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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by leeoniya on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @12:36PM (#32498552)
don't be stupid; buy her a star: https://starregister.org/

EDIT: lol

> NFT Star

> While we are 30 years old, we use the newest and most innovative technology. All Sparklingly Star Register Stars are backed and verified on the Ethereum Blockchain through an NFT (Non Fungible Token). NOTE: The NFTs will be minted in July 2022 and customers will receive instructions on how to receive theirs then.

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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by CapitalistCartr on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @12:53PM (#32498770)
My wife loves this stuff, knows it not serious, doesn't care. She's bought me both, a star name and a sq. ft. in Scotland.
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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by happyopossum on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @02:14PM (#32499788)
Does that make you a Star Lord?
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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by ben_w on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @04:38PM (#32501401)
The UK already has Time Lords, so why not?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_Temporal

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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by hbn on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @01:43PM (#32499467)
Can you give me her email? I've got some quality bridges!
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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by leeoniya on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @12:56PM (#32498817)
Touché, my Lord.
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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by dylan604 on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @01:44PM (#32499475)
ahem, that's Sir Star Lord to you plebe
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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by HideousKojima on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @01:07PM (#32498970)
Ask her to buy you an acre of land on the moon or Mars next
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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by discardable_dan on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @11:02PM (#32504752)
I wonder if one day in the grim and distant future, we'll displace aliens using this registry akin to how US land was repossessed from the native people and then occupied by US citizens. That'd make a good sci-fi book.
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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by mikkergp on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @04:22PM (#32501230)
Really makes you wonder what the word "official" means
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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by amelius on Thursday August 18, 2022 @05:55AM (#32507356)
How about a black hole?
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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by anshumankmr on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @12:40PM (#32498606)
Is this a joke?
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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by jessaustin on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @03:44PM (#32500831)
Is this a joke?

I thought so, until I read Death's End.

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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by dinkledunk on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @12:50PM (#32498732)
Yes, as in, anyone can start a star registry and charge people for an entry. It's all meaningless, so NFTs seem like a perfect fit.
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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by LadyCailin on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @01:02PM (#32498916)
I have here a piece of paper which states that I own this piece of paper.
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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by dotBen on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @01:46PM (#32499494)
Ironically the fact that you've written on that paper your ownership information actually makes said paper worth less than if you hadn't.
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Re:You can’t buy one square foot of land in Scotland and bec... by sokoloff on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @02:09PM (#32499737)
That depends on who they are. Famous enough and the ownership claim can increase the value…
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