I Made A Bored Ape!

Remember NFTs, bored apes and pudgy penguins?

"Ryder Ripps" shared his story on Twitter about buying the following bored ape a few years ago for $425,000 and just now selling it for $37,000. 

I would be willing to let this go for just $25,000.

Don't even think about right clicking on it.

This is a part of the crypto mania I never understood when it was at its height and still don't understand it now. I said pretty much the same thing several times regarding my interest which was they are fun to look at for a moment before moving on. I don't understand they're having any monetary value.

Ripps got a lot of comments about right clicking and so on and he kept talking about the sense of community with these, "You cannot access the Culture through Right Click Save" he said. The loss though left a "hole in my chest."

The whole thing from Ripps might be satirical but if you were following this you know the dollars involved were this big. I still see some of this now, people posting these so it's not dead but the decline has been staggering for anyone who paid up. DappRadar says the decline has been 93% from the peak which is consistent with Ripps' story. 

I have this card of Darnell Hillman that I doubt was even $5. If you're any kind of basketball fan and don't know about Hillman or the ABA, it would be a very fun rabbit hole to go down. Get the book Loose Balls by Terry Pluto. The book is fun and so is having the card.

See the forest for the trees on these things and make good decisions. Is a bored ape akin to a baseball or basketball card? That seems plausible from the outside looking in or maybe Garbage Pail Kids? NFTers would tell me to fuck off with that comparison but maybe one you really like is worth $10-$20. Not $10,000, a plain $10, a fun little thing.

But I will still let Ape With SCBA go for $25,000. No takers? How about if I reduce it slightly to $100? 

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