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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 8549548" data-attributes="member: 16814">So do a lot of things.  I mean, gambling in general is in this category.  That include lotteries.  Beanie-babies certainly latched onto many of the same concept spaces.  To me, collector editions for RPGs with gold foil, leather bound, heavy paper are in the same boat.  All are taking advantage of a FOMO and collector driven obsessive tendencies.  I'm largely not someone that cares about completing a collection or even collecting.  These things tend to hold no value at all for me, but I've seen friends sink waaaay too much money into things like 1st-1st printings of fantasy novels and collector editions versions of the same, not to mention nearly ruinous obsessions with MtG.I guess what I'm saying here is that while I don't see any utility in NFTs, they seem quite a lot like some things that get easy passes.  I'll admit that digital, ephemeral collections are absolutely on the worse end of the scale, but the vehemence with which NFTs are attacks seems like it should drift back up a little bit into these other things -- but it doesn't.  Which makes me wonder if it's the scale of dollars involved?  I mean, that's legit, I certainly think anything generating this much cash over what amounts to collectibles is a problem.  At best it's a fad that will destroy the people holding the bag when it crashes, at worst it's rife for really unsavory practices to keep it aloft.  In shorter words, I'm a bit taken aback by the strength of hate for NFTs and the lack of any discernable hate for things that are on the same spectrum but aren't as capitalized.  It seems odd.</blockquote>

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