'd get away with it like CEOs and Execs does.

@Whitecroc

3 жыл бұрын

With crack at least you get an actual high?

There's an anthology show in the UK called inside number 9, which had an episode where a celebrity died while blowing up a balloon then everyone in the room tried to sell the balloon containing his last breath. That is still far more tangible than an NFT.

@naerwyn239

3 жыл бұрын

That's horrible. :( Imagine living a life where the last people you were surrounded by try to monetize your death for their personal gain.

"If you can't pay your taxes with it, it's gambling"

Capitalism drives innovation: The innovation:

@smrtfasizmu7242

2 жыл бұрын

But have you considered that the alternative is vuvuzela no Iphone?

@glitchedoom

2 жыл бұрын

@@smrtfasizmu7242 100 GAZILLONJILLION DEAD

Imagine having all that money, I could pay off my student debts, buy a house. Live comfortably for not only myself but my entire family. "Nah fuck it lmao I'll buy a tweet"

@xelldincht8149

3 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure those people who seriously consider "buying" a tweet dont have financial problems. I would argue they have more money than brain cells

“Ain’t no such things as halfway crooks” - Mob Deep

@Endeva09

3 жыл бұрын

The missing b off the end of “Mobb” is inflaming my retinas

@Makeni-san

3 жыл бұрын

@@Endeva09 Sorry, I typed too fast 😅

@Celestina0

3 жыл бұрын

YER SHOOK

@jonmorgan6812

3 жыл бұрын

Mob Deep 100

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

yes absolutely right, I'm one of those crooks, I have that criminal mind... thats why I'm using crypto and blockchain and NFTs to steal from the rich, the 1% that is

When I was born, I got an NFT for breathing. I wonder how long it's gonna take some company to sell me something I already had.

I've had my work stolen for this shit three times in the last two weeks. I had to file DMCAs to get the listings removed. The only thing more irritating than the disrespect from the theft is the disrespect from the dudebros who get a chub at the mere _thought_ of these things. The first dudebro told me, and I quote: "Your work wasn't stolen, they just minted it before you did. If you want this to stop you just need to mint it first or take them to court." Just take them to court. _JUST TAKE THEM TO COURT._ Because we all know how cheap and easy THAT is. After the third theft, I told the story of it all in the comments of another video about how people hate these things, and I was graced by another dudebro telling me, and again I quote: "Look man I'm sorry you're upset but please understand that complaining about your OC being stolen or whatever won't help things." I'm a professional illustrator, designer, and colorist with 15 years of industry experience and a BFA from a respected art school. This is affecting my livelihood, you goddamn doorstop. And even if I was some kid with a Sonic OC or something that had been stolen for this, _that wouldn't make it okay._ All creatives deserve to have their work respected and protected, no matter their age, skill level, subject matter of their work, or professional capacity. I mean Jesus Christ it isn't like we weren't already being disrespected by these bent coat hangers all the time as it was; let's just add NFTs as the cherry for this new shit sundae.

"This thing isn't a (bad or manipulative) thing, because it's done by (game developer/company)" is the most common shill line we hear over and over. I'll always be sick of hearing it.

@MintyArisato

3 жыл бұрын

on my end of the internet, 99% of the time that shill is for Nintendo

@clarionclear5771

3 жыл бұрын

@@MintyArisato Lol yeah it's the same for me too, but I do get some Blizzard shilling thrown at me sometimes too.

"I love pyramid schemes": the words of a man who is definitely not running a pyramid scheme

@Flotube444

3 жыл бұрын

.... who is definitely RUNNING the pyramid scheme. It works on top.

@orangesky8864

3 жыл бұрын

@@Flotube444 woosh

@murrfeeling

3 жыл бұрын

I love pyramid schemes, and all forms of financial fraud. Pump and dump, Ponzi schemes, check kiting, shell companies all fascinating subjects. I look forward to the next season of American Greed like most fanboys looked forward to a new season of Game of Thrones or Supernatural.

@MJFallout

3 жыл бұрын

More like, 'It's a pyramid scheme, but it's not unethical and/or illegal this time, honest."

@BlindSkwerrl

3 жыл бұрын

It's not a pyramid scheme! It's a Trapezoidal scheme!

"Oh it is all cosmetic it doesn't..." Then me from 2007 saving every last neopoint to try getting a Faerie Paintbrush for a Korbat. Yes even that website has the premium nonsense, but never put a dime into it because screw that.

"I don't have the bandwidth for that" ... to send some fucking email?

@systematicloop3215

3 жыл бұрын

"I don't have the desire to give a fuck."

“We’re looking into it”- Every Liar Ever

@Fizz-Pop

3 жыл бұрын

"Please hold, your call is important to us"

@BenGrem917

3 жыл бұрын

@@Fizz-Pop Here at Abuser Corp we treat our employees like family!

@SirPhysics

3 жыл бұрын

You just need to turn on your translator. "We're looking into it" means "were just going to wait until everyone forgets about it" in Corporate

@whoiscuriousgeorge

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, good old "business BS" or "BuSiness" if you will. Putting the BS into business. Same as any other company claiming they do things differently when it's just the same practices with different names and the game underneath is the same. Kinda like EA actually, rebadging FIFA 14 or whichever one first used Frostbite and just releasing the same thing incrementing the year plus one every time. The only thing they ever work on is Ultimate Tease because of course, they want to tweak the formula to make even more money from it. And they have. And it works because idiots with poor impulse control and/or don't know any better fall for it.

@shyflyf3772

3 жыл бұрын

It's what I tell my parents when they ask me how my studies are going

Someone read the tale of the Emperor's new clothes & decided they could get away with something even ballsier & stupider

@XDieKillDieX

3 жыл бұрын

The Emperor's NFT Clothes, perhaps?

The 16-bit Kefka laugh never fails to get a smile from me

Coming to this from Dan Olsen's excellent NFT video "Line Goes Up," it's amazing how ahead of the curve Sterling was about this. Or not, because she's always been good at evaluating industry bullshit.

@johnmickey5017

2 жыл бұрын

With a bang on perfect analysis in the three minutes, too.

@TrackpadProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Being ahead of the curve is Sterling's entire MO. They've been ahead of the curve on everything since 2013, mate.

Thank God for James Stephanie Sterling!

@kyotheman69

3 жыл бұрын

wonder if people relies he's basically making fun of transgenders, and i love it or he went insane...wait he kind of was lol

@venom66656

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyotheman69 I found the transphobe

@Yippingbyrd

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyotheman69 it's pretty well-known Sterling is NB, so definitely not making fun of trans people. Also the word you were looking for is "realize"

@Alice-May

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyotheman69 And you claim that WHY exactly...?

@dilly2000

3 жыл бұрын

It’s Stephanie James Sterling you sexist.

"I love committing crime, fraud etc."

The way they say fungible... Gets me everytime

This is far from the first time people have bought literally nothing. There was once an app called I am rich, if i recall correctly it costed 1000 us dollars and did absolutely nothing

Capitalism: "We're in the endgame now."

@rudeboyjohn3483

3 жыл бұрын

Mr Smith: "Is it over? Is it finally over?"

@Bluecho4

3 жыл бұрын

I genuinely think that corporations know society is going to collapse imminently - from one thing or another - and they're all rushing to squeeze as much profit as they can before that happens.

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

capitalism isn't over, the problem is that poor people need to stop wasting their money on video games and gaming consoles and purchase appreciating assets like NFTs crypto and blockchain

@Gurgamo

3 жыл бұрын

@@icedcoffee8561 oh it isn't over; it's just evolving beyond the point where it needs humans.

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gurgamo I always thought that an open source AI would be a great governance.. that way everyone could see what is going on, or atleast everyone smart enough to understand computer code, which isn't that complicated.

I'm staring to think this "Trickle Down" theory doesn't actually work.

@Galuna

3 жыл бұрын

Well, it is just a theory. AN ECONOMIC THEORY THANKS FOR WATCHIN

@chocoman45

3 жыл бұрын

It would if they actually let the money trickle. Those on top wants every single drop. The sweat on your brow you get from laboring for your welfare? Yeah fuck that, they want those too.

@Patrickf5087

3 жыл бұрын

Trickle down doesn't apply to conmen which is what NFT

@myrixica4222

3 жыл бұрын

The only thing that trickles down is the hatred and division the 1% encourage to keep us fighting among ourselves so we don't eat them.

@foolproofman

3 жыл бұрын

@@doug2434 XD XD XD on point

We're at a point where you can really say "I have a bridge to sell you"

@Saiavinn

3 жыл бұрын

is it a pretty bridge?

At 13:06 I half expected "EA unleashed a good, old-fashioned, solemn JPEG" to be followed with "which they immediately sold as an NFT"

"Sling your slime inside 'em" Is an unbelievably gross phrase. I love it.

Been said before, but once upon a time, "I've got a bridge to sell ya" was a cautionary tale, not a siren's call.

@markusmccloud343

2 жыл бұрын

I've got an NFT of a bridge to sell ya!

i don't know how she can cover the same shit for years and watch people make the same stupid mistakes and decisions over and over without just going insane and giving up

@ShinFahima

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@claudiuspulcher2440

3 жыл бұрын

lol pronoun

@TalkingSoup

3 жыл бұрын

@@claudiuspulcher2440 i thought she was using she in addition to he? i might be misremembering

@heronator

3 жыл бұрын

@@TalkingSoup I believe it's just "they/them".

@TalkingSoup

3 жыл бұрын

@@heronator i rewatched their introductory video and you're absolutely right, my mistake

I helped destroy my planet and all I got was this digital deed to intangible ephemera.

"See that, that's mine that is" is the PERFECT summation of all this dumb NFT shit. Perfect work as always.

Smells like money laundring.

@AdamIsUrqed

3 жыл бұрын

#1 hit by Nirvana were Nirvana comprised of talentless CEOs needing to find another tax dodge.

"Capitalism is the most efficient economic system ever developed" Capitalists:

@Ubersupersloth

3 жыл бұрын

The sad thing is: So far, it still kind of is. Humanity hasn’t found a more successful economic system. It should be regulated, though.

@ivanvoronov3871

3 жыл бұрын

Well it's the only economic system that has been shown to work.

@davedave8323

3 жыл бұрын

@@ivanvoronov3871 ur commenting on a video of it clearly not working employ 1 critical thought please

@v0rtexbeater

3 жыл бұрын

@@davedave8323 look up poverty rates through the years and come and tell me that capitalism doesn't work.

@yoshikhurazi1769

3 жыл бұрын

@@v0rtexbeater This is propoganda. The drop in poverty over the last 2 centuries can be attributed almost solely to mass industrialization. If it was really due to capitalism, why did both Soviet Russia and China lift millions out of poverty in the 20th century and why do most of the poorest countries in the world have capitalism as the base for their economic systems, despite the fact that there are heavy economic and political sanctions from the US and its allies levied on socialist countries?

NFT vs Loot Boxes - at least the loot box doesn't use 4 days worth of power to make a blockchain.

I love that our society is so thoroughly twisted that you can flat out say "I like being a shady fuck" and people will treat that as if it's not deeply concerning at best.

@kjj26k

3 жыл бұрын

Seems like every passing day it becomes more of a positive...

@amberlee4536

3 жыл бұрын

Because more and more it looks like playing the shady fuck game yourself is the only way to even stay safe, let alone exist in tandem with these people.

@hazukichanx408

3 жыл бұрын

@@amberlee4536 If we stoop to their level, they win. Doesn't mean we should let ourselves be suckered though - we just need to keep our guard up and acknowledge the reality that a lot of douchebags would love to take our money and give us nothing in return. And teach our loved ones, where appropriate.

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

make that money baby, why not? who's it hurting?

@TheNewton

3 жыл бұрын

It's like the meme, if an animal was hoarding all the resources we'd study it in a lab not encourage it in other animals.

no one expects the bathroom jimquisition

@technopoptart

3 жыл бұрын

i mean, given the topic it seems like a natural evolution.

@nobodyinparticular9640

3 жыл бұрын

I did expect a jimquisition, in my bathroom What better way to listen about the crap of the triple ay industry if not while taking a dump, lol?

@starlettdragon

3 жыл бұрын

with mint sauce, definitely wasn't expecting that.

@beng8625

3 жыл бұрын

Their chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...surprise, fear and Boglins...I'll come in again.

I have started adding NFT codes to tulips. Bet I could sell a bunch of those.

@FaithTheFallen

3 жыл бұрын

I like this

Conclusion: There are too many people for whom 2m$ is so little they spend it on nothing at all. And we should eat the rich.

@reilysmith5187

3 жыл бұрын

@Payton Cantrell by selling goods and services these dumb people want? How about you let them decide that for themselves and mind your own business.

So “tech bro” is just another word for a conman that the law isn’t regulating, right?

@inigo137

3 жыл бұрын

Every century they used to get a new name, now it's every decade

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

tech bro? sorry I couldn't stomach this episode, so I don't get the reference... is that what they call people who are trying to spread the word about crypto

@carpathianhermit7228

3 жыл бұрын

@@inigo137 oil baron, railroad tycoon meme

In theory, nft art is like collecting baseball cards. In practice, it’s like buying an iou with a printed-out picture taped onto it, but you also have to set a forest on fire in order to ever cash it in.

"It's disgusting, and that's why it's funny." No Jim, sometimes things are just disgusting.

@33melonpaws77

3 жыл бұрын

@@icedcoffee8561 no thanks, freak

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

@@33melonpaws77 you aren't the type of person I'm wanting to help anyway. you don't deserve power or wealth

@33melonpaws77

3 жыл бұрын

@@icedcoffee8561 I'm the type of person that will tell you to get some morals and decency, and stop scamming people. BYE.

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

@@33melonpaws77 you don't see what is going on with gme? it hasn't stopped, the federal reserve and stock market are manipulating your money, money printer go brrrrrrr. so obviously you want to buy what has value, and crypto has value.

Jim: Here is an insight to the most concerning things in the industry today. Also Jim: GREEEEEEEEEEEEN!!

As a mathematician I just laugh at the simple scam of labelling any odd as "less and 1%" as that's a margin of error that's just insane. it could be anything from "1 in 101" to "1 in a googolplex" and beyond.

“It’s a scam” “That’s bad” “It’s a half scam” “So it’s only half bad?” “Yes only half bad” “You just said it was bad, like the word came out of your own mou-“ “At least it’s only half!” Great logic

@DiThi

3 жыл бұрын

It's 0.5017 bad to be exact. You know, in bad units.

@DiThi

3 жыл бұрын

@panda cooper Nah have it for free.

@mechashadow

3 жыл бұрын

That’s only half good.

@tmr3volver

3 жыл бұрын

no such thing as a half scam. it's either a scam or it's not. like pisswater. doesn't matter how many gallons of water you have, the moment a drop of piss touches it, it's piss water, and anyone with any sense will keep their glasses well away from it.

@XombieLejon66

3 жыл бұрын

"The game also contains potassium benzoate " "..." "That's bad "

The "solemn jpeg" cracks me up holy shit

At least in the case of that silly thing where they sell 1 foot of land in scotland, there’s the potential for that land to be used as a nature reserve and the money to be used to fund the conservation effort.

I'd compare NFTs to Pet Rocks, but at least Pet Rocks were, well, rocks. And they didn't cost $ 2.2 million...

@AsgneonthebesT

3 жыл бұрын

Tell that to diamonds

@dynamicworlds1

3 жыл бұрын

That is _entirely_ unfair to pet rocks. First off, you actually got the rock...

@jlev1028

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsgneonthebesT Diamonds are much rarer than rocks, you can't find them in your backyard. That analogy is BS, and you should be ashamed for making such an analogy.

@carriegannon5344

3 жыл бұрын

@@jlev1028 Diamonds are, however, only valuable because one company has a monopoly on them and gets to decide they're expensive as shit. They're actually not that rare at all :)

@SuzakuX

3 жыл бұрын

Nobody spending $2.2m on an NFT really cares about what it represents, it's just a way to move large sums of money around with less scrutiny, since it's a subjective, unregulated market.

There are worse things you could be in a relationship with Jim, like politicians or CEOs. Never change you crazy person you.

@thomasgiles2876

3 жыл бұрын

A relationship is not what I want to be "in" with Jim

@LJAndrews1986

3 жыл бұрын

Every fibre of my being tells me I shouldn't reply and ask this question but the rebel in me insists on asking what you would like to be in with Jim exactly? 🤣

@thomasgiles2876

3 жыл бұрын

@@LJAndrews1986 Jim

@LJAndrews1986

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO Had a feeling it would be something like that and I should know better to ask but there is always a tiny part of me saying go on ask, Jim confuses me in strange ways as well I'm not even going to deny it 🤣🤣🤣

@SquishyHo

3 жыл бұрын

I second the "a relationship is not what i want to be 'in' with Jim" feeling

NFTs are the first step towards creating scarcity of content on the internet. One day, anyone will be able to sue anyone for using artwork that doesn't belong to them.

@MolecularMachine

3 жыл бұрын

There's a possibility that this might help stop the epidemic of stolen art being sold on merchandise, but I have a feeling that people will find a way around that anyway.

@legolas66106

3 жыл бұрын

@@MolecularMachine It won't, a lot of stolen art printed on second party merchandise is perfectly traceable already and nothing is being done against it already, unless its a big company of course, and NFTs ain't gonna change this.

Fuck me has it really been 10 months since I started hearing about NFTs, no wonder I'm sick of them already. Nobody with an NFT satisfies their partners.

they're literally just expensive bookmarks lmao

@MediaMunkee

3 жыл бұрын

Nah a bookmark would let you find your way back to the thing in question. Even a bookmark is more useful than an NFT.

@icedcoffee8561

3 жыл бұрын

do you have any idea what blockchain or cryoto is? NFTs are crypto, they have value, because they can't be copied or duplicated in a way that keeps them legit. NFTs are the new collector cards. and they aren't bad for the environment, that's bitcoin, bitcoin is the environmental hazard

@MediaMunkee

3 жыл бұрын

@@icedcoffee8561 See, we're gonna be in fundamental disagreement about the definition of "value" here. NFT's are uniquely fingerprinted, which is kind of cool, but the fingerprint is the start and the end of it. You own an abstraction, not even the thing the abstraction is a representation of. You can buy an NFT of a tweet, but you're not buying the tweet itself. Also, it's not _as bad as_ Bitcoin currently is because it's not as intensive, but blockchain is blockchain. If NFT somehow manages to catch on it _will_ be another thing on the long list of unnecessary and easily avoidable environmental hazards that we so callously perpetuate.

Wow, look; nothing! (Digital style!)

Bro, even the people running literal pyramid schemes are smart enough to NOT call them pyramid schemes. It's like saying "I love placing b0mbs on trains! So whacky!"

I had to block so many of these accounts on both of my twitters and even had to put my artist twitter in lockdown just in case. It makes me not want to post anything ever again (But I came to the conclusion they only go after popular art/artists and I'm a nobody so I'm back to posting my slop).

"well he's got the right to sell a bill of goods"... I mean if the commissioned work wasn't licensed to include nfts - no he doesn't. At least, not if the work was commissioned with a license that didn't explicitly include text along the lines of "you can use this artwork in an nft" - which odds are the license didn't have that. So it's questionable whether he even has the right to sell these things as NFTs

@sharkofjoy

3 жыл бұрын

But which side has the money to sue and create additional expensive lawsuits? That's all that matters. Spurious lawsuits exist to bankrupt and harass little people who try to enforce their own supposed rights

@steelsolider95

3 жыл бұрын

That artist sold his rights the second he sold that piece. Hur durr

@rudeboyjohn3483

3 жыл бұрын

@@steelsolider95 Take a peek at any commissioned artwork assets used for Wizards of the Coast or Paizo, or CC3, or any VTT software, or audio files for podcasts or youtube. You buy those programs or publications, but alllllll the licensing are SUPER specific. Creators sell their work for very specific uses, which then have limitations. But it really just boils down, like everything, whomever has the most money to litigate more has the power

@envysart797

3 жыл бұрын

@@steelsolider95 actually nearly every commissioned artist license will contain a “use” clause - I.e, you can use this art for X and not Y. Hence you can’t commission someone’s art and say you’re using it in a game, then slap it into a boxed album to make extra money. Some publishers will use off-licence IP (I.e pirated) anyway because they’re taking the bet that the artist doesn’t have money to sue. I personally know someone who had his work used after the 2 year term of his license, because the client thought he wouldn’t notice. Publishers abusing off-license uses of their products is a real fukken pain for artists who have to work for a living.

In terms of digital art, I never understood how they utilize NFTs. Like sure someone buys a work of art for a bunch of ETH, but anyone can just right click on the image and press "Save image as..." What are they gonna do, call the internet police on us?

If nfts lead to capitalism crumbling because it shows the inherent worthlessness of such large sums of money I'm here for it.

Ah yes, the "surprise mechanics" always give out "fun surprises"

I'm selling this comment for $1M. Now it's just a waiting game.

@TealWolf26

3 жыл бұрын

*Engagement to artificially inflate perceived value. #JimquisitionStonks

@colinf2920

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not greedy, I'll sell my reply for half that. What a deal!

@XDieKillDieX

3 жыл бұрын

Humm... I'll give you 0.9 cents, rounded down. Final offer.

@Beardwhip

3 жыл бұрын

I'll give you a hug

@rook1196

3 жыл бұрын

Small time. Ima gonna pull 5 "insensitive" comments and sell the hundreds of other comments I've made to the same people who are disgusted that I "cancelled" 5 comments.

This is basically creating money out of thin air. I mean you could sell just about anything. Want the NFT of this pixel of this one frame of this movie or video game? Starting bid $10,000. How did this ever gain traction? 😂

@TealWolf26

3 жыл бұрын

"Fugazi, fugayzi" *whistling* "Fairy dust!" - Matthew McConaughey.

@opossums-will-sing

3 жыл бұрын

It's just yet another economic bubble. People are buying things that they hope to be able to sell to someone else for a profit - and the person buying off them is only hoping to do the same. The only difference here is that the commodity being bought and sold has no intrinsic value. Basically, it's blockchain but without the pretense of it being a currency.

@clancywiggum3198

3 жыл бұрын

People have to be willing to buy the thing first. The issue isn't the NFTs, it's rich people being so rich that they need to invent new "valuable" things to use their wealth on. The NFT itself is functionally just a certificate of authenticity. If you attach it to some novel digital artwork and sell limited editions for a modest living good for you. If you attach it to a public tweet and sell it for millions then that's ridiculous.

@epicolyptic

3 жыл бұрын

@@clancywiggum3198 Totally agree

and here I thought the $12 million pickled shark art was ridiculous but at least that person actually got a physical pickled shark

"i'll be honest with you, i haven't slept all weekend" this...this was me during the week, the madness flows so sweetly