McDonald's McRib is Now an NFT (aljazeera.com) 44
McDonald's is creating a limited number of NFTs or non-fungible tokens in celebration of its McRib sandwich's 40th anniversary. From a report: "Our McRib NFTs are digital versions of the fan favorite sandwich -- almost as saucy as the McRib itself -- and we're giving them away to a few lucky fans on Twitter beginning November 1," McDonald's said in a statement.
Will Rogers ... (Score:2)
I never meta berg I didn't like."
Re: (Score:2)
Jack Osbourne for one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
"It's the little things that count."
Thanks but no thanks (Score:3)
I'll stick to the tried and true ways to make a lot of money: Real Estate and Exploiting the Proletariat.
Re: (Score:2)
Dumb people with money. They're generally a really good group of people to make friends with.
Re: News for anyone? (Score:3)
A fool and his money are some party.
Re: (Score:2)
Re: (Score:2)
Executives who have discovered monetizing. Everything in a company is now looked upon as information to be monetized. Why produce mindless drivel that costs money when you can produce mindless drivel that will produce money. Sooner or later company boards will realize they can monetize executives and rent them out. It would make a cost center into a profit center and prevent them from spending time screwing with the company.
Re: (Score:2)
Who exactly is getting excited over all these NFT stories?
The advantage of NFT food is zero calories.
Re:Why would I want this? (Score:4, Insightful)
They created a limited number of them, but I just created another million of them. See how this works and why NFTs are not valuable?
Re:Why would I want this? (Score:5, Funny)
Re: (Score:2)
Yours aren't legitimate.
The only real ones are MY authentic TrustedTrue(TM) first-run ORIGINAL mcRib NFTs, there are only a million and none will ever be created* again so act fast.
*by me
Re: Why would I want this? (Score:2)
Can't I just download the jpeg anyway? How does having blockchain "ownership" of a picture do anything useful? (Some NFTs have said they will use it for concert entrance or something like that. I'd call that useful if its validated. But 99% of NFTs out there do nothing.)
Re: (Score:2)
Re: (Score:2)
Besides the fact McDonald's is an unethical company with horrible animal rights
They buy meat, right? How are they different than any other company that buys meat?
Well it may signal Peak NFT (Score:2)
No offense to fans but that sandwich should be called the McAwful. Now you will have a token that is linked to the imagining of a thing but the imagining of something awful.
Re: (Score:2)
Re: (Score:3)
I think it depends on how they define 'rib'.
an elongated ridge: such as
a(1): a vein of an insect's wing
(2): one of the primary veins of a leaf
b: one of the ridges in a knitted or woven fabric
rib noun (2)
Definition of rib (Entry 3 of 4)
1: JOKE
2: PARODY
To say the the McRib is a joke sounds about right. To say its made of veins of insect wings sounds about right too. Could be from fabric, who knows?
don't buy the hype (Score:2)
Re: (Score:2)
> made from formed mechanically-separated bits
of insect wings and fabric
Re: (Score:2)
As long as you understand the McRib is as far from a rib as anything its actually quite delicious.
Re: (Score:2)
The obvious name for this maneuver is the McSharkJump
Will Taste Much Better (Score:3)
As an NFT.
Re: (Score:3)
No Fscking Taste.
Re: (Score:2)
Almost every day I see a headline this stupid (Score:2)
and almost every time, I think of this.
https://pbfcomics.com/comics/d... [pbfcomics.com]
It's time, it really is time, someone please do the needful and summon it. Let's get this over with.
NFTs Seriously Need To Die (Score:3)
If people have so much money that the only thing they have left to buy is literally worthless bits of data, why don't they donate some of that excess money to charities? Or you could give it to an organization like NPR as a donation or grant to fund journalism that isn't beholden to advertisers. FFS, they could just give $100K to the first homeless person they see one day/week, or go eat at a restaurant and leave a $100K tip. Set up a fund to help kids attend college. Buy local teachers all the classroom materials they usually pay for out of pocket. Hell, they could give it to the US Treasury (or equivalent in other nations) to help pay down the national debt. So many possibilities that would actually do some good.
If they need help selecting a charity, I might suggest the Aerogems Personal Wellness Fund where 100% of all proceeds go to benefit my personal wellness, absolutely no overhead!
Re: (Score:1)
Re: (Score:2)
More like how are many people have money these days?
As a bonus (Score:3)
The NFT is actually more nutritious. :-)
McRib NFT (Score:3)
What The Actual Fuck (Score:2)
its not a sandwich - its a burger (Score:1)
What is the bun called that the McRib is on?
what the hell are these?
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=burg... [duckduckgo.com]
why do American's change the meaning of shit all the time?
might as well be the only country calling Autumn, fall....because why not
Re: (Score:2)