Title is … editorialized.

  • froztbyte@awful.systems
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    1 year ago

    Saw this around 19h ago when it first started making waves and I’ve been background pondering it all day

    Because

    Just how the fuck do you make this mistake at stage size event? Stage lighting is a “you contact a gear company for that” level thing, for it to be any good

    By the images available, this didn’t seem like a slapdash setup. And while it is possible that this might’ve been the result of “eh, why do we need to pay for all that rental? Let’s just do it ourselves, with NFTs, blackjack, hookers, and blow” I’m not sure how likely that is

    It takes some truly stunning incompetence and clusterfucks to achieve. Now, don’t get me wrong, the coiners and apes have that solidly covered, but still. Been an itch on my brain for hours.

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      1 year ago

      @froztbyte The stage contractor is often a different company to the lighting contractor, and it wouldn’t surprise me too much if they blew enough of the budget on the stage and PA that they decided lighting could be a DIY job. Bet they didn’t bother with public liability insurance either, although as this was gross negligence their cover might be void anyway. With any luck they’ll get taken for every JPEG they have in the bank.

      • bitofhope@awful.systems
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        1 year ago

        realistically, the attendees are likely not going to fully recover their eyesight.

        Seems inappropriate to laugh about this. People spending a fortune on a worthless ugly monkey png deserve ridicule, but not permanent eye damage just because they went to a party with their fellow marks.

        • self@awful.systems
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          1 year ago

          good call. I edited my post a little so hopefully it reflects my point better — eyes are delicate as fuck, and it’s very foolish for yuga labs and some of their bagholders to try and minimize how dangerous this situation was, since getting timely medical care after severe eye damage is crucial if you want to keep your sight (I may have some recent experience with that last part)

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        1 year ago

        hmm, when I looked up the medical term the resources assured me symptoms were temporary - but if this is the third time this specific thing has happened recently, he might know from experience that this will not go well long term

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          1 year ago

          Yeah I guess it might depend on repeat exposure per person?

          I also couldn’t find much ito dosing discussions around the condition, so I have no idea what the effect impact of this may be at 1h vs 4h vs 8h+ etc

          Either which way, remarkable clusterfuck

  • self@awful.systems
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    1 year ago

    the quotes in the 404media article are fucking incredible — not even physical injury will make crypto true believers drop the kayfabe