Post #4042171
2026-07-23 17:12 UTC
If there were a genuine emotional attachment to the art itself that would not matter. But the only real emotion involved is avarice: the picture isn't valuable to the NFT gambler, only the perception that it's been stamped with the nonexistent 'intrinsic value' purportedly conferred by #blockchain mechanics.
And so the weird NFT fanboy in the Dan Olson video instantly undercuts his own argument. He's trying to pitch his audience on the idea that they should buy multiple copies of an NFT because of "emotional attachment" (presumably to the artwork) but then he immediately tells his audience the real reason for buying: selling. The only point of buying an NFT is to sell it at enormous profit.
(cont'd)
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@mxchara@seattle.pink 2026-07-23 17:27
"You're not gonna want to sell it because NFTs are gonna EXPLODE all over the WORLD" you see what I mean? He goes in one statement from saying "you'll not want to sell" right to the reason why you'll want to sell. The memetic package he's trying to pass along requires him to tell his audience to buy multiple copies of an NFT: he has to supply a reason that sounds like something other than mere greed, hence the point of mentioning "emotional attachment", but then all subsequent talk is merely about how these things are gonna make you very very rich. Soon. How soon? Five years from now. Or three. Or maybe two. (cont'd)