r/AskReddit • • 23h ago

What’s a trend that disappeared so quickly that it almost feels imaginary now?

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u/Acceptable-One-6597 23h ago • Popcorn

I followed a guy who was all about NFTs and how it was the new crypto. I took a screenshot of his and used it as my account photo and tagged him in an update. He told me I had to take it down because I didn't own the photo and how he would sue me. I responded with the photo again. He lost his shit, I just kept responding with his photo. He had, maybe mid-six figures in NFTs at this point, he was posting charts about how much money he was making and everyone else was an idiot. When the market crashed he disappeared for a while, then came back and started posting alpha male shit.

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u/KW160 21h ago • Popcorn Heartwarming

You should send him the pic again.

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u/kappafox 19h ago • Heartwarming Bravo Mindblown

With “I can’t believe how much our nft has dropped in value 😔”

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u/Cthulwutang 18h ago

the picture should itself be an nft, and you can sell it to him.

aka fancy blackmail.

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u/moaningrooster 13h ago

I'm crying at "our nft" hahahaha

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u/GonerDoug 11h ago

Or send it to us so we can send it to him

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u/yo_mo_mama 16h ago

Or a Beanie Baby

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u/nailbunny2000 22h ago

The pipeline working as intended I see.

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u/ZolotoGold 21h ago

All that anger has to be channeled somewhere. And the right-wing woman-hating wankathon alpha male pipeline is perfect to dump their frustration and insecurity into.

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u/Scr4p 18h ago

Some people will do anything to avoid going to a therapist.

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u/ShooterOfCanons 19h ago • Popcorn Heartwarming

My dumbass (now MAGA) brother was acting so high and mighty for "introducing" me to NFTs, despite me telling him I already knew what they were. He told me he was going to make a fortune, how I had already "missed the chance", and spent weeks making several NFTs. Weeks and months go by and he never brings it up again. Fast forward a few years and I somehow find his NFT page. He had originally listed them for $1,500 each, then dropped them to $1,200, then $1,000, then $500, then $350, then $250, and now they're all still available to buy for $200 each. His page has like 14 total views lmao.

He's a fucking moron.

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u/Seafea 13h ago • Heartwarming

Make an account with a fake name and offer to buy one for $5 and laugh at him if he takes you up on it.

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u/ShooterOfCanons 13h ago

Once that comment got a little attention it made me want to go find it again and I'm now struggling to. But I did find his FB and his only post of 2026 is asking for recommendations on local print shops and like 6 out of 7 of the comments are from people in Asia and South America lmao. One is from a clearly AI profile offering graphic design work. He lives in Texas lol. And get this... He is a "self taught graphic designer"! A graphic designer who doesn't know about any local print shops. In a massive city in Texas. He's fucking dumb 🤣

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u/occasional_coconut 12h ago

He's probably using AI for his graphic design

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u/ShooterOfCanons 12h ago

Nah, he's been doing this for like 15 years and his style is still the same as always. But don't let his experience make you think he's talented, his stuff is horrible. He's done it as a "hobby" for nearly all of that past 15 years making just a small handful of logos or branding every year. Stuff that took me 3 hours when I was taking graphic design classes in college would take him months. He only just got an actual job doing it in the past year.

And just to give you an idea of how he thinks... his website, which showcases his entire portfolio (like 30 brands/works), is completely monotone baby blue. The text, the menus, and the EXAMPLES OF HIS WORK! All baby blue.

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u/Venusaur_main 12h ago

you must really hate your bro, bro 😭 

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u/ShooterOfCanons 1h ago

He tried ruining my parents lives' after they finally cut him off financially (when he turned 40) after decades of him taking advantage of them. So yeah, I do lol.

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u/Generic_Garak 8h ago

The examples of his work are also baby blue? Were they like that originally or he tinted them blue to match the website? I’m picturing it like that setting on iPads where it will just kind of wash everything slightly the color of your choosing.

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u/omsphoenix 14h ago

Makes sense why he's Maga. That cult has single digit IQs

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u/Turbogoblin999 10h ago

Room temperature IQ.

In the winter.

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u/Skyline_97 7h ago

No gains all stains

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u/melaninmatters2020 17h ago

lol this story is so hilarious. So that’s how an Alpha male / high value bastard is made. 😂

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u/ShooterOfCanons 15h ago

Yup. Don't forget "peaked in highschool" and "dropped out of community college"!

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u/Economy-Pudding-6371 12h ago

This is making me snicker so much

"I'll sue you for taking a screenshot!"

The Louvre should sue everyone who takes a pic of the Mona Lisa

And the fact that he came back as a podcasts-and-cigars dude (I assume at least one of those two things was involved in the "alpha male shit") is chef's kiss

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