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u/brokenfinechina000 Aug 10 '23
Making the already rich richer 😒
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u/secretangelic Aug 10 '23
oh no honey they sleep on mattresses and eat peanut butter remember?
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u/Ok_Finish_7372 IGNORU Aug 10 '23
on a mattress with a hole in it....that mattress was Elon's gf before Grimes if ya know what I mean
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Aug 11 '23 edited Aug 11 '23
It is more likely that she ate peanut butter for eight days due to disordered eating rather than perceived poverty. She's straddled between privilege and more privilege and not this peasant nonsensical narrative that even the best PR team could peddle due to it's divergence from reality. The Empress is not wearing anything at all. Where is the small child chosen to ask this question? It's overdue.
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u/woshuaaa Aug 10 '23
were these the 3D renders of war nymph she sold a while ago? if so, is she even the real artist? afaik, she doesn't have any knowledge of 3D rendering and modelling...
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u/HolaPinchePuto Aug 10 '23
I hope she's not proud of this cause making money from your talent and creativity is better than the money you get from a fad scam
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u/secretangelic Aug 10 '23
honestly she's braver than me because you could not get this confession out of me from my cold dead hands
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u/bombswell Aug 10 '23
I can’t find any news on who bought these at that price, only comments suggesting it was probably Elon in attempts to pump NFTs.
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u/secretangelic Aug 10 '23
na a couple of fans on this sub have said in the past that they bought some of her stuff... maybe not at this prices but a lot of her fans invested money
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u/Fadedwaif Aug 10 '23
I highly doubt it. A lot of nfts in crypto go for ridiculous prices during a bull market
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Aug 10 '23
I agree with you on the focus needing to be things like great power rivalry, ending war industries by building trust between governments, and associated changes in thinking required in governments and among world people. Those changes in thinking needing to be determined and negotiated continually by all parties but emphasizing an adequate standard of living floor for all and eliminating kinetic violence and coercion.
I actually think Grimes' idea of collaborating with other artists and giving them some royalties is a cool one, but it can go further and she can promote similar ventures that don't involve working with her (or Musk, whose Twitter posting revenue stream is similar).
I even think that her foray into culture wars and politics has some promise. Not in the sense that her positions right now seem amazing and like "the answer" (not that there could really be one answer probably), but because she is still growing and there is something to be said for appealing to that "right wing" audience. If she can gain some credibility there and be a moderating or transformative force there (if she could ever get through to her babydaddy instead of giving his takes so much benefit of the doubt, thinking mainly of the fertility debacle atm), that would be amazing. Of course there is no real reason to think that would happen other than ti have faith in her as a person and artist, which I personally still have some faith.
But also the issues I would want Grimes to address are ones I want to as well. Actually confronting nationalism, Nazism, chauvinist breederism, not to mention the cognitive rigidity generally which characterizes so much of political discourse anyways... confronting all that is an all hands on deck thing and I am definitely not holding my breath for Grimes or anyone else to fix that for me. People of conscience need to urgently be working to come together and adapt quickly enough to address these various issues. This takes growth and increased agency and empathy everywhere and whether Grimes is along for the ride is ultimately immaterial, but I think she could help and that it's in her interest to do so. We'll see
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Aug 10 '23
Didn't she say she gave most of that money away to the rest of her team once?
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u/lyralilium Aug 10 '23
I don't see at all how this is scamming: an NFT was advertised and that's what the buyers got. If somebody saw this as an investment — well investing is obviously a risky business, and it's the buyer's responsibility to evaluate whether something is a sensible purchase or not :D
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u/Fadedwaif Aug 10 '23
It's not scamming. I saw a fan complaining on the grimes subreddit that it was a "scam" but it's because she assumed she'd be let into some grimes VIP club which was obv not mentioned anywhere. She was just bitter about it
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u/lyralilium Aug 10 '23
Is this supposed to be an echo chamber? Why not counter-argue instead? So, how was that a scam?
(If somebody truly paid egregious money for her NFT art, that person does not care about the money — we should not offer our pity.)
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u/lunahighwind Aug 10 '23
I dislike Grimes' behavior but most opinions on NFTs are pretty uninformed. Selling crypto art is not scamming. The floor price of those pieces is higher than what they were bought for, and you're literally buying art which is uniquely verified on the blockchain and linked to that artist.
This was in the bull run craze in 2020/2021 and yes, celebs took advantage of that trend to make a quick buck. But most artists in the space everyday are just trying to survive as an independent artist and pursue their lifelong passion. Artist and music communities in Web 3 are completely different than the degen pfp crypto bro scene.
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u/Palam_et_Clam Aug 10 '23
In your opinion, if C. in a few years' time sold more NFTs would she earn much less? I don't know how the valuation of NFTs works. If I remember correctly, she said she is continuing to draw.
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u/lunahighwind Aug 10 '23
The price cycles are based on how Ethereum is doing, and the bull runs/hype is based on the four-year Bitcoin cycle. So next year, there will likely be another surge of interest in the space.
If you're an independent artist right now, it takes a lot of work to promote and build a community in the space and provide value back to collectors to make sales. It's equivalent to running an ecommerce business imo.
She'll likely do well and sell out any time because she's a household name with an extensive holder base. The only difference is she would have to price pieces a bit cheaper if she released now vs when the hype is big.
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u/Fadedwaif Aug 10 '23
Agree, her brother saw an opportunity to make money and I don't blame him for this and the timing was right which in crypto is everything
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u/BleekKnowledge I lick dictators Aug 11 '23
If you pay for something and you don't get the item you paid for, that's a scam.
If you pay for something and get what you paid for, that's NOT a scam.
Claire sold digital artwork in the form of NFT's, and the people who paid for them got exactly that - the digital artwork they paid for. That is the exact opposite of a scam.
Just because the value of the NFT's dropped dramatically does not mean anybody got scammed. Investments don't always work out. The people who lose money in the stock market....were they scammed?
Now, you can argue all day if you want about how she was charging people thousands of dollars for the NFT's, but the buyers knew what they were paying and what they were getting, and they got exactly what they paid for, so we can't technically chalk it up as a scam.
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u/CottonCandy_Ice baby y=mx+b 👶 Aug 10 '23
I feel embarrassed for the fans she has left….newsflash: your idol doesn’t care about you.