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So the idea is to pay money to claim involvement in a cultural moment in which you played no role? Sounds sad and hollow to me.

• koonsolo 6y ago
  Why do people buy movie props, collect stamps, let authors sign their books? Maybe all very "sad and hollow", but a lot of people seem to enjoy it. You judging those people says more about you than them.
  • Voloskaya 6y ago
    > movie props, collect stamps, let authors sign their books All those things have intrisinc values. If tomorrow the market for movie props, stamps and signed book went straight to 0, the owners would keep those objects for themselves, they have sentimental values, not just financial. If the market for NFTs goes to 0, you have a worthless GUID, cool.
  • brendoelfrendo 6y ago
    > You judging those people says more about you than them. Ouch, reading into it, much? I don't begrudge collectors their collections. I understand those because they own an object that holds value, either to them or to others. The way you put it in the parent comment is "I'm spending money so that I have a story that I can use to flex on people later," which I just can't grok as a motive for spending tens of thousands of dollars.