The Celebrity NFT Craze is Insufferable

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The Celebrity NFT Craze is Insufferable
Hey everyone welcome back to my channel! Today we're going to be looking at celebrities again but instead of definitively ranking cringey celebrity couples we're actually going to be looking at something much cringier... the scammy side of celebs. It's true even actual celebrities don't seem to be immune to pushing the same kind of scams to their audience that you see influencers typically fall into and this time it's NFTs. I'm sure if you've been on the internet in the past few months you've seen some iteration of a cartoon monkey or a lion or.. whatever other animal they've turned into a doodle circulating on the internet and they happen to be a common form of an NFT. If you're on Twitter you've definitely seen them considering it seems to be there and Discord that have the highest population of Crypto Bros pushing their products. But the thing is the crypto bros aren't new, what is new in the past month especially is what feels like a suspiciously choreographed wave of celebrities suddenly all coming out publicly praising NFTs.
People like Reese Witherspoon, Paris Hilton, Justin Bieber, Jimmy Fallon, Liam Payne and even our Goop lord Gwyneth have suddenly become extremely vocal about their new NFT purchases that happen to be... extremely ugly drawings of cartoon monkeys (i.e Bored Ape)? I don't think you could find a single person (who wouldn't profit off saying so) who actually thinks these monkey drawings are worth any kind of money and it's hilarious watching celebrities not only fork over millions of dollars for them but also stumble over themselves trying to convince their audience that not only do they LOVE their new NFTs but want to get their fans in on the fun too!
So i thought it'd be a fun video to look into the recent promotional tour that celebrities seem to be on with their NFTs this past month. If there are any other situations you can think of that have happened recently definitely be sure to share them below I'd love to hear about them lol. Also!! If you want a more informative take on NFTs in general I would definitely recommend this video: "Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs" by Folding Ideas that I recently saw, it was SO incredibly well done and insightful so if you've got the time I'd definitely suggest checking it out: • Line Goes Up - The Pro...
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[@I_like_Plants130]

It’s disgusting the amount of people supporting NFT’s/scam :/ thank you for informing me on why this is happening!!

[@Thisismyaccount82]

I have one question, why a monkey?

[@santiagojonathan7620]

@Amanda Ross You can say that 10×

[@santiagojonathan7620]

This season has been really great, I've been making massive profits on my crypto investment all thanks to my Expert Frederick

[@rajeevc5822]

My first investment with Mr FREDERICK gave me profit of $80,000 US dollars and ever since then he has never failed to deliver and I still stand by saying he's the most sincere broker I have known.

[@skit5286]

i’m glad some people have NFT profile pictures so i know who to Never Fucking Talk to

[@reaIIycooI]

@@pxlybius GOLDEN COMMENT

[@KhadaJhin04]

@@reaIIycooI pretty sure og comment meant it.

[@LordDomielOfElysium]

How do you know what’s an NFT? Like..there must be ton, how would you know or memorize them?

[@lordskeletor481]

@@LordDomielOfElysium twitter now has a special hexagonal border for NFT profile pics

[@user-eq3bs5lq7t]

Johnny Depp now has nft's :(

[@zay_novada]

the best explanation I ever saw for what nfts are was this: you go to a museum and ask to buy a painting, they say sure, but they have to go cut down a forest to make your receipt first, then they come back and give you the receipt, but not the painting, however, in some obscure broom closet in the museum, it's written down that you do infact own the painting (except somehow even dumber in this case because screenshotting exists)

[@eminempreg]

The museum analogy implies the art these nfts use are good and actually worthy of being displayed..

[@noralewis5390]

And if someone forgets to pay the fees and the person that owns the broom closet decides to clean house, your receipt is gone too.

[@DC_let_the_Waynes_be_happy]

Don't forget the part were very often the art being "sold" to you is also stolen 😉

[@catarinabarbosa2247]

an nft is basically just a thing investors can speculate over, the monkey drawing is not the point

[@mkayybruh2878]

It’s so very dumb…. I understand your explanation but I still just don’t understand why

[@bailey3645]

Someone compared NFTs to MLMs and it all finally made sense. Gotta get people in your downline, huns!!!!

[@xjbgforeverx]

Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂

[@aydenperry2622]

at least with MLMs you usually get an actual tangible product, as low-quality as it may be

[@keithandrei19]

NFTs are more like Ponzi Schemes so it's much worse than that kfkzkskakakak

[@virtuousthing9070]

Work, queen!! get that block-chain???😭

[@bridget663]

@@keithandrei19 That's what I said! How is it not a literal ponzi scheme? Huns usually defend MLMs saying that they sell products, therefore, not illegal? But like...NFTs are non-tangible. It's in the name lol. How is this legal? Why are people so stupid? I have so many questions! 😂

[@janak7552]

I also hate how ppl usually don't mention the terrible impact nfts have on the environment! They're not just ugly and annoying, they're actually causing harm

[@LoveK1]

How are they causing harm? This is my first time hearing about NFTs since I don’t have any socials besides KZbin.

[@orangeblossom9168]

@@LoveK1 The amount of carbon used to make a single nft is bad for the environment

[@whatsupimlouie4670]

@@LoveK1 basically anything that has to do with cryptocurrency is horrible for the environment. It’s pretty technical, but in layman’s term, computer takes lots of energy & all of these coins need to be “‘mined’” which takes SO MUCH MORE ENERGY. It’s extremely wasteful process, especially since all of this shit is literally made up anyways. I just keep waiting for society to go “wait a minute, why are we all playing a big game of monopoly but in real life?”

[@spiderduck369]

I agree, the environmental impact is one of the things i hate most about nfts, but i think some people have been veering away from environmental arguments, because theres a possibility that the people making them could find a way around that and make more environmentally friendly nfts, in which case theyll prob be like, “well problem solved, we can continue selling this scam cause that was the only problem with it right?”. I wish the environmental destruction would be brought up more, but also i get why people want to target the direct root of “nfts are stupid and scammy” in general

[@peachy_lili]

@Marie to "mine" bitcoin, a computer basically has to be on and running at insane processing speeds. it generates pollution on a massive scale and to make it even more laughably shitty, there's nothing real even at the end of that "mining" effort. it's so gross.

[@the_newt_nest]

Paris, Jimmy Fallon, Ashton Kutcher, and Reese Witherspoon are all connected to an agency called Creative Artists Agency. Which, guess what, is invested in NFTs! It was always astroturfing.

[@Irgoe]

CAA is so skeevy and is a cult for celebs. It's influence is scary.

[@sentimentaltrash]

Oooooooo this is good to know. They’ve started getting into the game dev space big time, and a few friends have signed with them. I was wondering why some of the voice actors attached were now into the NFT space even though a lot of devs are very against it. But this makes sense 😬

[@the_newt_nest]

@@sentimentaltrash I don't think any of the influencers who are currently toting nfts care about them or web3, as well they should not. But it's a little heartening to think of them as pushed to do this by their agencies rather than selling out their fans. Or worse, actually being into web3/crypto.

[@emyf9197]

These ppl just buying some silly pictures. Eminem, kid Cudi and I also think Travis Scott have all done more than that. They've sold merch in digital form. I believe Em has done a whole slim shady (the irony) convention. He sold shady toys, cards a beat produced by himself which got sold for 100K. And has said that he got into it as it was pauls idea (his manager) These celebs are like puppets that's being monitored by ppl in suits...

[@Eibarwoman]

@@Irgoe I bet most are linked to agencies involved in pushing NFTs like crack cocaine.

[@primetimehome]

Keanu Reeves is now the only celebrity I trust, man outright laughed in someone’s face regarding NFTs

[@mudsludge]

@Chloe KM kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZrRfod6frtoidk

[@mudsludge]

here's a better clip actually kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHzWlmyAoLKEjJI

[@Chuck_EL]

@@mudsludge he is neo still trying to warn us about the matrix

[@tivaspotato]

I love that video so dearly. Also Carrie-Ann Moss sorta rolling her eyes also gives me serotonin

[@spaghetto9836]

And that's why we love him. 😌

[@jaash7981]

As an artist, I can confidently say that I hate NFTs with my whole being. I pray for my sanity that none of my faves ever start selling them.

[@bonbon451]

yk whats worse is when ppl ask you if youre gonna make nfts to "become rich" no stfu

[@jiminjams52]

istg me too and my sister told me i should get into it. yeah i wanna make money through my art but this is so bad environmentally i just can’t.

[@katkay9923]

Wasn’t it supposed to be originally to give credit to artists for their work?

[@skankfaceBECCA]

@@katkay9923 NFT definitely does not help credit artists, if anything it promotes art theft. I have known artists whos art is stolen and sold as an NFT.

[@PthumerianDusk]

I had to start unfollowing artists I really love because they start peddling their stupid nfts. I hate them so much

[@thanatoast]

CELEBS try not to SCAM your fans CHALLENGE (Impossible) (Gone Wrong)

[@LordDomielOfElysium]

Their^

[@boas2666]

@@LordDomielOfElysium your*

[@akashkhan4655]

everytime theres a new bracket theres a vine boom sound

[@AndEzutarian]

What’s frustrating with NFT is you don’t actually own the image. You own the token identifying that image. Like someone could buy the Lindsey Lohan fursona and then change the image to a photo of a literal asshole and it would still be the same NFT. It’s a fucking scam that’s burning the environment.

[@arianahansen619]

wait how does it affect the environment?

[@mackenzietulip3571]

@@arianahansen619 All of this involves cryptocurrency, which requires a lot of energy to “create”, and without an infrastructure of renewable energy it is just burning thru fossil fuels and gas power to make these pictures seem valuable

[@LisaFevral]

celebrities lost all the allure they might've had through all the cringe things they've done during the pandemic

[@caseyaonso4270]

its actually insane how much the pandemic’s changed the way a lot of people see them

[@LoveK1]

Yep. The mystique is gone.

[@amaniiexxchnge]

Should’ve died out w studio 54

[@deViianceTV]

all accept Beyoncé, she posts her fashions on IG and dips with no caption 😭

[@fm.9783]

I’ve unfollowed so many of them it’s crazy 😭

[@renmakesthings8106]

The amount of art theft and the use of dead artists and people's faces is also appealing, Bob Ross, Stan Lee, even Georg Floyd have all had their faces and lives used to sell NFTs.

[@MT-lk7qt]

I'm sorry, GEORGE FLOYD???? That's actually disgusting.

[@ofthewilderwoods]

I think the Academy used NFT art of Chadwick Boseman as a giveaway in their goodie bags at a recent Oscars too

[@sundalosketch4769]

Also Ocean sea or whatever that site is called legit attempts to sell YT pfps of famous youtubers like Markiplier, Pewds, Jack and beyond. Saberspark talks a bit about it with how they also riffed on his pfp too.

[@mai-ya-hee]

Yeah there’s people doing that with dead athletes as well who died while doing the sport :/

[@stxrstrxckmxteo515]

Yeah this one Paris Hilton fan account made her own collection and one of them has a pic of Britney Spears :/

[@Amelia-yq2cx]

At least when people spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on artwork, it’s displayed in their home. Wtf do you even do with an NFT

[@jennifervasquez]

My favorite thing is when someone uses someone elses nft as their pfp n the original owner gets mad n tells them they cant do that bc they dont own it like tf r u gonna do sue them lol good luck w that

[@elleofhearts8471]

^that last sentence really negates any semblance of sarcasm *i think* youre trying to convey

[@sleepyrose69]

you hang up your receipt and proudly brag about it then weep when someone takes a photo

[@cassualtea2040]

@@jennifervasquez they cant sue they spent all their money on buying receipts for monkeys

[@meowmie4840]

the only good part about nfts is that i know exactly who to block on twitter just by looking at their pfp

[@caseyaonso4270]

PLS-

[@natisfreezing]

Yeah but what's stopping people taking a screenshot of someone else's like a celebs and using it as their PFP show how dumb it is like what they really gonny do if someone else has it haha

[@meowmie4840]

@@natisfreezing its really easy to tell if its a screenshot or an actual pfp bc of the hexagon tho lol

[@natisfreezing]

@@meowmie4840 oh okay my bad they do both look the same to me. I guess thats why I don't see the point in them lol

[@kpastor03]

Its also unfortunate that a lot of small time artists who post their art for free or offer commissions are having their art stolen to be sold as a NFT and are getting zero credit or profit.

[@deViianceTV]

For real, social media doesn’t care for artists, especially small artists.

[@kpastor03]

@@deViianceTV It’s ridiculous honestly. Especially worse that a lot of these companies that host the NFT exchanges don’t have proper theft protocols in place to protect artists who have had their work stolen.

[@pineconequeen6691]

Yeah it’s scary how little non artists value art. I post art on Instagram and take commissions, and I see so many non-artists devalue the time and effort it takes to create pieces

[@airbagfryer]

Man, I sure do love wasting my retirement funds on an ugly-looking JPG and at the same time causing harm to the environment!

[@jspihlman]

But like how many of these will retain their value? Maybe if it's an ape one Paris Hilton owned, but some average joe's isn't going to be worth much.

[@mai-ya-hee]

@@jspihlman yeah the rich get richer that’s all this is

[@morley364]

Not even the JPG, the link to the JPG. You can't even copyright the picture it's so dumb

[@saadiasajjad20]

quick question: how is it hurting the environment? I thought it was just an online pic

[@alisonodette]

the whole NFT situation makes me feel like I'm back in math class not understanding anything

[@fittsythesnail3750]

Something that also isn’t talked about frequently is that some people will commission artists, then sell it for way more through NFT shit *without the artists permission*

[@julia230400]

They've stolen art from dead people, so morals can't be expected

[@Jukajobs]

It's not only art acquired through commissions, I also see artists who just posted some art that they were not paid for and that art gets put up as an NFT by someone else who's trying to make money

[@v0yds]

i've had this happen to me last year, which was how i first found out about wth nfts were

[@nyamppong]

also worth noting is the rampant art theft in the NFT community, the most sinister example i know of is when someone made an NFT of art made by Qinni, a young WOC who died last year from cancer most artists aren't even aware of their art being minted when it happens, it makes me sick

[@eminempreg]

Its literally so scummy. And then they just say "well you should've minted it first". Its like kids on a playground

[@matcha-latyay]

i was RAGING when i saw they minted Qinni’s art! i’ve since seen so many other artists speak up about them finding their so much of their art stolen and minted by random people and most of the ntf platforms are horrible with monitoring and removing stolen, illegitimate works. people keep saying it’s great for artists but i’ve literally seen NO BENEFITS.

[@allursins]

What. They stole Qinni's art? ... This is so frustrating

[@moethemoon]

Omg I used to follow Qinni and wasn’t away that she passed. That’s just fucking awful

[@campwham]

One of my favorite nft beat downs coming from a celebrity not into nfts and all that kinda stuff is when Keanu Reeves laughed in the face of a crypto bro when he mentioned nfts and “digital scarcity.”

[@eminempreg]

God. You know he cried about that in the shower. That's haunting him for the next few months

[@campwham]

@@eminempreg getting laughed at by THE keanu reeves during an interview? I would have to pack up my things and journey into the wilderness because there would be no coming back for me

[@ariyatabassumabdullah1143]

@@campwham man i'd just kms lmao imagine being laughed at by keanu motherfucking reeves

[@johnwalker1058]

I love Keanu Reeves even more now.

[@calidabrisadeverano]

@@eminempreg Keanu Reeves is too good for this world, we don't deserve him.

[@Aimenel]

the most eerie thing in that interview is that Jimmy Fallon isn't laughing. That dude laughs at EVERYTHING.

[@aleelee19922002]

I noticed that too!

[@Floviah]

No, bc why would I buy something for $20,000 when I could screenshot it for free???

[@caseyaonso4270]

money printer go brrrrrr

[@misoasoda340]

Someone please reply with an answer ‼️ how are people making money from this? 💀

[@Ines-pi3xt]

@@misoasoda340 they are expecting to sell it for more money, so it's like investing on stocks basically. But even better, because since it is a new thing it is not taxable. I feel like crypto currency, NFTs and all of this crap is just a way in which rich people can avoid taxes and get even richer by especulating with nothing. Bc I mean when buying Bitcoin you are not really buying anything, just an idea of ownership over nothing, just like with NFTs.

[@mackenzietulip3571]

@@Ines-pi3xt Funny enough, people are actually trying to avoid getting in trouble with the IRS for large unexplained income by including their NFTs in their taxes as an asset. It will be a big wake up call for a lot of people when they are on record with the IRS saying they owned a $100,000k asset when the value could change at any moment, or actually lose all value

[@katrinabryce]

@@misoasoda340 Grab a picture from somewhere, spend about $900 on Etherium Gas [electricity] to turn it into an NFT, sell it for $165000.

[@0tpwk0]

the really disappointing thing about liam’s participation in this, is the fact his fan base is either pretty young, or are just blindly following everything he says, and they don’t understand the implications of what he is doing. it’s really frustrating. i watched people try and talk about it and call it out, and others were just shutting them down and saying how “he can talk about whatever he wants and they’ll support him

[@oneinathousand2156]

I feel bad for the people whose managers are trying to get them to hawk NFTs when they really don’t want to, like the Crazy Frog band, but the managers/producers/whatever pretend like they’re all in on it.

[@Gladiva19]

Oh no, my [insert celebrity] could *never* be into NFTs. That big bad ~management~ is making my poor sweet [insert celebrity] do it. Like the Lorax reboot where the Oncler takes ZERO responsibility but worse 🤦‍♀️

[@katkay9923]

@@Gladiva19 dude I get what you’re saying but some might genuinely be forced into it or risk being dropped

[@TheKnallkorper]

My SIL tried to throw down at dinner over these NFTs when my husband told her they were stupid. My MIL asked me what they were and all I could do was shrug lol

[@adanactnomew7085]

What's a sil/mil

[@certifiedboghopper9622]

@@adanactnomew7085 sister-in-law, mother-in-law, etc.

[@adanactnomew7085]

@@certifiedboghopper9622 Thank you. I thought it was something polyamorous lmao

[@TheKnallkorper]

@@adanactnomew7085 sister-in-law and mother-in-law

[@catloaff]

Reese Witherspoon's NFT is absolutely embarassing

[@AxxLAfriku]

GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! I want to cut my toenails... NEVER! I am the feet KZbinr. Thanks for being a fan, dear cal

[@mimikabir3459]

really embarrasing

[@midnightcitizens]

The irony in Reese doing NFTs and then also going "SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT PLS". She has that in common with Tara Strong

[@kaepiper]

seeing the women i love succumb to this shit is just… :/

[@bugvideos2030]

Wait what did Tara strong do?

[@midnightcitizens]

@@bugvideos2030 She's been hardcore advertising NFTs. Add on the fact that she's claiming that they're environmentally safe ( no proof of it being environmentally safe ) and saying her fans are haters / bullying her when they tell her that NFTS bad

[@midnightcitizens]

@@kaepiper It hurts so much every time a celeb that you looked up to in some way does it. Why can't they .. refrain from scummy practices??

[@moethemoon]

That’s disappointing and all but babe, I beg of you please grow up and NEVER look up to celebrities. As much as you might like some, NONE of them are to be trusted. It’s better to assume that they are bad, because in general 98% of them are, so that you can be pleasantly surprised when they aren’t. I’m not a pessimist but that’s just how it is 🤷

[@mars_is_cooler]

Just you wait till Casey comes out with a "Remy the Rat" NFT, be ready people

[@caseyaonso4270]

OH WAIT TILL U GET TO THE END OF THIS VIDEO LMAOOOOOO

[@mars_is_cooler]

@@caseyaonso4270 it's so much better than I thought, please release more 🙏🏻😍

[@deViianceTV]

I’m honestly so tired of the NFT talk, when actual small artists like myself and others can’t even get more than 10 likes on something for recognition… social media really doesn’t treat artists fairly.

[@shanicek5188]

Exactly. I'm also a small ig artist and it's really sad lmao. Besides, why would anyone ever buy an nft when they could just commission an artist and pay good money for something personalised and that u actually own?

[@deViianceTV]

@@shanicek5188 we sadly live in a clown world 😭 so things like this are just gonna become more and more backwards as they days go by. I’d love to support you on IG tho

[@colorlessguard]

on top of the issues Casey already touched on, i think another huge issue with NFTs is the fact that there are scumbags out there who are stealing from legimate artists online and turning art they don’t own into NFTs to sell… it sucks to see some artists become reluctant to share their creativity and hard work or outright stop sharing their art bc of this :(

[@PurpleUnicornBarf]

I saw one guy had to take down his art portfolio on instagram bc they kept stealing his work 😔 not changing a damn thing, copying & pasting the whole piece!

[@thisisvoided]

the funniest part is that they don't even own the monkey. they own the receipt

[@khalilahd.]

Finally someone is talking about this. This is why we love you Casey 😭💜

[@caseyaonso4270]

:*

[@LordDomielOfElysium]

Everyone is..lol-

[@mtlewis973]

yes finally we’ve found the first person talking about NFTs!

[@BookofPlagues]

@@LordDomielOfElysium ikr? This is like the 15th person I alone have seen. And I'm not actively seeking out NFT criticism.

[@gabby.maya11]

It's even more out of touch considering the economic crisis we are in right now. Regular people have no interest in spending huge amounts of money on virtually nothing. Im living paycheck to paycheck and can hardly afford my rent. What the fuck is an animal bitmoji gonna do for me?

[@not.andreas]

As a freelance artist who is surrounded by other working artists I see NFTs people on the daily stealing their art and minting them without the artist's consent. The environmental impact is tremendous and even the more "green" ways to mint NFTs are still harmful. It's more about the money than the art (which you don't actually own if you buy an NFT) that's why most of it looks so bad, it's mass produced. Crypto bros are aiming to create a digital hierarchy with NFTs as proof of wealthiness (think real life art galleries). This on its own is such a dystopian and stupid idea. Overall I think that NFTs are actually harming most artists aside from the few lucky ones who decide to partake in this pyramid scheme. If you want to support artists commission them, tip them or buy their products.

[@Brimbram2399]

Capitalism baby 😔

[@themusicaljunkie37]

Yeah the majority of NFTs are stolen art..

[@ecocodex4431]

No, if Shane Dawson sold an NFT of that tweet, you would not own the tweet. You would own the link to a screenshot of that tweet. With NFTs. you are not buying the ugly monkeys, you are buying the hyperlink that points to a JPEG image of an ugly monkey. But you do not own the monkey, or the image, or the design, or the copyright, etc. You just own that specific hyperlink on the blockchain.

[@rushmoom42069]

so then could i hypothetically buy a hyperlink to the same monkey as jimmy and we would be twinsies? bc if that’s possible, then “ownership” of the jpeg would be less cool bc now anyone can technically buy it? and it gets rid of the culty, exclusive vibe??? ahh i’m so confused/concerned!! or is only one person allowed to buy one nft?

[@mai-ya-hee]

@@rushmoom42069 only one person can buy one link but if the artist has diff links for the same art then yes more than one person can technically buy the same art but the thing is. You’re not buying the art, you’re buying a link (which has also been shown to be hacked) so it’s bullshit all around and also kills our planet

[@rushmoom42069]

@@mai-ya-hee oh so it just depends on the artist? and ya, so true, i’d literally never ever buy an nft, i’m just so curious about it. in my head when i’m trying to explain nfts, it sounds stupid and makes no sense. but then when i actually learn about nfts, ITS DUMBER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT! literally unreal that we have shit like this instead of environmentally healthy flying cars or whatever. sad :( nfts are like “v scary ruin the world” dystopian when i would’ve expected more “interesting innovative scientific discoveries” dystopian at this point (and beyond, when thinking what the future will hold)

[@angelikaskoroszyn8495]

Not trying to defend NFTs but the ugly monkey ones are an exception in this bullshitery. If you buy one you actually get its copyright. So you can print it and try selling it (who tf would buy it tho) But again - it's an exception. Most of them are 100% scam. Not just 98% scam

[@Skip_a_Doodle]

As an artist on insta, i have so many DMs about those damn nfts and if I see one more I'll want to blow my head off💀

[@caseyaonso4270]

omg i cant even imagine how annoying that would be

[@Skip_a_Doodle]

@@caseyaonso4270 they're literally all the same and just painful to read xd i lose braincells looking at those messages

[@laurabelacqua9064]

i'm so sorry, i hope you are being careful bc these shitheads have been stealing from artists a lot

[@AC03115]

A basic summary/example of what NFT's are that's easy to understand (for me at least) is basically this: Imagine you go to the grocery store, you head over to the banana's and take the barcode off the pack of banana's and pay for it at the checkout. You don't take the banana's themselves to the checkout, just the barcode. Then you're given the receipt and leave, while the banana's are still at the store where anyone could take them if they wanted. That's what NFT's are, you're not buying the banana's, you're just buying the barcode and the receipt that says you technically own the banana's, but you don't physically own them. With NFT's you're not buying a shitty JPEG of a monkey, you're just buying a digital receipt that again says that technically, you own the shitty monkey JPEG. After all of that, then imagine someone burns down an entire rainforest every time time someone buys a barcode for banana's, that's how NFTs are harmful.

[@AlexanderBrando]

This is a perfect explanation. thanks lol

[@rockandfashion7207]

But how does buying a barcode burn down a forest? I get the other parts i just dont get that one

[@AC03115]

@@rockandfashion7207 It doesn't connect to the metaphor the best but NFT's use a lot of energy every time a transaction is made.

[@anoinks6511]

Also if the grocery store closes you don't get the banana, your barcode becomes worthless

[@stxrstrxckmxteo515]

@@anoinks6511 wait omg so that means that I’d the company’s who “make” the NFT’s go out of business then the NFT becomes worthless?

[@hannahswann8916]

We’re trying to fight climate change & celebrity influencers out here promoting one of the most detrimental threats to that fight. Money over everything right? 🙄 why do ppl have to suck so much

[@ps1hagrid786]

It's called *capitalism* Profit over everything else no matter the consequences. Ethics? Never heard of her.

[@AlexanderBrando]

Wasn’t everyone obsessing over Don’t Look Up all of ten seconds ago? And now all of a sudden the damage NFTs do to the environment doesn’t matter 😂

[@PinkCatsy]

Correction - you might not actually own the Shane Dawson tweet in any way that matters. You would be able to sell your "ownership", but that's not the same as selling the tweet necessarily.

[@morley364]

I cannot emphasize this enough - you do not own the images in NFTs in any way that actually matters and that's part of why it's so stupid

[@CyberNoop]

I'VE BEEN WAITIN FOR THIS ONE

[@caseyaonso4270]

🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@threemilliongeese]

y’all need 2 collab

[@mermatic_9743]

Why buy a five thousand dollar monkey when I can pay $25 for a custom character art? These folks better not be the same ones telling small business owners and artist that they should give their work away for free 😒

[@waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9739]

The question is, though, why did people start selling five thousand dollar monkeys(and other stuff, and losing out on it) in the first place. And the answer kind of lies in the second part of your comment - unless it's a whole other concept where a reward for the time and thought spent is normalized, $25 is what people are willing to pay for your art. I'm not in any way criticizing you for paying as much as you can, nor am I defending NFTs - as an artist it's just interesting to me how these artworks could technically go for just as much if people would just commission them normally, but this exact thing not happening is, in my opinion, part of what triggered the birth of something as disastrous and useless as the NFT.

[@watermelmon6537]

I just don’t understand for the amount of money they’re spending on these things, they could buy legitimate, better art that could actually support real people instead of corporations and destroying the environment 🤢🤢

[@watermelmon6537]

Essentially with the monkeys, monetizing picrews? like nothing original, just a random generator of parts that you can’t even choose

[@johnmartin795]

they are the ultimate form of buying something just to prove that you can. It's flexing taken to its most extreme, similar to people buying absurdly priced clothes , jewelry, cars, physical art etc. but at least with those things they still had a function/purpose. NFT's are literally just people spending absurd amounts of money on NOTHING to show that they simply can afford too. The biggest downsides being a) all the lower class people falling into the trend when the market is definitely going to crash at some point and when it does most wealthy people would've already cashed out and b) the environmental damage NFT's cause all for a dick-measuring contest.

[@marum2665]

I’m so glad you talked about this. If you ever look on art twitter you will see just how many of us hate nfts. People have stolen artwork from an artist who passed away and sold them as nfts . It’s ghoulish and if you get your art stolen it’s incredibly hard to get it taken down cause it isn’t regulated

[@George_vv]

NFTs are literally pointless. Unless they're selling the hard drive they made the image on it's not completely authentic. It's like if someone sold you a figure but they just gave you "authentic files" to 3d print it and didn't send you anything.

[@dabordietrying]

i actually screamed when i saw lindsay lohan's fursona... babes, you know you can get one that looks, no offense, wayyy better, and doesnt cost like thousands of dollars from like deviantart, right? 🤔

[@rushmoom42069]

yes! or buy from smaller artists, not millionaire computer people

[@dabordietrying]

@@rushmoom42069 as a smaller artist myself i 100% agree. (even if i wasnt i would but-)

[@hausofpancakes]

My thing about the NFT/metaverse craze is like imagine if your house is on fire and girl scouts come by asking if you want to buy some cookies. Many people are dealing with some serious real life stuff right now and don't have the means or luxury to worry about this frivolous hypothetical bull crap that no one will shut up about.

[@ichor2127]

It's even worse bc with nfts you don't even get the cookies

[@Silly_985]

How is the monkey so popular it looks like a sleep paralysis demon mikes with a drawing from a 6 year old-

[@caseyaonso4270]

no like i get such bad vibes from that monkey i cant explain it…

[@Silly_985]

Mixed*

[@PreciseSpace]

As an artist (and a sane person), I HATE nfts. I hate the effect they're having on the art community even though it barely has anything to do with us. I hate that its causing a shit ton of art theft that is incredibly hard to control or stop. I hate people saying that they are the "future of art", when 90% of the not bros don't give a shit about the art, I hate the absolute eyesores that are being created, I hate that people are spending millions of dollars on a picture they could make on a character creator but are baffled when artists ask for less than 100 dollars for a completely original and completely custom (and way better looking) piece of art, and in general I just hate the crypto community dragging artists into their bullshit. (I also hate it for all the other reasons of course, but I just wish art could finally be taken seriously.)

[@olimagmoli]

everything you had to say here was very well-spoken and put into words a lot of the unease i feel about such blatant pyramid schemes being marketed in a scale i haven't really seen before. while you got the example of the tweet ownership a bit wrong, i don't really blame you because NFT ownership is intentionally really confusing in order to trick people into thinking they're worth something. i also had to imagine that jimmy fallon's audience was being directed to laugh and cheer with signs like in shrek- that awkward pause was so palpable lmAO- its the only way i got through watching that absolutely soul numbing interview 💀

[@beneej]

The worst thing about these jpeg nfts is that the pictures aren't even on the blockchain, you're buying a url

[@teathomas]

As someone who is trying to get into art, if I had a social media following as an artist I think I would make a few NFTs and announce “This is a scam! If you buy this, you will have been scammed by yours truly!” while offering commissions for similar, customized art for cheaper than the cost of the NFT. Maybe that would still be a bad idea.

[@watermelmon6537]

Not to mention the amount of stolen art and scams in the NFT space. So many people are getting their worked stolen and made into NFTs without permission and having people make thousands off their work. It’s so unregulated.

[@rainydayjules]

“They reverted to talking like Tommy Wiseau” no but you KNOW Tommy Wiseau is gonna try selling NFTs

[@mollyross888]

so far i haven’t seen or heard anything about him being interested but that could totally change! yes i stalked his twitter just in case lol, maybe he will actually just ignore it bc he is an immortal being who isn’t concerned with crypto or any other nonsense

[@Chuck_EL]

@@mollyross888 haha what a story molly

[@joutatheegg]

Jimmy has truly lost all sense of reality I remember at the beginning of pandemic Jimmy did attempts at filming his show with his kids at home and how painfully awkward it was; it’s clear that Jimmy has still not recovered from that

[@anne-marie339]

The more I learn about NFTs the more I’m convinced it’s just a scam in some shape or form

[@itsclayo]

At least asking people what they think of NFTs is a good vibe check

[@pedropaulo5600]

Just wanna remember everyone that every art type is valid 💖💖💖 except for NFTs

[@zekewalker1350]

"hat I wore in Jazz class in the 5th grade" is such a wildly vivid statement

[@chaseyy987]

if i see another late night host come out as an nft owner i will lose my shit

[@mars_is_cooler]

"Mom....dad...I'm.......a proud owner of an NFT"

[@ofthewilderwoods]

I would love for John Oliver to make an episode about nfts, although hopefully he wouldn’t make one, even if it’s for charity :/

[@chaseyy987]

@@ofthewilderwoods imagine how sad but hilarious it would be if it was for a charity for the environment 🥲

[@mollyross888]

totally agree w you casey, i hate seeing celebs who used to be pretty harmless but now they’re all over this and it’s giving me rancid vibes! also serena williams is married to the founder of reddit so she also tweeted about having/buying NFTs 🙄

[@misoasoda340]

Melanie Martinez’s NFT is probably the only actual cute looking ones i have ever seen. I genuinely didn’t know that other celebrities were selling these “NFTS” or what this even was (and I’m still confused even though you explained it). I was getting ready to purchase Melanies product but stopped and realized that it was an image that i was buying..for over $1k..like..? I honestly wonder just how many people blindly purchased these NFTS not knowing a single damn thing of what’s going on 😭

[@morley364]

So basically, you're paying to own the 'link' to the image, but you don't own the image itself. Someone could hypothetically sell different links for the same image as different NFTs. I cannot stress how dumb this is.

[@gabi-px5vt]

god i'm so here for the liam nft slander what is that boy doing with his career fr

[@cynicismIncarnate]

Can't wait for the Casey Aonso rat collection where Casey mails me a box full of live rats w/ NFT stickers slapped on it

[@ghivifahmi4252]

NFT had is start in 17th century Netherlands as the "Nice Flowering Tulips", the rest is history

[@zahrahkhalid6333]

Underrated comment

[@shotofdepresso6878]

**screenshots Twitter nft cutely**

[@rainydayjules]

Someone made a picrew of the monkey and that just feels like the biggest proof of how useless these things are lol

[@Unequivocalsilliness]

Nfts r so stupid- like bro what? Your paying THAT much for something that looks like it’s from one of those awful kids dress up games that use the same base but different hairs 💀🤚

[@meaadal-hadidi7306]

Lmaoo

[@heysilly1341]

How celebrities sell NFT eerily reminds me of the poop tea that influencers use to sell

[@zoeyc5851]

Some ppl from a university came to talk to us about their university and in their presentation talked about nfts positivly 💀

[@mothmadi_]

what university

[@marie_s127]

The reason why I think the hype is high now is bc the earlier you get into it, the more money you get out of it. Like you said, there won’t be a lot of people willing to buy these things. It’s basically finding a greater fool than you until the last person loses

[@MicheleDee]

my favorite thing to do with nfts is to screenshot them and then repost the picture and watch the bros go WILD

[@monluy]

It’s like the evolution of the weird MESSAGE ME text scam celebs were doing last year

[@sundalosketch4769]

NFTs are the evolved, less creative form of Closed Species on Deviantart. It's hilarious that artists were doing this first but with slightly more passion and ethics (regarding *some* CS owners..) than every single NFT brand/content/product combined. Just Crypto in general is an absolute waste of a human lifetime.

[@ranna6738]

And then there’s the people stealing art from dead artists and turning them into NFTs to sell.

[@whattwowhat]

that nft example: you wouldn't even own the tweet, you would own a receipt that includes a hyperlink to the tweet and a screenshot if you saved the image. No copyright or trademark rights. Just a receipt on someone's ledger. and there's nothing stopping Shane from deleting the tweet after the sale.

[@briankaslewicz6130]

Paris & Jimmy showing each other their Bored Ape reminded me of the business card scene in American Psycho. Very impressive Jimmy, let's see Paul Allen's Bored Ape.

[@piney9832]

13:26 Yes! I don't see that point mentioned enough; thank you. My problem with NFTs has always been that artificial scarcity is antithetical to the purpose of digital media.

[@JazzFlop212]

Not Reese being involved in this scam😭

[@caseyaonso4270]

no like when i saw they got her too…. shitting crying throwing up

[@JazzFlop212]

@@caseyaonso4270 If we don’t get an NFT based rom com with her as the mom I’m going to spur a coup d'etat

[@laurensimendinger8887]

REESE YOURE BETTER THAN THIS COME ON

[@JazzFlop212]

@@laurensimendinger8887 SHE BACKPACKED FROM MEXICO TO CANADA SHE DOESNT NEED NFTS😭😭😭

[@JazzFlop212]

Casey is my Zoloft replacement therapy😍

[@caseyaonso4270]

h E LPFOSNFKEJDKELS

[@caseyaonso4270]

glad to be it tho :*

[@JazzFlop212]

@@caseyaonso4270 YOU ARE AN ICON AND A LEGEND AND YOUR VOICE AND PERSONALITY ARE THE ONLY TRANQUILIZER GIRL BOSSES LIKE ME NEED

[@katm8128]

There have been so many artists who’ve had their work stolen and resold as NFTs

[@rjai5003]

“I could draw this thing with my eyes closed” And then you could somehow sell it for thousands of dollars

[@mattmanson1077]

I would love to get into the NFT market but it's expensive with the gas price alone, something could cost $18 but the gas could be over $400

[@ameliaanderson1677]

1 week I've spent 1 eth on gas

[@martinsalex947]

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[@mybirthwrite]

OMG okay the fact that you have a Kate Bush album on display tho? Queen energy.

[@krismarshall3803]

Its annoying when google-news has stories just show up now with dumb NFT rags-to-riches stories of "I lived paycheck to paycheck, and then I now have over 300k in my bank account from NFTS" or "This child is making thousands off of NFTS" And I click on the links for morbid curiosity to see the quality and like.......its....all......low effort garbage XD. Even from the ones who aren't even children?!?!?! Like no thank you, I'd rather not waste my years spent in college by selling my soul to the NFT lords. I'd rather sell it to the furry community by doing high-priced furry commissions.

[@mothmadi_]

at least with the furry community you know the art would be appreciated

[@rampion1228]

There was a scam goddess episode where they mentioned nfts and seemed to be fairly positive towards it, I have nothing but love for scam goddess and her guests but hearing someone call nfts a way for artists to actually get paid made my soul shrink inside of my body.

[@MrSecretSentai]

this really reminds me when in the 90s comics book companies made dozens of covers to different comics like Marvel thinking it would make them money and it just made them bankrupt

[@astronautsamuel_xxv2295]

I know a lot of people into NFTs, and they keep saying that it's a good investment and a way to generate income. As a broke college student, I wanted to get into it with my art, BUT when I saw numerous people stealing and minting other people's music and artworks, even from those who belong to those who have passed, I decided I can never support this industry. They always say it's to "revolutionize art trade" but they don't care about art, they care about scamming people and destroying the environment.

[@moethemoon]

“Revolutionize” lol. Every time I hear that argument for nfts I cringe. A lot of people into it completely lack morals, but they pretend it’s for the good of the common folk to be able to make money. It’s for the rich in the end, anyone can see that lol

[@yeahyukerson4511]

i love the push back against nfts

[@chloerichard6771]

I laughed so so hard at the material gowrl sassy nft 😭

[@gehirnkaefer]

Ok, so this whole thing boils my blood lol. When I heard first of NFTs, it was from a fellow artist who liked that (seemingly) there was a way to sell digital art like traditional analogue art pieces, with authentification and everything, and it wouldn’t matter if you’re already famous, “everyone has a shot”. I looked into it and initially totally understood the appeal. But I could also not really see the difference between NFTs and just drawing a commission that the commissioner then owned, but whatever. Also the environmental impact is huge compared to the lack of actual benefit? But now, the face of NFTs, the thing people think about when you say NFT, is these butt fugly apes, or other similar randomized picrew icon pictures. So much for ‘an actual chance for unkown artists to get rich’, these already rich ass people flaunt their crypto speculation purchases like it’s a personality and I hate it.

[@moethemoon]

All I see is the rich getting richer and the poor / gullible people getting stolen from smh 🤦

[@hotlittlecouch]

Casey your videos have been so good lately! You're absolutely killing it 🤩

[@sierraroth770]

Such a great overall description of (some) NFTs: what they are, why they’re weird, and why you should not buy one

[@AP-em1ju]

if anyone’s interested in learning more about just how bad nfts are, i’d recommend the youtube video ‘line goes up - the problem with nfts’ by folding ideas. it’s long but definitely worth the watch if you get the time considering the amount of research he did into the subject and how well he manages to explain extremely convoluted and complex subjects

[@Sofdied]

casey!!!!! you look great!!!! i hate NFTs!!!! hoping this trend crash and burn in a fast and funny way

[@thisurldoesnotexist]

I drew my first fursona bc I was so mad about Lindsey Lohan's fursona Like mine isn't good but it isn't the dumbass one she's promoting that's killing the planet

[@alexisbarrington4443]

How exactly are they killing the planet, I get their dumb but if it’s entirely internet based how does that kill the planet?

[@julia230400]

@@alexisbarrington4443 they need a huuuuuge amount of energy to be generated

[@mixxdup]

@@alexisbarrington4443 it has to do with the amount of energy and carbon used to create the nft, which is really high. basically, the best way i can describe it is that it's an extremely energy-inefficient receipt printer.

[@alexisbarrington4443]

@@mixxdup oh okay that makes more sense I thought it was more like a digital art thing similar to how people use photoshop to create stuff, wasn’t aware of that

[@hankhill3365]

I'm pretty sure it's getting the fact that crypto causes a ton of environment damage so they bring that over to nfts I'm pretty positive these literal jpgs don't take more energy than gaming for 10 minutes on ur pc.

[@ElmoTinker]

I was not surprised when you mentioned Gwyneth Paltrow

[@LLusion]

loved every second of this video

[@curiositysequence2527]

loving all the content you have put out this week Casey! from streams to your second channel to NFT monkeys😧 my cæsey we love you!!

[@lulub517]

“I don’t know why they acted Tommy Wiseau in this clip” That’s brilliant! Though after watching Kurtis Conner’s video about it, It reminded me more of that stapler guy from Office Space.