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If you’re in it for the tech, pivot to being in it for the joy of spending time with a bunch of arguably autistic funny weird nerds on the internet.

NFTs and Blockchains are super cool and there is obviously a lot to do with them, However this doesn’t mean that everything needs to be tokenized, Nor does it mean that every project has to have its own blockchain. It’s about time to move on from simping for the tech by turning everything into a showcase of what it could do and focus on actual tangible user experiences that could potentially benefit from all this tech or even tiny bits and pieces of it. Or as Steve Jobs put it: “You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backward to the technology. You can’t start with the technology then try to figure out where to sell it.”

Okay enough about what ruined NFTs, Let’s hear some takes on what makes NFTs great now please.

This might sound like cope or come off as a very unpopular opinion, But i genuinely like the fact that Bored Apes have almost lost their luxury status both in and out of the NFT bubble. For me, being a member of @BoredApeYC has never been a wealth symbol tbh, I like my Ape to be a symbol of my dedication to this space and not just a shallow flex of the alleged depth of my pockets. Bored Apes lost a lot of that niche nerdy digital nativeness in the last cycle with celebrities and rich kids pumping them up like iced out Rolexes, making them a digital gold chain for people to wear their net worth on their online avatars with. I dont know what the initial vision of @GordonGoner and @CryptoGarga was for the kind of social status rocking a Bored Ape should represent - and i’d love to know that btw - but being a Bored Ape has always been about doubling down on unapologetic weirdness and owning a sort of playful progressiveness for me personally, And yes, in a way, i’m kinda glad to see how the recent price action of these weird silly cartoon monkeys is thinning the herd in a way that spotlights the few geeks and weirdos left who are in it for the fun, friends and vibes. I choose weird over rich, All day, every day.

So @osseneth is officially this nft cycle’s 6529?

Not to be dramatic or anything, but apparently this Pengu Winter is going to be Crazy. @pudgypenguins

Not sure how to explain it, but @argonauts9999 are seriously giving me early BAYC vibes, I don’t mean this in a price speculation manner, but in terms of how they are bringing together a whole new group of active participants in this space that did not necessarily associate with a specific pfp collection before, just like how Bored Apes gave a sense of community to newcomers and nomads of the early 2021 era. Regardless of roadmaps, innovations or potential price movements, such communities being built around a shared sense of belonging is always exciting and rather inspiring to witness, especially in these days of doom, gloom and scattered chaos in the trenches. (btw i don’t even have an Argonaut, this is just an observation and expression of my happiness to see cool wholesome things happening here)

just discovered art on Tezos! WOW

What Marx failed to consider is the fact that gambling is quite fun and to be able to gamble properly, each of us needs to make a lot of money.

Make NFTs fun, weird, playful and price ignorant again.

Hot take: We all need to get immediately nicer to each other, There is only like 300 of us left here and we all have just one giant common goal and special interest.

wen CUPP? (Crypto Uncle Pussy Punks)

The lion is getting slightly concerned with the concept of uncle pussy

Dickbutts ruined NFTs Because of these stupid little creatures, every time i see an NFT somewhere, the only thing i could think about is how much better a Dickbutt version of it would look like, making it impossible for me to ever enjoy or even remember the original.

If someone assumes that a single collection could "ruin" NFTs - to me it feels like they never really had faith in the tech in the first place. What got ruined was speculation - nothing more.

My entire timeline is just people talking about either BAYC or uncle pussy You love to see it

NFT technology is a mega trend. It's the foundation of RWA. The entire financial system is in the midst of being tokenized. What we saw with cartoon monkey jpegs selling for millions of dollars was a perfectly normal market reaction to a radically transformative new asset class.

BAYC didn’t kill NFTs, nor did any other project. NFTs and the whole concept of digital ownership were (still are) just too ahead of their time so the premise failed to be properly embraced. If anything, the so called downfall of NFTs came mostly from legacy platforms and social networks failing to properly implement and proliferate the importance of provable provenance in their infrastructure. We are still faced with this critical issue btw, our beloved jpegs and the entire universe around them is trapped in one tiny bubble in a rather obscure corner of the internet infested by all the possible strands of bad PR. Most of our train burnt out because we were and still are way too early to the point that it makes us all seem nuts. But Not for long…