I think there's some nuance here, as there often is with art. Sure, you can look at the Bored Apes and say they're ugly. There is an element of that in them, an

I think there's some nuance here, as there often is with art. Sure, you can look at the Bored Apes and say they're ugly. There is an element of that in them, and yes, I'm sure it's intentional from the team. But they didn't have "do something ugly" as the primary goal, they had "do something cool" as the primary goal, and the "ugly" was an aspect of the approach they took to achieve that goal. Specifically, I think they were going for a street art vibe that often uses an approach like this. It's not going to appeal to everyone, and to be honest, that's part of the point. It wouldn't be cool if it appealed to everyone. That's an easy dynamic to mock, but it's still a real dynamic in the real world.