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Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by rideontime »

Hamuko wrote: post #40
slg wrote: post #32

Here[1] is an article with more details. One worrying detail is that whoever runs the Cryptoland Twitter account "joking" about the age of consent being the age of "mental maturity". It is always interesting what laws these people prioritize changing. [1] - https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3n38x/cryptocurrency-invest...

The official response to the age of consent thing was that they didn't know what "age of consent" means: https://twitter.com/cryptoland/status/1480231356848349192 They've also sent a C&D to someone: https://twitter.com/cryptoland/status/1480236809531838464

That inspires confidence, I'm sure they can manage an entire island

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by tessierashpool »

no_butterscotch wrote: post #115
Tenoke wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Bored Apes are selling entry to a community not art. At any rate, as far as I can see artists I enjoy in real life like Refik Anadol are benefiting from and creating interesting art around them. Most NFTs are of course crap (as per sturgeon's) or simply not about art in the first place but I just don't think that means as much as people with an axe to grind think it means.

What's the community and what happens when you enter it? What are the perks to buying into it?

as far as I can tell, they’ve thrown a few parties, and they have a Discord.

the subtext is basically, for fools “you could end up hanging out with Snoop Dogg!” and for smarter people “you could find out what the next craze is early enough to flip it for a profit!”

(by watching the Discord chatter.)

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by [deleted] »

buildbuildbuild wrote: post #10

319 ETH per acre. ($1mil USD today) I'm struggling to find a way to constructively criticize. Project aside, the video is not at all professional to a western audience. (watch all of it, I dare you) It's stylistically tone-deaf for their target market, grift notwithstanding. Who decided that real estate investors need a cartoon? At least Fyre's promo content felt "cool."

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Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by tessierashpool »

hailwren wrote: post #121
slg wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That excuse makes no sense. There is no "age allowed" to enter "any other place, like a restaurant, a resort or an amusement park". Those places all let in babies and I assume Cryptoland would too. Also how does that explain the winking emoticon?

To be fair, not a single communique of theirs has led me to believe that English is their first language.

communiqué

a good example of Muphry’s Law, that every online grammar correction/complaint will contain a grammatical error.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by [deleted] »

buildbuildbuild wrote: post #10

319 ETH per acre. ($1mil USD today) I'm struggling to find a way to constructively criticize. Project aside, the video is not at all professional to a western audience. (watch all of it, I dare you) It's stylistically tone-deaf for their target market, grift notwithstanding. Who decided that real estate investors need a cartoon? At least Fyre's promo content felt "cool."

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Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by rideontime »

cblconfederate wrote: post #122
minimaxir wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The email is likely not faked because they doubled-down but it shows another area of incompetance. A real cease and desist would likely go through an actual lawyer (with relevant contact information to ensure they actually have standing), not a legal@ email address.

it's not a c&d if not sent by a lawyer. this is a nagging email

What's the difference?

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by sadness3 »

I'm pro-cryptocurrency generally, but I'm horrified by the crypto-as-salvation, utopianist narrative coming from some wealthy crypto proponents in denial of their own moral bankruptcy and the problem of human fallibility in general.

It feels like the same crowd who are buying up places in cryostasis chambers and pinning their hopes on terraforming Mars.

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by [deleted] »

tessierashpool wrote: post #135
hailwren wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, not a single communique of theirs has led me to believe that English is their first language.

communiqué a good example of Muphry’s Law, that every online grammar correction/complaint will contain a grammatical error. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law

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