Bored Ape NFT event attendees report ‘severe eye burn’
www.theverge.com
Some reports claim the injuries were caused by event lighting.
  • @crypticthree@lemmy.worldEnglish
    64•8 months ago

    I’m guessing they didn’t hire an event lighting company and did it themselves. No one I know in the industry would do that.

  • @bentropy@feddit.deEnglish
    49•8 months ago

    Wtf is a boerd ape NFT event? I know the bored ape images and I know what an event is… But wtf? Are people supposed to go somewhere to look at those ugly images? People should know they can enjoy this meaningless garbage online. For free.

    • umbraroze
      60•8 months ago

      One of the perks of owning these NFTs was that you could attend exclusive events. What those events were going to be about was anyone’s guess. Eye burn, apparently.

      • SuperDuperEnglish
        14•8 months ago

        It’s kind of like when you have Reddit gold and get access to the super exclusive private r/lounge subreddit… That has no actual purpose and nobody bothers posting in it because what are you even supposed to do there?

        • slazer2auEnglish
          4•8 months ago

          Laugh about the non guilded peasants. Or at least that is what I saw on the few times I was guilded.

    • @bentropy@feddit.deEnglish
      5•8 months ago

      Oh thanks I get it know. Buying NFTs is like buying tickets to a concert. What if the events isn’t anywhere near me? Still a very stupid concept.

      • umbraroze
        6•8 months ago

        Basically, it’s the same thing as buying a “permanent” ticket to a local sports team’s home matches. What? Your local team doesn’t sell “permanent” tickets? Exactly.

    • roguetrick
      5•8 months ago

      Ditto, after that talk about the TV show. I was like man, how far has he fallen.

        • SuperDuperEnglish
          3•8 months ago

          how it is culturally relevant

          That’s the neat part: it isn’t.

              • @bh64@lemm.eeEnglish
                2•8 months ago

                what do you mean? I haven’t seen one myself yet. It’s just a common expression.

                I don’t think that comment is trolling, just a bit low effort post. But that’s nothing rare in Lemmy/Reddit.

                • @mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
                  1•8 months ago

                  I have received something like 5 different replies to separate replies of my own, from new accounts with only one comment, all of which end with “not my problem.” It’s almost like a bot keyed off that phrase from my reply in a privacy community post, or there are some butthurt people with too much time on their hands.

  • @bh64@lemm.eeEnglish
    41•8 months ago

    It was a stupid decision to attend a party created by the creators of a stupidly overpriced asset.

  • squiblet
    28•8 months ago

    It’s unfortunate that people were injured but fuck, I’m still scarred just by seeing these awful things. At least if they were going to do a scam art investment scheme they could have made the art not hideous.

  • Neato
    18•8 months ago

    So the financial harm wasn’t obvious enough for the Bored Apes? The creators wanted to be sure everyone knew it was made to hurt them directly but burning their retinas.

  • Hairyblue
    17•8 months ago

    Bored Ape NFT owners say: “Ow! My money! Ow! My eyes!”

  • @Suspicious@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    5•8 months ago

    Wait I though bored apes “”“”“creator”“”“”"/ main bag holder split with the money and tanked the whole market for apes

    • @jonneEnglish
      10•8 months ago

      This is probably the bag holders trying desperately to keep the apes relevant in hopes they can pump up the price again and offload.

  • RoliversEnglish
    2•8 months ago

    For a moment I thought the title refers to the attendees as bored apes.