NFT Festival BLINDS Apefest attendees

[@KamiThulak]

NFT Event in the title and Callum is happy --> The cryptobros did a fucky wucky.

[@Lagbeard]

Using an UV light meant to destroy bacteria as a stage light pointing at the crowd is the level of intelligence I expect of the average NFT fan.

[@Carnyzzle]

Considering they think that monkey jpgs are worth millions of dollars I'm not surprised

[@jayb0g]

Apparently, it's something that has happened with the lighting vendor before, but they failed to check the equipment or the vendor's reputation.

[@peoplelikefrank]

In this case the bacteria just got blinded.

[@kurojester4513]

NFT bros hate regulations, until they realise that someone not following regulations almost burned their eyes out!

[@DavidAndersonKirk]

I believe the running joke is: Bored Ape collectors were blind well before they went to Ape Fest

[@TheModdedwarfare3]

Incredible that they found their way to the event.

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

@@TheModdedwarfare3 Just follow the ape scent.

[@serene1172]

While I think NFT’s are dumb af, this isn’t on the party goers as much as on the organizers. In this case, the organizers are definitely in the wrong, & it isn’t unreasonable for the people hurt by this & should definitely sue. It’s not unreasonable to expect to not be blinded by ‘party lights’

[@tripolarmdisorder7696]

and because it was in Japan, someone could commit seppaku for their negligence in not realizing the lights were UV-C and harming lots of people. Most of those "sunburned" from the lights could be getting serious skin cancers.

[@titisTyrant]

@@tripolarmdisorder7696​I though this event is in Hong Kong, China.

[@Csylunmew]

@@tripolarmdisorder7696 Hong Kong is in China....

[@zoa9720]

I wouldn't trust anyone involved with NFts with anything. This is on the party goers too. Getting hurt at ape seems like a reasonable expectation.

[@PeriwinklePig]

​@@tripolarmdisorder7696Wrong country dude.

[@ehsteve231]

Pretty poetic considering how our eyes have been bombarded with their truly gross, soulless "art" for the last couple years. In all seriousness, I hope no one has permanent injuries, and I hope whoever's responsible is held completely accountable. NFT bros are insufferable, but I don't want them blinded. I just want them to stop.

[@jamesodwyer4181]

I'm all for schadenfreude, but at this stage I just feel sorry for the poor bastards who just wanted to have a good night and ended up with a serious medical situation.

[@MauseDays]

they where attending a nazii convention the bayc are legit neo naziiis there is not symapthy to be had

[@elLooto]

Normally you have to go out of your way to get arceye. Like becoming a welder.

[@yannickgrignon2473]

Yeah, losing money on a dumb investment is one thing, but these poor bastards didn't deserve eye and skin damage from a night at the club

[@petthequeenofmaddness8592]

@@yannickgrignon2473 the thing is we don't know how many people faked having the nft just to join a cool looking party

[@JusteFantastico]

Yeah. It sucks. It's fun to meme on dumb financial choices, but people getting actually hurt isn't funny at all.

[@thelightwielder]

the only reason Bieber's is even worth $50K is because he's the one that owns it. His NFT only has "value" because it's owned by a famous person.

[@Influfferious]

Honestly, this smells of a true and proper lawsuit

[@mqb3gofjzkko7nzx38]

So there IS a way to get rich with NFTs.

[@kalythai]

Would it be possible since it all took place in Hong Kong?

[@rorysparshott4223]

Quick, let's start a DAO

[@mariusvanc]

It's Hong Kong, China laughs in your general direction.

[@JusteFantastico]

​@@mariusvancHong Kong has its own legal system that's fairly close to the UK.

[@simrock_]

bigclive did a video on the lights a week ago. He did some visual comparisons with the footage taken at the event, and while it probably wasn't the main stage, they had a sort of hang out area pretty much exclusively lit by UV-C lamps, hence why not everyone is affected. Still dumb, especially since it happened not too long ago in Hong Kong already.

[@eventidessoul1963]

i expected something like confetti or some sort of material that would have gotten into the eyes to be the cause of the problems, did not expect the organizers to use sterilizing UV lights on the crowd. I wonder if this is grounds for a class action lawsuit against the organizers.

[@karotconcarne3325]

If causing temporary blindness isn't cause for a lawsuit, I don't know what is.

[@darthstatic]

It happened in China, so the answer will always be no.

[@YDV669]

NFTs are the modern era's Beanie Babies(tm), only actually even worse. With BBs, you could at least hold them in your hand and play with them.

[@feralperil]

Beanie babies are cute too, which is more than I can say for nfts

[@georgeandrews1394]

As a child, I got the duplicate Beanie Babies my grandmother accidentally bought for her collection. So that was pretty good for me. 👍

[@jeeves_uk]

BigClive did a good video on the lights that were used. Well worth a watch.

[@Slohcin31820]

Anyone else have that SpongeBob movie joke about King Neptune playing on repeat? "My EYES!!!!"

[@JennFaeAge]

The most charitable interpretation of those lights being used is that it's incredible incompetence

[@kiriyalwasp]

Just seeing this and realizing "hey, i haven't heard anything about these in several months" is such a comforting feeling, and it really did at one point feel like it was never gonna happen

[@Atmatan]

You probably helped feed the noise then, and you're partially to blame for the phenomenon persisting as long as it did.

[@kalythai]

How did they end up getting medical grade uv sterilizer lamps in place of a god damn blacklight?

[@dartz005]

Probably saw the higher price tag & thought that means its "better" then blacklight. Like the Trash Collectors they injured, they (probably) couldn't be bothered to look into the differences. After all, why do any research, when you use "do your own research" as a way to pretend that it absolves you of any guilt.

[@bladerex1224]

Saw someone mention further up in the comments that it's something the venue they've hired have done before. As much as i hate to say it, (Still should have checked everything first to be safe) it might not entirely be bored apes fault.

[@MagicalMedic]

Oof. This is awful. You don't have to like NFT bros. to feel sorry for them.

[@GamersHolyArmy]

Exactly, that's what I've been saying quite a few times actually, someone making some dumb financial decisions doesn't mean they deserve actual physical harm.

[@AlternateKek]

You act like you belong to a tribe. People who invest in NFTs make a risk and need to assess it. This narrative creates crypto traders as a "bad guy" and I noticed this on social media when people get triggered that I made 20k selling crypto.

[@courieroftvs]

@@AlternateKekcap

[@MagicalMedic]

@@AlternateKek What tribe? I've been following crypto (I recommend the "Web3 is going great" site in addition to this channel, Coffeezilla, and other commentators) and NFTs since they popped up on the web a few years ago. And all I've seen are a handful of people coming out ahead while the rest get rugged. That you're bringing up how much money you've made in defense of crypto as if it were a monolith makes you seem more tribal than I. "I made $20K therefore crypto good." Climb off crypto's dick.

[@stuartmorley6894]

​@@AlternateKekI don't think most people think those that but NFTs are bad guys. People that create NFTs, they seem to be mostly grifters and scammers so they do often get labelled as "bad guys" (and girls I suppose). I don't think that's particularly contentious.

[@vorenceshoshi]

lol, they were using Medical UV lights??? Aren't those the type of lights Dentists use behind a protective film?

[@peger]

more like the light that are using to kill germs and stuff. Idk if dentists "light stick" would have the same efect. But who know, if is use to cure fillings.

[@dan_loeb]

this isn't even the first time it's happened at a party in china in the past few years. the nft event organizers should have had a closer eye on those setting it up.

[@kurtilein3]

@@peger There is a reason why these dentistthings have a timer and go beep and switch off after some seconds. You can make small circular sunburn spots on your skin with these things.

[@magnatcleo2043]

Beyond the question of why they used medical UV lights, I have to wonder how exactly they got the germ vaporizers in the first place. I'd imagine something like that isn't coming from a regular supplier, or at least it shouldn't be.

[@KamilDrakari]

I doubt it's anything other than speculation, but I heard that sterilizing UV lamps were overproduced during the height of Covid, so now there's a huge surplus and they're cheaper than the normal "blacklight" bulbs.

[@SomeoneElse-z4t]

My money is on getting them cheap as hell from a dodgy supplier who was just trying to get rid of a large stock that wasn't selling any more. Could have been anywhere in the supply chain.

[@petthequeenofmaddness8592]

@@SomeoneElse-z4t bingo, they checked and apparently someone installed them so you can't even really blame the organizers as they didn't know untell it was to late and at the start they just thought it was normal eye strain

[@pocpic]

You can buy them from any company selling specialized lightning. Bleach is also easily purchasable, but it's on the user to not drink it.

[@JustJanitor]

The people responsible need to be held accountable. Holy freaking moly.

[@johannoas1]

How can you mess this up so badly? Those lights must be much more expensive than normal uv lights. Maybe because they are crypto bros only the most expensive UV-lights are good enough.

[@justinwhite2725]

This was my thought too - went for expensive without understanding.

[@LuigiDOTexe]

Honestly, the more videos exposing BANC (Bored Ape Nazi Club), the better. I'd totally be down to watch a video you make on that topic.

[@Schrau]

Can't wait until next year's Apefest with an authentic Demon Core disco ball.

[@karlvestin7975]

In the mountains this is called snow blindness. Is very painful, but does generally wear off without long term effects.

[@dragons_advocate]

As much as this story is hilarious, turned out they are not all at fault themselves -- a different event in the same area some time prior had the same incident; leaving one to believe there has been a screwup made by a local event contractor.

[@TirOrah]

What utter incompetence on the part of whoever is responsible for those lights. I hope all of the affected people recover without issue...

[@andreworders7305]

3:16 um, if you stare at the sun you will certainly go blind

[@joshw8338]

Always a good day with a Callum upload. Oddly enough, sponsored ad of ‘Dreamworld Alpha 2’ right below the comment section.😂

[@clwho4652]

This is in no way surprising. I'd bet anyone asking if they were using the right kinds of light were accused of spreading fud. People in any culture where doubting and questioning demonized will end up making stupid mistakes like this.

[@Ucceah]

the same happend in other places in china before. UV-C tubes look really cool, a clear tube, with a ghostly purple glow inside. i can see why it's tempting to use the for clubs and events, but it's still bloody stupid.

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

I am still confused as to how tf the event organiser got their hands on _medical_ uv bulb Like. What is happening. And why did it happen more than once??

[@petthequeenofmaddness8592]

they didn't, The contractors did they installed the lights and didn't tell the organizers and they only found out afterwards

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

@@petthequeenofmaddness8592 right sorry. Contractors. Thats the word. ... I need sleep

[@gswdeclan]

You pay your own way to hang out with a bunch of other sad bag holders, then the company that ripped you off blinds you. Talk about adding insult to injury.

[@juances]

What I still don't understand is why does this company that did the light fixtures have any lights that could be harmful to begin with? Like is there any situation where they use them without blinding everyone? Do they rent them to tanning saloons or something?

[@Romanticoutlaw]

my understanding is they're used in public bathrooms to sanitize them

[@reid3031]

>tfw you try to set up blacklights but scour all the microorganisms and eyes in the venue

[@NoraNoita]

They probably though that the more the UV-lights cost, the better they are...

[@aarons6935]

Ah excellent, UptonCallum has uploaded while I'm at work. In the immortal words of Darth sidious "gooood gooood".

[@NaudVanDalen]

Yuga Labs better pay for everyone's healthcare costs for fixing their eyes.

[@dartz005]

They're probably too busy counting their money to even consider it as an option. After all, why help people affected by your dumb decisions, when you can pretend to Scrooge McDuck.

[@cyruslupercal9493]

Blinded by greed.

[@adamtheman17]

Omg this made my day

[@lunova6165]

They got what they deserve. They call everyone else dumb and plug their ears at every turn.

[@Lynxiro]

Who the F set up the stage and approved the UV lights being used. Stage setup must have gone through so many people and no one noticed. I feel bad for the attendees. How were they supposed to know they were near unsafe for purpose lighting equipment.

[@ayajade6683]

They thought it was the clear blacklights which is common for stage lights now a days

[@MightyWarriorReviews]

Great vid as always! Would love to see your take on the DreamWorld Alpha 2 realese ^^

[@ornji]

lmao i thought that apefest poster said apefeet enough internet for today i think

[@marcotruschel9427]

Ah, now I know exactly why there is a warning on the cleanbench at the lab to not turn on the UV lights when working, thanks bored ape yacht club, your sacrifice will be remembered

[@KennyFrierson]

I hope they're eyes get better and they don't blind ravers again

[@kawaiianimals9083]

Next time they will use x-ray machines on stage.

[@godslaughter]

As much as I despise NFTs and the whole community/idea behind it (particularly the capitalist hellscape that allowed this to happen), I actually like those ape drawings. I like the rough but precise lineart, it's pleasing to look at, at least to me. Edit: I FIGURED IT OUT. It's that early years Gorillaz sort of shading and lineart that make it pleasing to me visually. That's as far as it goes though, lmao.

[@speedydoggo]

I believe the original artist has been found, though I don't know their name off the top of my head. Might be worth looking into for you!

[@CainXVII]

WTF I actually got an ad for Dreamworld on this video

[@dottedboxguy]

you wanna know something fun ? right under the vid i'm having a dreamworld alpha 2 ad. if there were to be something i would never have expected it'd be this

[@simeontodorov9353]

how do these things still even exist?

[@cristobaleduardoglatzbrahm7805]

some people really just outstupid themselves

[@Steve-YT383]

Too Soon 🤣🤣🤣

[@nictamer]

There was some suspicion that the UV lights also cause brain damage, but after an inquiry, it was established that the brain damage was a preexisting condition common among NFT fans.

[@alliu6562]

Something something imagine spending thousands of dollars on a picture you can’t even see anymore something something

[@eiriseven]

Unrelated, but I'm getting a Dreamworld ad under this video lol

[@Gurmudgin]

You know, typically I try to assume that people wouldn't be stupid enough to somehow remove their own eyesight, or the eyesight of those around them. Yet here we are. Some people just like lowering the curve.

[@PoisonedAl]

Big Clive did a video on this. It wasn't the stage lights. They were LED. It was the ones in the toilets that were germiside bulbs.

[@LordZordid]

No no no. I'm paraphrasing here but he said they were very likely the culprits.

[@fabianobenauf1809]

You won't believe what I received as an advert under this video, an invitation for the DreamWorld Alpha 2 (if you follow this channel you know how hilarious this is). Do want to make a video about it and judge if it's still trash or actually entertaining?

[@karotconcarne3325]

So not much has changed? They were blind before, they are blind now, water still is wet.

[@mmaboxingclips2407]

Bro.. please tell me you se dreamworld is back up and running

[@mmaboxingclips2407]

😈

[@Runk3lsmcdougal]

​@@mmaboxingclips2407Elaborate?

[@happyguy0105]

Luckily their sense of seeing beauty is unchanged

[@luxittarius]

Now they can start a blind ape yacht club

[@mantasr]

Pretty much snow blindness

[@Astolotl]

the fact that there are people who haven't come to terms with the fact that NFTs were just rich people doing a pump and dump is astonishing to me. we're a bit past the "buying into the hype" phase

[@BLUTIG.]

if you use an old version of obs to record try to update it might fix the audio problem

[@Isalan88]

Crypto bro's; lacking both foresight and, now, regular sight.

[@Kolljak]

they should of seen it coming.

[@kurtilein3]

*should have

[@Sundaydish1]

I hate to say it but I'm starting to feel like this world needs an enema.

[@bigfishoutofwater3135]

Why only a 98% drop in value? That's not nearly enough.

[@Soapy-chan]

They still exist?

[@oxymoron02]

WOW! Dude really tried to pull the ol', "I don't think that way anymore", when we're talking about posts he made as little as three fucking years ago.

[@ImYourCherryBomb]

Okay but people can literally change a lot in three years? You say as little as, but imagine not seeing someone for three years, not speaking to someone for three years-it’s a long time. I’d still rather see proof that a change was made but it’s not some impossible feat.

[@ExecutorQ3]

Hi mate - just for your info, YT is pushing a "DREAMWORLD alpha 2 launch" add... Actually got one for this vid of yours... Guess for YT money does not stink even when covored with 💩, right?

[@maltardraco9555]

To be fair you'd have to be pretty blind to buy an NFT.

[@geekymoth2405]

Every time I hope these titles are clickbait, every time the hope is shattered. How low can they sink, and still gaslight themselves... or uv-light themselves I guess

[@soulsoulsoul634]

the bored blind ape club

[@tzxazrael]

what, no no callum. you must have been mistaken somehow, for SURELY the great Ape Overlords who will lead us Straight To The Moon with their Diamond Hands could never have betrayed us or lead us astray like this... unless of course you've been actually paying attention for the last few years and realized it's all just an enormous grift... but don't mind me. xD

[@Torque2100]

"The True Children of Israel." Oh fuck, he's a Black Hebrew Israelite.

[@samiraperi467]

UV-C FTW!

[@Soapy-chan]

7:00 maybe because that should be illegal? Because it doesn't matter what someone says somewhere to do their job. Only if it reflects the company by them representing the company.

[@yewtewbstew547]

In this case though I'm pretty sure the dude's old posts are damaging to the company. For starters he was doing it under a Bored Ape twitter account, and like Callum mentioned there was already a big controversy regarding the company's alleged racist iconography. I consider myself to have a pretty high threshold for edginess but this shpend guy really did just completely shaft himself from every possible angle lol.

[@kurtilein3]

If a company tolerates rascist or fascist employees, its very damaging if it becomes public knowledge.

[@Soapy-chan]

@@kurtilein3 some puny emplooyes? who cares? I can guarantee you that there are lots of these employees in companies.

[@kurtilein3]

@@Soapy-chan I know an IT Company with around 3000 employees that will not hire a rascist or fascist for any position, and when it turns out later that someone has rascist or fascist views they get fired on the spot. You know what this is called? Prudent. Dilligent. Sustainable. There is no need to tolerate intolerance.

[@magnatcleo2043]

@@Soapy-chan and sometimes it only takes one bad employee in the wrong position to tank a company's reputation.

[@cropathfinder]

iT WAS NOT UP FRONT!! it was in one of the side areas , do your research, still not a good look but also this isn't even the first case of someone doing this shit with the same light type, hypebeast did it several years ago in 2017

[@sirephlyrrian6242]

meh, it's not like they were using their eyes anyway >_>

[@Spaghettiest]

where nightmare world

[@teddrewflack400]

Awesome, now they can Jack each other off in their Teslas.

[@Itory1337]

What do you expect from a bunch of people who think they are smarter than the rest of the world, even if stupidity would personally award them a certificate for employee of the month?

[@FreedomFighterEx]

I thought NFT bros are blind to begin with?

[@feathercat9118]

Well you do have to be blind to buy NFTs.

[@UltimatePerfection]

Late to the party, Callum.

[@julietofthebriar]

I really hope you dig into the Nazi stuff, cause the “Bored Ape Nazi Club” exposé is completely ruined by how the youtuber shills his own nft at the end. It needs someone a lot more objective presenting the case.

[@ImYourCherryBomb]

The WHAT

[@ML-qe7ml]

Honestly the one thing I don't feel about this story is (additional) hatred for this timeline. Loudmouth NFT bros, still attending this stupid festival after losing so much money on these stupid apes, getting blinded at their own stupid ape convention is actually kinda funny.

[@Acolyte_of_Cthulhu]

if you buy nfts you dont need eyes

[@simeondavidjones]

It's been covered by other channels you really need to be more pro active with content like his be first not 5th

[@ImYourCherryBomb]

Okay and? He releases a ton of other videos, and this news isn’t exactly huge.

[@Soapy-chan]

To be fair to the guy, the tweets seem to be at the latest from 2020. That is 3 years ago. There can be a lot of change in 3 years.

[@kurtilein3]

You mean a rascist piece of shit can turn into a regular person in 3 years? I doubt it.

[@Eguzky]

Considering he was antisemitic, and racist to two different peoples; Not THAT much can change in 3 years. He's sad he got in trouble. He's NOT sad he said those things in the first place.

[@Soapy-chan]

@@Eguzky I don't see how being antisemitic and racist to two different peoples means you can't change much in 3 years. The other thing you said, yeah that is an indicator he didn't change.

[@leodouskyron5671]

It was not one comment - the person had enough of them that he could put them in categories. That is not a one off, he believes it just like the owner of X-Twitter.

[@Romanticoutlaw]

I think what's more important is his age than the age of the tweets. A fully formed adult who's active on the internet shouldn't get a free pass. And three years really _isn't_ a lot of time to change. Seven years, I'd be more inclined to agree.

[@itsmenoname2247]

first they DIDN"T saw the scam that was right in front of them ...But NOW ... they don't see anything at all !!!

[@MauseDays]

no sympathy for these nazis

[@ThatOneGuyWithTheEye]

Hahaha