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The Financial Times [1] has attendee numbers: “About 2,250 people attended the Saturday evening party at a cruise terminal, said organiser Yuga Labs, one of the pioneers in this market. Since then, more than a dozen have posted on social media complaining of a burning sensation in the eyes and sometimes also impaired vision.” Honestly that’s a lot more proud Bored Ape bagholders than I would have guessed. But what do…

Clearly, Yuga Labs has no incentive to either exaggerate the number of attendees or understate the number of people harmed. =)

I was curious when I heard the initial reports so I went looking for pics on Twitter — the ones I found looked absolutely nothing like the 2,500 attendees and more like 250..

Re: Bored Ape conference attendees wake up with eye pain, vision loss

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Cited in the article: https://twitter.com/crypto_birb/status/1721222853394121193 "Thanks for great apefest logistiscs guys @yugalabs & @BoredApeYC. Incredible event and met plenty of amazing people. Still, as dozens of others, I’ve almost lost sight this night." I mean, c'mon. "Thanks, incredible event, it almost blinded me"?

It's a matter of taste, of course, but the event does not look incredible to me.

https://twitter.com/slandermepls/status/1721352598945677544

Re: Bored Ape conference attendees wake up with eye pain, vision loss

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

This industry is truly the gift that keeps on giving

s/gift/grift/

I know this isn't what you meant, but "the grift that keeps on griving" gave me an excellent laugh.
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