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Well they are showcasing it in at least one public exhibition at a gallery this year, so the comparison to fine art is pretty good.

But I definitely agree that it's a shitty move of them, especially with their working class roots. They sold the album for what isn't a great deal of money, $2million, so they either thought it was terrible or they were in a desperate financial situation and needed a quick win. It goes so much against their ethos that fans spread rumours that there was a greater plan where Bill Murray would steal the album back in an elaborate heist and then release it.

I do think that RZA, the group member who led the sale, truly believed in his own bullshit about this being a piece of art but I can see the other group members just having bills to pay and families to feed. Considering they split the money 9-12 ways (depending on the group's configuration at the time) and not including engineers and studio time, I don't know how much each individual member benefited.

They also tried to buy it back from Shkreli, publicly threatened him when they learned what kind of guy he really was and had to donate a lot of the money from the album's sales to charity just to try to wash some of the stink off. So this whole stunt seems to have backfired on them.

WuTang didn't make an NFT. They recorded an album that had no public release, and sold the only existing copy to a single buyer like a painting.

This was kind of a slap in the face to their fans and what music is, but this was long before NFTs were a thing.

You mean Cillian Murphy? I see it, but it feels extremely disrespectful to compare anyone to this parasite

They actually know a lot of stuff is harmless but it's Security Theatre that was meant to make people feel better about flying after 9/11

The great thing about the prolonged Musk meltdown is that he always responds by doubling down. So the more he gets ridiculed, the more he throws these ridiculous tantrums. Won't be long until we're in the drug-fueled endgame

Wasn't his body made of vibranium though? How would Cap do damage with his bare hands?

No. I had no idea about this instance's reputation when I joined Lemmy but it's nothing like the other instance you mentioned.

It gets very tiring trying to have a conversation with contrarians who think everything Western is bad and anything Chinese/USSR is good. Or worse, that their highly suspicious news sources (some random blog usually) are telling you the real truth, while using any mainstream news media source makes you a deluded Lib

The average person: Spotify sucks and is making me hate them even more

Shareholders seeing layoffs followed by AI replacements for those workers and then repeated price hikes: 🤑

They've already got you if you've been to an airport and, depending on where you live, protest, large sporting event or just walked down a street with CCTV cameras

The edit makes this seem unintentional, but this was the funniest thing I've read in a long time

Controversial opinion: I see more recycled content on Lemmy than Reddit. Comments are usually far better here, but it's an unavoidable reality that there are less people generating new content here. Especially for niche communities.

Hop on over to the niche communities about movies or particular subgenres and they're either dead or recycling stuff. Go to those same niche communities on Reddit and you'll see lots of fresh content all the time. Maybe the main feeds are comparable but if you're into anything niche that isn't computing, privacy, politics or gaming, Lemmy can get a bit stale.

Very classy of them to have a cat guarding the board of elections like a Sphinx

They have the broccoli boy haircut with completely shaved sides. What you're seeing is their neck because their head is turned

Never once had this thought. But it's all I will be thinking about when I encounter this word

It's amazing that it needs to be said, but Boomer politics won't die with boomers. We'll still have the same problems, but people will be more desperate as we will have fewer solutions and resources to throw at them than previous generations

What a dangerous path we're walking down. All in service of a slightly better Clippy experience

According to her statement, they were still trying to strike a deal with her within days of the release.

I can't imagine anything more shady than trying to strike a deal with someone for their likeness, all the while preparing to use it anyway and later denying it had anything to do with them

I'm genuinely curious if people actually use the phrase 'US Americans', or if it's a reference to that Miss Teen USA contestant rambling about world peace

Quite often it's a family or household using these services. It's hard to cancel Netflix/Disney if your kids or partner are using them

Oh it's far more useful than that. It's the shiny new thing that's going to make a lot of money for shareholders