John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT

Re:John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT by qeternity on Sunday March 21, 2021 @07:36PM (#26535149)

> Open your wallet to purchase something? I just don’t see that there’s any legitimate boasting to be had there: any damn fool with the same money could do it.

The item isn’t the brag. The purchase is. People don’t buy Rolxes because because it doesn’t anything radically different than a $50 watch. They buy it because it tells people they have money. That’s what art is. That’s what NFT is.

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Re:John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT by jancsika on Sunday March 21, 2021 @08:42PM (#26535537)

> That’s what NFT is.

Yeah, but who gives a shit whether it's centralized or not?

If some intrepid reporter figured out that NFT has a backdoor that means it is being controlled as a-- god forbid-- centralized service, what bad thing happens to the dipshit who paid a million dollars for Rick and Morty digital art?

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Re:John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT by qeternity on Monday March 22, 2021 @02:56AM (#26537603)

I agree with you 100%.

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Re:John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT by AshWolfy on Sunday March 21, 2021 @11:02PM (#26536428)

I cant think of anything more depressing than saying art is showing off you have money.

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Re:John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT by koonsolo on Monday March 22, 2021 @02:14AM (#26537361)

Do you think the person that buys a Picasso is:

A) The world biggest fan of Cubism and a lifelong fan of Picasso.

B) A person with a shitload of money, that has nowhere else to put the money than in some famous artwork.

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Re:John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT by qeternity on Monday March 22, 2021 @02:57AM (#26537612)

I am not saying that all art is like this. But I am saying that a large part of the fine arts world is like this.

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