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TIL that television program “The Boys” has an in universe cryptocurrency as a satire of, well, cryptocurrency in general but also specifically that time when DJT was selling NFTs. They occasionally tweet about it.

It has a listing on the “BSCScan” crypto tracker under the name “VTC” so someone might have actually minted it? It might surprise some of you that I have no way of telling the realness of such a thing.

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[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 8 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Their marketing department does a phenomenal job of blurring the line between show and reality. I have no trouble believing that this coin is "real".

With how depressingly close especially the latest season has been to reality, I am utterly convinced that (without spoiling anything) they will intentionally end this season at a point that allows them to wait and see what chaos the US elections will bring with them, and to then incorporate that into the final season.

Kinda off topic I guess but w/e.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Your description piqued my interest, but then I saw that this was a superhero show (black comedy, satire, but still)...

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)

it's not quite the usual type (which is part of what I like it). it's from the same people who made Supernatural, if you've ever watched that

should also say that it's tarantino-tier violent and "beyond" (I wouldn't use the word excessive for it because I think the show's stuff fits what it does extremely well, but others may (use the word))

one of the things I enjoy most about it is how fucking well it hits the nail smack in the middle of its head, even while it suffers the same curse as the Laundry series

[–] pja@awful.systems 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The power level curse where your characters get too powerful for there to be meaningful stakes?

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 6 months ago

no, the one where reality keeps getting too fucking weird

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