Effectually the earth, douchebags are getting into nonfungible tokens (NFTs) in a big way.

Now, it'due south true that there are thousands and thousands of legitimate artists in the growing nonfungible token space, and that precisely none of them are Paris Hilton.

And sure, NFTs are a potentially world-changing phenomenon that were just declared ArtReview's most powerful entity in the art world, though probably not as a result of the "catastrophic failure" that resulted in John Cena selling but 37 sad copies of a 1,000-NFT drop.

There may indeed be all kinds of use cases for NFTs — such equally the censorship-proof preservation of historical records — that will cause future generations to wonder why it took the states and so long.

Just don't let whatsoever of these important developments detract from the absolute douchebaggery that'south currently being unleashed on the world by people like Jacob Chansley.

Y'all recollect Jacob, correct? This guy.

Yep, the guy who participated in an coup designed to forestall the certification of a duly-elected president in a peaceful democracy has released a talentless, money-grabbing, opportunistic-weasel collection of excruciating tat, hoping to cash in on his brief moment of notoriety while he rots in prison for the next 41 months.

Chansley's collection of one,006 Shamans is billed by his PR rep (insurrectionists get PR reps?) as an opportunity for buyers to join "a community of individuals intrigued by the intersection of politics, crypto, media, tribalism, and Shamanic culture."

It is not billed as "a criminal douchebag trying to snatch your cash using just the power of absolutely shameless exploitation…" but y'all say tomato plant.

The drove itself is intriguing, in much the same way that you might wonder why multi-colored foods go in… and still they all come up out the same color.

Chansley has a multifariousness of douchey costumes that go with his insurrectionist character, "QAnon Shaman" — one beingness a horned fur hat, some other being an orange one-piece. Sadly the latter doesn't seem to make an advent in the hackneyed, half-assed, derivative collection of behorned cartoons.

The majority of these lazy, unimaginative illustrations announced to have been created "nether exclusive license" past an "bearding artist," which should excite collectors everywhere.

The printing release, which has far more artistic merit, notes that the series contains "never before seen images of Jacob donning crypto wearing apparel" and — get this! — that it "exists to spark a productive and thoughtful discourse." Because of course it does.

Cointelegraph reached out for further annotate to Chansley'south printing representative after receiving this intriguing message: "Happy to provide more quotes and context from Jacob and his mother if y'all're interested in covering this."

Yeah, if there's one person we want to talk to more than the QAnon Shaman, information technology'due south his mom.

The drove is out there somewhere, although I'll exist damned if I'thou going to link to it. But have at it, if y'all must — simply recollect that if you're ownership an NFT to support a crazed-right-fly-conspiracy-theorist-and-Trumpian-lunatic… he later on expressed disappointment in Donald Trump.

And that'south despite his lawyer's insistence that Chansley "had a fondness for Trump that was non dissimilar the first love a human being may have for a girl, or a girl for a man, or man for a homo." Oddly, that doesn't seem to be illustrated either, though information technology'due south worth speculating on what information technology might look like.

Still, y'all could always buy Melania Trump's cobalt optics.

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