The most recent cringe-inducing crypto story to be plastered throughout mainstream media is {that a} group of grown kids calling themselves traders have been throwing inexperienced dildos onto WNBA courts to attempt to meme their approach to relevance.
This type of crypto-bro enthusiasm isn’t new, in fact: since Dogecoin was created in 2013 there’s been some degree of virality to most tokens and cash being spun up and spit out.
However the cowardice, malice, and pathetic infantile humor at the moment on show plumbs beforehand unseen depths of depressing incel (involuntary celibate) conduct.
I used to really feel a way of satisfaction overlaying crypto; uncovering scams, calling out fraudsters, criticizing the worst offenders, discussing disappearing trade house owners, and interviewing Sam Bankman-Fried.
Now, nevertheless, the business seems to consist nearly fully of scams, fraudsters, losers, and criminals.
There are nonetheless arguments to be made for the usefulness of many cryptocurrency tokens: privateness cash like Monero and pseudo-private cash with excessive quantity that may be combined like bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) can be utilized by dissidents, journalists, and others who’re being unfairly persecuted.
There’s additionally the idea that hypothesis, even when not at all times essential or helpful, can be an inexpensive and tangible use case for cryptocurrencies.
Nonetheless, I now discover it not simply troublesome, however disheartening and miserable, to see people making an attempt to justify tens of millions of fully ineffective tokens in increasingly deplorable methods.
No, your inexperienced dildo token wasn’t supposed as a commentary on the state of crypto, as you falsely claimed.
No, you aren’t robust supporters of the WNBA, making an attempt to convey optimistic consideration to the game.
You’re liars, you’re cowards, and in a couple of weeks, when nobody offers a shit about your coin or your pitiful antics, you gained’t be remembered in any respect — and that’s the absolute best consequence.
In a extra simply world, the scumbags you’ve employed or incentivized to throw intercourse toys at WNBA gamers can be tried in a courtroom of legislation for prison mischief. My fingers stay crossed that this happens.
Polymarket and the brand new ‘innovations’ crypto has wrought
Sadly, it’s not solely the progenitors of the inexperienced dildo token who’ve tried to capitalize on being infantile douchebags: betting markets have been opened on Polymarket to find out if and when the subsequent dildo might be hurled onto a WNBA courtroom — and tons of of hundreds of {dollars} are being wagered.
These are hardly betting markets at this level, being extra harking back to when Polymarket was playing on if and when the Southern California fires would attain Santa Monica.
These aren’t individuals making easy bets, they’re incentivizing prison conduct and are much more harking back to assassination markets than casinos.
That is the present state of crypto. The most important followers and customers aren’t making an attempt to innovate or give you transformative use circumstances; they’re kids hurling intercourse toys at people who find themselves making an attempt to do their jobs as skilled athletes.
It isn’t humorous, it isn’t attention-grabbing, and it most positively isn’t helpful.
Incels are dangerous, financially incentivized incels are worse
The power for these incels to each earn an revenue and propagate their horrifying message is alarming.
Certainly, persons are laughing and egging on straight up sexual harassment, pretending that it’s acceptable. It isn’t.
And offering these people with cash and a bullhorn for the message that ladies — from skilled athletes to remain at house mothers — are there to be laughed at, made enjoyable of, harassed, and ridiculed will solely result in worse, extra threatening conduct from increasingly unstable males.
On a private be aware
I need to personally inform the creators and purchasers of the inexperienced dildo token and the disgusting instance of human trash who calls himself their spokesman:
Congratulations, you don’t have anything to supply humanity and society, all the world can be higher off in case you stopped being “creative” and picked up trash on seashores for the remainder of your nugatory lives as an alternative.
I do know this gained’t cease you, however at some point I hope your moms and sisters and daughters discover out the kind of males you might be and deal with you the best way you deserve: to by no means interact with you in any method, form, or kind once more.
