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New NFT Series Announced - By Cheech and Chong (prnewswire.com) 60

Posted by EditorDavid from the up-in-smoke dept.
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: Yes, it's true. 83-year-old Tommy Chong and and 75-year-old Cheech Marin have reunited to create NFTs — a whole series of 'em — "bringing to life new characters and storylines," according to an official announcement, "while simultaneously celebrating Cheech & Chong's 50-plus year career of commercial and cultural success."

The NFT series will be called "Homies in Dreamland."

"As many know, I am deeply involved in the art community," Cheech says in the announcement. "As an early believer, I am glad we are introducing an NFT project now, ushering in a new era of branding for the duo and the art community."

And Tommy Chong calls NFTs "a new way for people to express themselves and reach out to others.

"Art is connecting with others and reaching the deeper parts of self. This can bring people from the NFT world into the world of Cheech and Chong, and together in the world of NFTs."
Last month Cheech and Chong even announced an official Discord channel for their NFT series — where they're also hosting movie and trivia nights. But "the holders of the NFT art collectible will gain access to a variety of utility, including future airdrops and special access/utility tokens randomly inserted throughout the collection."

The NFT series will release sometime this month, according to the announcement, with artwork by Jermaine Rogers, known for his poster art for musical acts including David Bowie, Childish Gambino, Tool, Foo Fighters, Radiohead, and Run The Jewels...
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  • Because you are more likely (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Tablizer ( 95088 ) on Saturday January 08, 2022 @06:40PM (#62156145) Journal

    ...to believe BS when high?

  • Best way to make money on NFT is to.... (Score:5, Insightful)

    by gurps_npc ( 621217 ) on Saturday January 08, 2022 @06:41PM (#62156151) Homepage

    create and sell them rather than to buy and hold them.

    • I'm given to understand that a lot of people are doing both, despite shill bidding being illegal in the USA and probably many other jurisdictions, it hasn't gotten on the radar yet. ie, 1. Create NFT. 2. "sell" it to other wallets you actually own at dramatically inflated prices. 3. It goes "on sale" during one of the ever-present "crashes". It is at this point that you hope for step 4 to cover the gas fees and then some: Sell to actual other person, the sucker. 5. Profit!

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by vivian ( 156520 )

      Has anyone created a NFT for the Brooklyn bridge yet?

  • I cannot see this headline without... (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward

    I cannot see this headline without imagining a several minute dialog between the two of them in which one tries to explain to the other how it works. It would be absolutely hilarious, and nobody else could do it quite the same way... except maybe a Beavis and Butthead cartoon but that's a whole different vibe. "I'll stick your head on the blockchain, assmunch".

  • I was a hard no on NFTs... but I grew up in the '70s, had all their albums, and I'm still smokin'.

  • Great, more concentrates stupid (Score:3)

    by gweihir ( 88907 ) on Saturday January 08, 2022 @06:45PM (#62156161)

    There is a sucker born every second, it seems.

  • This hour, on CryptoDot... (Score:2, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward

    Yay, NFT's and Coins and Energy Usage and CRYPTO!!

    It's what makes the site-go-round.

    • Re: (Score:3, Insightful)

      by garett_spencley ( 193892 )

      I'm glad it's not just me. The amount of crypto stories every single day is getting ridiculous. And if the comments are any indication, I doubt many slashdotters are really into crypto. Heck, I own some BTC but I couldn't care less about the majority of these non-stories.

      • I'm glad it's not just me. The amount of crypto stories every single day is getting ridiculous.

        This is how we know it's the top of the market for cryptos and NFTs. In 1929, people were getting stock tips from their shoeshine boys.

  • Why not a physical artifact? (Score:5, Interesting)

    by test321 ( 8891681 ) on Saturday January 08, 2022 @07:19PM (#62156217)

    I really don't understand the appeal for fans to buy NFT from established real-world celebrities. These people could literally print a selfie on paper, sign it with their blood or include a lock of hair, and ship it in an envelope. It is guaranteed unique and can be authenticated unambiguously.

    Why would a faithful fan of a celebrity choose an impersonal NFT over an object physically related to their beloved celebrity?

    • Why would a faithful fan of a celebrity choose an impersonal NFT over an object physically related to their beloved celebrity?

      People that care about celebrities are probably pretty gullible in the first place, because they've been eating up whatever crap was shoved their way by the media.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by PPH ( 736903 )

      Baggies full of oregano.

    • Why would a faithful fan of a celebrity choose an impersonal NFT over an object physically related to their beloved celebrity?

      I can give you a real, non joke answer here. Probably one of the following reasons.

      1) Americans in particular are getting obsessed with "clutter". My career has been IT (mostly Unix/Limux admin stuff) and a few years ago a co-worker told me she made her husband, who I also know, copy every movie and CD they had on a disc to a hard drive and then gave him the choice to sell or throw away the discs. By the way, she has no backup copy of this disk drive nor is it in a RAID array. When the drive d

      • Not just "under 40". I have hated having to collect physical media for music and videos since the first time I had to move my collection of LPs and books. My god what a pain in the ass. Plus analog physical media deteriorates every time it is played or even stored for any length of time.

        Digital media has issues as well but at least there are options to mitigate deterioration and loss.

        Not including redundancy in the digital plan is ignorant but I very much agree with the victory over clutter.

    • I really don't understand the appeal for fans to buy NFT from established real-world celebrities.

      Most of the ways that a celebrity can "sell out" require doing at least some amount of work. You might have to go into a recording studio and do a personal endorsement for whatever it is you're hocking, do promotional photoshoots/videos, etc. Whereas selling NFTs is presently a ridiculously low-effort means of turning fame into profit. I doubt this gravy train will run forever, but until it runs out of steam it's an easy way for someone who is already relatively famous to make a few extra bucks without h

    • I really don't understand the appeal for fans to buy NFT from established real-world celebrities.

      The only thing that drives the crypto industry is POPULARITY. It has no utility. It's not innovative. It's not disruptive, so all you have his "hype."

      Anybody with 15 minutes of fame is trying to parlay that influence into some extra money, and apparently, there's no shortage of morons willing to give up their money --- ALTHOUGH in fairness, there's no actual evidence that the majority of NFT sales aren't sh

  • And far out too.

  • Perhaps they didn't smoke enough back then after all.

  • Take the money and run (Score:4, Insightful)

    by AndyKron ( 937105 ) on Saturday January 08, 2022 @07:31PM (#62156237)
    If it looks like dog shit, smells like dog shit and tastes like dog shit, it must be dog shit.

    • I maintain, as I have for a long time, that the rise of technology continually increases the intelligence level necessary in order to thrive.

      And not just "intelligence" in the sense of fact-knowing, but also including wisdom, the ability to smell a trap, and the ability to organize one's life around the profitable and secure use of technological resources (including online banking, online investing, and so on). It is now easier than ever before to scam the gullible in massive numbers, and gullible people a

      • The key to success in the modern world is technical savvy and a sharp mind.

        Actually, the fact that people are buying this shit is an indication that there are a lot of folks who became successful enough to have a decent amount of disposable income, in spite of the fact that they're too technologically ignorant to understand what it is they're actually purchasing.

        Having a comprehensive understanding of the workings of a firearm won't necessarily make you a great hunter, and likewise, understanding how cryptocurrency operates isn't going to make you rich. In both cases though, you'

      • Nature abhors the loss of balance. As the "skill level" required to survive rises, more and more will be left behind, either to die, or to topple the world back to a balanced level they can survive in.
        Ludditism is on the rise. As you look at the scams, the abuses, the greed... realize that more and more people are getting tired of this shit. There is only so much bread and circus that people can take before the whole thing comes toppling down.

    • Good thing we no step in it, eh?

    • Well, there you have it, folks. When you buy dog shit NFTs, you only get something that looks like dog shit, without the smell nor the taste. Buy one today!

  • An old saying soo true toady (Score:4)

    by willoughby ( 1367773 ) on Saturday January 08, 2022 @07:56PM (#62156273)

    You can't get something for nothing unless someone, somewhere, sometime gets nothing for something.

  • There is a saying among investors and speculators. It is hard to know when to sell, because they don't ring a bell at the top. Maybe they don't literally ring an actual bell, but this is pretty much the same thing.

    • I think the difficulty is that 90% of people interested in NFTs have no idea what an NFT is. Even among people who are interested in NFTs and try to understand, they just get some weird blogpost out there or something.

      I suspect there is thus still some hill for the NFT craze to climb. Once people understand what it is, then it's done.

      • I've been following crypto since pretty much the beginning, and I'm still not 100% sure WTF those NFTs are.

        The way I've understood it so far, it's kind of like a certificate of ownership pointing to something on the Internet, and that certificate is stored on a blockchain (not sure which one - is it tied to a coin? Who maintains that blockchain, etc). But the actual "property", i.e. which is data, has to be stored somewhere and it's not even in the blockchain, so if that server goes down, they still have th

  • Get the damn shark in here. Where's Fonzie? Henry, get down to make-up...

  • don't you mean some money grabbing aholes have licensed cheech and chongs name in an attempt to cash in?
  • Is it possible to create an NFT of an NFT?

  • How can I block stories about NFTs? Asking for a friend.

  • I am selflessly offering to take any excess money people have off their hands if they have so much they can spend it on shit like this. I will take up the burden of copious amounts of disposable income for them.

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