"All 5 attendees were treated on scene. Paramedics were originally very concerned about brain damage but were relieved when they saw the name of the event. 'Can't fry an egg that's not there,' stated one."
Yuga Labs says it’s currently investigating reports of impeded vision and skin/eye injuries believed to be caused by unprotected exposure to UV lights during ApeFest 2023.
Jesus Christ.
Anyway, I'm... Actually somewhat impressed they're still having Monkey PNG meetups. I kind of assumed every NFT was a scam but this one is just a very expensive buy-in to a cryptonerd club, I guess.
Regardless of what you think of NFTs, somebody needs to held accountable for this. It could happen at any show or production. Someone clearly chose the Aliexpress special over safety. This is one of those things where fundamental trust in public infrastructure engineering is destroyed.
The funniest thing is the embedded tweet in the article that still has a stupid boredape avatar, has the “I simp for elon” blue checkmark, and the classic “[username].eth” username so you know they are really fun at parties while they try to grift their friends and family
However you feel about NFTs... this is horrifying for the people who were there. They've been in some cases blinded by this absurd level of incompetence.
How on earth do you accidentally buy medical grade lighting? Like it must have been really expensive and no one at any point that "why are these light bulbs so expensive". Also, why didn't the shipping company think it was weird that a hospitality venue they wanted hundreds and hundreds of medical decontamination lights?
And presumably electricians fitted them and their non-standard design didn't raise any eyebrows?
Literally everyone involved in this story is a massive idiot.
I dislike NFTs as much as the next person but this is messed up. Even worse that it isn't the first time. And how the heck did they get their hands on germicidal UV lamps without being aware of the difference, and the safety concerns?
I have a feeling the internet is going really enjoy sharing the "Crypto fans have eyes burned by NFTs" headlines. It's a perfect storm of schadenfreude