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Who’d have thought BoredApe NFTs would be such an actual eyesore?
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How on earth do you accidentally buy medical grade lighting? Like it must have been really expensive and no one at any point that “why are these light bulbs so expensive”. Also, why didn’t the shipping company think it was weird that a hospitality venue they wanted hundreds and hundreds of medical decontamination lights?
And presumably electricians fitted them and their non-standard design didn’t raise any eyebrows?
Literally everyone involved in this story is a massive idiot.
UV-c lights are actually much cheaper than UV black lights as they don’t require the phosphor coating required to block the harmful frequencies. On top of that there was a flood of UV-c bulbs onto the market from the pandemic.
What really should have tipped them off that they are using bulbs is that UV-c bulbs emit a more blue color whereas black lights emit a purple color. Or the wierd smell emitting from the ozone coming off the bulbs.
IKR? If anyone would have a good understanding of the value of things, it would be NFT buyers
Like it must have been really expensive and no one at any point that “why are these light bulbs so expensive”.
We’re talking about people who have absurd amounts of money. I know a rich guy and he doesn’t even blink at spending $10k+ on some things. It’s just inconsequential.
However you feel about NFTs… this is horrifying for the people who were there. They’ve been in some cases blinded by this absurd level of incompetence.
They’ve been in some cases blinded by this absurd level of incompetence.
Just as they were to the stupidity of NFTs?
Zing. You made the joke.
Who would go to this?
The incurably stupid and grifters.
I dislike NFTs as much as the next person but this is messed up. Even worse that it isn’t the first time. And how the heck did they get their hands on germicidal UV lamps without being aware of the difference, and the safety concerns?
Happens more often than you think at tanning salons etc
Aren’t germicidal lamps specifically UV-C waves or something? How cheap do you have to be to buy these lamps instead of safer lights. Or even use the cheap lights but install the proper light filters on them, they’re just thin tinted plastic sheets.
Yuga Labs says it’s currently investigating reports of impeded vision and skin/eye injuries believed to be caused by unprotected exposure to UV lights during ApeFest 2023.
Jesus Christ.
Anyway, I’m… Actually somewhat impressed they’re still having Monkey PNG meetups. I kind of assumed every NFT was a scam but this one is just a very expensive buy-in to a cryptonerd club, I guess.
NFTs have a number of interesting legitimate use cases. Jpeg pump-and-dumps are, however, not one of them.
The thing about the jpg ones is that the jpgs can’t be stored in the blockchain, so what is actually stored is a URL to some server (and that URL endpoint could be redirected elsewhere, the server could go offline, etc).
The other major use case I see touted is “own your game objects and bring your objects to different games” but 1) why would a company spend resources supporting an object they did not sell you and 2) could this not be handled more simply on e.g. Steam? (yes, locked into a service, but that’s just the way the industry is and I don’t see why it’s worth the time and effort for them to change that)
I do see how potentially a blockchain that stored actual data, e.g. some JSON, could be of more use. However, I struggle to find cases where just a regular database wouldn’t be more practical. I guess it would be limited to cases where auditability and visibility of changes are topmost concerns, and where it’s important that anyone can have a local backup copy at any time.
If you have some examples of where this technology could be one of the best solutions, I’d love to hear them. The blockchain does fascinate me but I feel like it’s often a solution in search of a problem rather than the other way around.
Smart contracts are the most obvious. There are a lot of applications. Like jungle said, it’s a good fit for ESCROW-type asset exchanges, but also for recurring transactions like royalty payments or dividends.
Your gaming asset example is also a valuable use. While industry inertia is indeed a relevant factor, consider: why would a company spend resources creating an object if it’s cheaper to support the framework for customers to supply their own? There’s a break-even point where it’s more profitable to outsource asset-creation and trim your staff. What’s better is the nerds who care about that sorta thing spend a lot on games.
And there are certainly others, cases where transparency is a topmost concern. Gaming seems like a fantastic proving ground for the technology: customers expect excellence, it’s a thriving and diverse market, but ultimately, a failure of the technology won’t have serious consequences in the grand scheme. If it proves secure in that arena, it might be a useful technology to incorporate into more serious applications.
Regardless of what you think of NFTs, somebody needs to held accountable for this. It could happen at any show or production. Someone clearly chose the Aliexpress special over safety. This is one of those things where fundamental trust in public infrastructure engineering is destroyed.
For anyone confused by the low-hanging-fruit NFT comments that don’t actually talk about what actually happened: The event was in Hong Kong and
here’s my speculative opinion about what the likely cause of the burns was:
UV disinfectant lights, accidentally used by ignorant, budget-conscious event lighting staff.
I like that you came to set the record straight, then just guessed. Confidence is sexy.
The article also came to no conclusion, though they did point to an event that also happened in 2017 where this happened and the culprit was… what I “guessed”. I’m sexy and I know it. 😜
UV disinfectant lights were likely used by ignorant, frugal event lighting staff.
That’s some really low tier event planning. That would be like if you went paintballing and the owner included a few live hand grenades amongst the paint ones. It’s almost impressive how badly they fucked up.
Atleast the onion writers get a break from writing headlines. Job is done for em already.
It’s more like using some “long distance extra penetrating paintballs” instead of the usual bursting paintballs.
It’s most likely “let’s get UV lights for fluorescent paints and stuff”.
Except getting disinfecting UV lights (probably popularised due to COVID) instead of safe UV Cannons.
Talk about blinding yourself with greed.
The funniest thing is the embedded tweet in the article that still has a stupid boredape avatar, has the “I simp for elon” blue checkmark, and the classic “[username].eth” username so you know they are really fun at parties while they try to grift their friends and family
Cryptobros are such a strange cult
I have a feeling the internet is going really enjoy sharing the “Crypto fans have eyes burned by NFTs” headlines. It’s a perfect storm of schadenfreude
It is perfect. I feel bad for these idiots, but not quite bad enough to manage not to laugh at them.
“‘I woke up at 04:00 and couldn’t see anymore,’ said @CryptoJune777.”
The guy with the red cap ape profile picture casually asking if anyone else ended up in the ER.
crypto_birb thanking for “great apefest logistics”, while encouraging his peers to seek medical attention ASAP.
Comedy gold.
Web 3 is Going Just Great had a fun take on this. They showed one of the monkey images with laser eyes and said “All this time I thought the lasers were going in the other direction”.
Libertarians gonna libertarian.
The fall of the house of Usher vibe
It’s hard to not laugh while reading this article, and it’s also hard to feel bad for the victims if you ask me.
New DRM tech prevents safe viewing without express written consent from the owner.
Bigclive made a video about UV after a similar event i China:
