Solana Dev Who Got Burned Up in Meme Coin Stunt Is Alive—And Wants Another Dare (decrypt.co)
from dgerard@awful.systems to buttcoin@awful.systems on 08 Jun 2024 14:58
https://awful.systems/post/1668087

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self@awful.systems on 08 Jun 2024 15:15 next collapse

I was gonna pull a quote to sneer at how much capitalism and hustle culture have poisoned this guy, but holy fuck that kept getting so much worse the more I read. he’s in the hospital with such severe burns from a stupid stunt he did for a scam that he needs a strong opioid cocktail to function, but capitalism has hijacked so much of his brain he’s going to go straight back to it as soon as he’s out of the hospital

this is the kind of shit you’d see in an absurdist dark comedy and go “yeah the filmmaker’s right, these are the consequences of a world where capitalism has gone too far and twisted us into something unrecognizable and self-destructive” but it’s here, we’re the absurdist dark comedy and these are the consequences

fuck it, I’m gonna go rewatch The Lobster

gnomicutterance@awful.systems on 08 Jun 2024 15:51 next collapse

“I went last night to the hospital to bring him some cash, ‘cause Solana doesn’t help when you are in the hospital.” DLuxx told Decrypt

God i am so depressed rn.

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world on 09 Jun 2024 11:29 collapse

The Lobster

I am surprised I never heard of this film. Sounds like my kind of thing, going go watch it later today. Thanks!

self@awful.systems on 09 Jun 2024 16:24 collapse

no problem! it’s much more dark than comedic in a lot of parts, but it’s excellent overall.

fasterandworse@awful.systems on 08 Jun 2024 19:07 next collapse

jfc, indeed. Impressed by how crypto has such jfc staying power

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world on 09 Jun 2024 09:08 collapse

I want to feel bad for this guy, but I just can’t do it.

The terms “degenerate” or “regressive” are somewhat overused, but this is a true example of modern degeneracy. If the word means something, it is exactly this.