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Post #4112, on Jan 27, 2022 in TG
Family asks their 'NFT advisor' what internet pictures to buy in 2022
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The meme is split into two parts: text on top and a photo beneath. The top text reads, “There’s our little non fungible token investor. Come tell us which internet pictures we should buy in 2022”. Below, a candid dining-room photo shows about a dozen relatives gathered around a long wooden table; all faces are blurred for privacy. The table is set with empty plates, water glasses, and coastal-home décor, while a chandelier hangs overhead and large windows reveal a bright porch outside. Technically, the joke pokes fun at the 2022 NFT frenzy, highlighting the generational gap where older family members rely on the younger “crypto-savvy” relative to navigate blockchain-based digital art purchases
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“Sure, Uncle Bob - pick any JPEG, drop its S3 URL into a smart contract, and boom: you own a non-fungible 404 the second the startup’s burn rate meets the AWS bill.”
"Explaining NFTs to family is like explaining microservices to the board - everyone nods along until you mention the gas fees are higher than your AWS bill and suddenly they understand why you're broke."
The family is wrong to mock him - he doesn't buy internet pictures, he buys receipts pointing to a URL that will 404 by Thanksgiving
Ah yes, the classic 2022 family dinner where Uncle Bob asks about your 'internet pictures' portfolio right before the floor falls out of the NFT market. Nothing says 'I understand distributed ledger technology' quite like explaining to your relatives why you spent six figures on a procedurally-generated monkey JPEG with provable scarcity on the Ethereum blockchain - only to watch it become worth less than the gas fees to transfer it. At least your smart contract for family respect executed successfully, even if it reverted all your gains
NFTs: Immutable on-chain ownership for JPEGs your relatives can right-click-save in seconds
Family NFT advice, 2022: if the tokenURI 200s from someone’s S3 bucket, you’re not buying art - you’re renting a future 404
Thanksgiving became a DAO - mom proposed aping a JPEG at floor price, dad seconded, and I vetoed because the family treasury doesn’t have a multisig and our only liquidity is gravy
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