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A Major Announcement Tomorrow

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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    #33

    OTOH, I think they're sold out...

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • JollyJ Jolly

      OTOH, I think they're sold out...

      HoraceH Offline
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      #34

      @Jolly said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

      OTOH, I think they're sold out...

      As collector’s items they are not unreasonable investments.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • JollyJ Jolly

        OTOH, I think they're sold out...

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        Doctor Phibes
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        #35

        The rampant masculinity of the pictures probably tipped a number of gentlemen of a certain age over the edge. There's only so much excitement one can gain from pictures of Hillary wearing orange.

        I was only joking

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          #36

          The problem with NFTs is eventually you run out of greater fools.

          32CA6427-53E8-43DE-A614-A723C76CE9EE.jpeg

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • HoraceH Offline
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            Horace
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            #37

            It's similar to the difference between an original Van Gogh and a print. Everybody takes it as an article of faith that the original is of greater value than any print. Nobody calls anybody a fool for having that belief.

            Education is extremely important.

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            • HoraceH Horace

              @Jolly said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

              OTOH, I think they're sold out...

              As collector’s items they are not unreasonable investments.

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              Doctor Phibes
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              #38

              @Horace said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

              As collector’s items they are not unreasonable investments.

              As a memento of how unbelievably gullible and stupid people were during this period of history?

              Why not just keep a picture of that bloke who won the women's swimming?

              I was only joking

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              • HoraceH Horace

                It's similar to the difference between an original Van Gogh and a print. Everybody takes it as an article of faith that the original is of greater value than any print. Nobody calls anybody a fool for having that belief.

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                jon-nyc
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                #39

                @Horace

                No, a Van Gogh painting as vastly different than a print.

                The NFT case is more like this: there are an unlimited number of Van Gogh prints, since anyone can create them en mass. But you have a piece of paper saying your print is special, even though your print is identical to everyone else’s in every conceivable way.

                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                • HoraceH Horace

                  It's similar to the difference between an original Van Gogh and a print. Everybody takes it as an article of faith that the original is of greater value than any print. Nobody calls anybody a fool for having that belief.

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                  Doctor Phibes
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                  #40

                  @Horace said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

                  It's similar to the difference between an original Van Gogh and a print.

                  Well, kind of similar. Except one of the pictures is a poorly executed computer-generated picture of Donald Trump dressed as a superhero and grinning like the abject twat we all know him to be.

                  And one is a Van Gogh.

                  I was only joking

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                    Motivated people could create prints of extreme similarity to originals, such that vanishingly few people could tell the difference. There doesn't exist a market for such near identical mass productions, because the thing they will always lack is the true status of being the unique original. That uniqueness is what an NFT captures.

                    If Banksy did a piece of digital art and posted it anonymously on a popular websites through a hack of the website, an NFT for that art would be valuable, and not only to greater fools, and in the same way an original piece of art is valuable.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                    • JollyJ Jolly

                      OTOH, I think they're sold out...

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                      @Jolly said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

                      OTOH, I think they're they’ve sold out...

                      FIFYNNTTM!

                      The Brad

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                      • George KG Offline
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                        #43

                        Good lord…

                        https://gizmodo.com/donald-trump-nft-trading-cards-1849900531

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • George KG George K

                          Good lord…

                          https://gizmodo.com/donald-trump-nft-trading-cards-1849900531

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                          Renauda
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                          #44

                          @George-K

                          Trump is becoming the gift that just keeps on giving.

                          Elbows up!

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                          • HoraceH Horace

                            Motivated people could create prints of extreme similarity to originals, such that vanishingly few people could tell the difference. There doesn't exist a market for such near identical mass productions, because the thing they will always lack is the true status of being the unique original. That uniqueness is what an NFT captures.

                            If Banksy did a piece of digital art and posted it anonymously on a popular websites through a hack of the website, an NFT for that art would be valuable, and not only to greater fools, and in the same way an original piece of art is valuable.

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                            @Horace said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

                            Motivated people could create prints of extreme similarity to originals, such that vanishingly few people could tell the difference.

                            A Babe Ruth home run ball

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                            • JollyJ Jolly

                              OTOH, I think they're sold out...

                              AxtremusA Away
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                              Axtremus
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                              @Jolly said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

                              OTOH, I think they're sold out...

                              Did you manage to buy a few before they sold out?

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                                #47

                                Only one.

                                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                • RenaudaR Renauda

                                  @George-K

                                  Trump is becoming the gift that just keeps on giving.

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                                  jon-nyc
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                                  #48

                                  @Renauda said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

                                  @George-K

                                  Trump is becoming the grift that just keeps on grifting.

                                  Another take.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

                                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                  • JollyJ Jolly

                                    Only one.

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                                    Axtremus
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                                    @Jolly said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

                                    Only one.

                                    Cool, congratulations on your new collection. Which one did you get? Would you consider posting a picture of it?

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                                    • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                      @Jolly said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

                                      Only one.

                                      Cool, congratulations on your new collection. Which one did you get? Would you consider posting a picture of it?

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                                      Doctor Phibes
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                                      @Axtremus said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

                                      @Jolly said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

                                      Only one.

                                      Cool, congratulations on your new collection. Which one did you get? Would you consider posting a picture of it?

                                      Here's mine:

                                      21cc6b92-25c8-49f0-9757-e0ad63d38479-image.png

                                      I was only joking

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                                      • George KG Offline
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                                        George K
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                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        • George KG George K

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                                          Doctor Phibes
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                                          @George-K said in A Major Announcement Tomorrow:

                                          It's unusual for a photo to feature three horse's asses so clearly

                                          I was only joking

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