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Who’d have thought BoredApe NFTs would be such an actual eyesore?

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[–] [email protected] 229 points 10 months ago

"All 5 attendees were treated on scene. Paramedics were originally very concerned about brain damage but were relieved when they saw the name of the event. 'Can't fry an egg that's not there,' stated one."

[–] [email protected] 156 points 10 months ago (3 children)

the event’s DJ later discovering lighting used mainly for disinfection purposes had been installed at the venue

idiots

[–] [email protected] 57 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This was referring to a different event at a different venue. While it seems likely that they made the same mistake, it's best we wait for more info before jumping to conclusions.

Similar symptoms, which include sunburn and waking up to severe, burning eye pain, were reported in 2017 by partygoers who attended a Hypebeast event at The Landmark commercial complex also in Hong Kong, with the event’s DJ later discovering lighting used mainly for disinfection purposes had been installed at the venue. The Landmark venue did not feature on the ApeFest event plan, and the two incidents appear unrelated.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good news everyone! You have been permanently disinfected!

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago

Read the full paragraph:

Similar symptoms, which include sunburn and waking up to severe, burning eye pain, were reported in 2017 by partygoers who attended a Hypebeast event at The Landmark commercial complex also in Hong Kong, with the event’s DJ later discovering lighting used mainly for disinfection purposes had been installed at the venue. The Landmark venue did not feature on the ApeFest event plan, and the two incidents appear unrelated.

[–] [email protected] 142 points 10 months ago (18 children)

Yuga Labs says it’s currently investigating reports of impeded vision and skin/eye injuries believed to be caused by unprotected exposure to UV lights during ApeFest 2023.

Jesus Christ.

Anyway, I'm... Actually somewhat impressed they're still having Monkey PNG meetups. I kind of assumed every NFT was a scam but this one is just a very expensive buy-in to a cryptonerd club, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I also kinda figured the people who are into the Monkey PNGs aren’t exactly the ones who go to meetups

[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago

I think it's more that they tend not to get invited to non-monkey PNG meetups. Possibly in part due to their habit of turning any meetup into a monkey PNG one.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (18 children)

Have to go out there and put in the work to proselytize their Lord and Savior Blockchain.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

I kind of assumed every NFT was a scam

This one hasn't yet proven that it isn't, just that the people who bought in had a lot of disposable income to begin with.

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Regardless of what you think of NFTs, somebody needs to held accountable for this. It could happen at any show or production. Someone clearly chose the Aliexpress special over safety. This is one of those things where fundamental trust in public infrastructure engineering is destroyed.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Right? I don't know anything about Welder's Eye, but I know ultraviolet light is invisible to humans, so I'd imagine that most people present wouldn't notice anything wrong until hours later. Once you know this can happen, you just have to trust that all the places you go aren't putting your health at risk. Insane.

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The funniest thing is the embedded tweet in the article that still has a stupid boredape avatar, has the “I simp for elon” blue checkmark, and the classic “[username].eth” username so you know they are really fun at parties while they try to grift their friends and family

Cryptobros are such a strange cult

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

However you feel about NFTs... this is horrifying for the people who were there. They've been in some cases blinded by this absurd level of incompetence.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If people who bought some pictures are renderd blind at a party about those pictures, that irony would be so perfect.

Imagine buying NFTs and then going blind.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 10 months ago (2 children)

But they didn't buy pictures... They bought receipts with URLs that direct to copies of pictures that they have no actionable rights on.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's funny how many people think an nft is owning the image, but you don't even have that. You have a link to an image.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's literally not even that. You don't own that link. There's a notice on a public board that has both the link "This is the property of [yourname]".

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 10 months ago (5 children)

How on earth do you accidentally buy medical grade lighting? Like it must have been really expensive and no one at any point that "why are these light bulbs so expensive". Also, why didn't the shipping company think it was weird that a hospitality venue they wanted hundreds and hundreds of medical decontamination lights?

And presumably electricians fitted them and their non-standard design didn't raise any eyebrows?

Literally everyone involved in this story is a massive idiot.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

UV-c lights are actually much cheaper than UV black lights as they don't require the phosphor coating required to block the harmful frequencies. On top of that there was a flood of UV-c bulbs onto the market from the pandemic.

What really should have tipped them off that they are using bulbs is that UV-c bulbs emit a more blue color whereas black lights emit a purple color. Or the wierd smell emitting from the ozone coming off the bulbs.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (39 children)

Presumably people who bought NFTs. If you're going to trick yourself into thinking your dumb, AI-generated piece of shitty "art" was a worthwhile investment, you might as well enjoy the perks of being in such an exclusive, stupid club.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I dislike NFTs as much as the next person but this is messed up. Even worse that it isn't the first time. And how the heck did they get their hands on germicidal UV lamps without being aware of the difference, and the safety concerns?

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 10 months ago

You guys know that bug when lemmy throws a 2 year old post into your feed? That's what I thought happened when I saw this post. Huh.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (10 children)

For anyone confused by the low-hanging-fruit NFT comments that don’t actually talk about what actually happened: The event was in Hong Kong and

here’s my speculative opinion about what the likely cause of the burns was:

UV disinfectant lights, accidentally used by ignorant, budget-conscious event lighting staff.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I like that you came to set the record straight, then just guessed. Confidence is sexy.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago

New DRM tech prevents safe viewing without express written consent from the owner.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I have a feeling the internet is going really enjoy sharing the "Crypto fans have eyes burned by NFTs" headlines. It's a perfect storm of schadenfreude

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It is perfect. I feel bad for these idiots, but not quite bad enough to manage not to laugh at them.

"'I woke up at 04:00 and couldn’t see anymore,' said @CryptoJune777."

The guy with the red cap ape profile picture casually asking if anyone else ended up in the ER.

crypto_birb thanking for "great apefest logistics", while encouraging his peers to seek medical attention ASAP.

Comedy gold.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

I usually consider "great logistics" and causing a medical emergency to be mutually exclusive.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Please move this to nottheonion.

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