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 everything in its right place https://cointelegraph.com/news/justin-sun-paid-6m-for-banana-art-eat-it 
 Peak Fiat 
 You would only do this, if you had stolen money. And you tried all the drugs and hookers available to buy.  
 Better eat it quick or he might have to make banana bread with. Amd change the name of the work to: "chef".
 
 Money laundering 101 
 Banana peel and Duct tape is a well known remedy for warts! Dude has some useful art 🎨  
 😂I support it. And it’s the third banana! Moral of the Story: You can sell almost anything. A banana taped to a wall. A pet rock. Air in a bottle. A person just has to see value in it. 
 hahahahahahaha 
 HAHAHAHA

“However, the artwork’s owner can replace the banana as it rots and the tape as needed, so Sun has paid for instructions on how to tape a banana to a wall and a certificate of authenticity to call it Comedian.” 
 You shouldn’t be texting right now. Why aren’t you sleeping? 💤  
 I’ve been using the duct taped banana as my explanation for what NFT’s are since it was originally sold at Art Basel 

Obviously it’s not the same banana or tape… they’re copies… he’s just bought the bragging rights, the certificate of authenticity is 

But it gets worse (better) there was a copyright lawsuit 

https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2023/06/13/art-basel-banana-artist-copyright-lawsuit-miami

Unfortunately the lawsuit didn’t stick:

“the angle at which it is placed, the method by which it is taped to the background” said the Judge

The irony of fiat art… or fart as I like to call it 

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/art-basel-banana-artist-mauricio-cattelan-wins-copyright-case-17192244 
 Can't deny the man got his priorities straight… 
 Appreciate his integrity. 
 There will be signs...
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 "The right place would be in asshole" - Aristotle  
 🫨 
 Tether and untether 
 oh not again! 
Justin Sun does crazy ship every cycle and somehow manages to survive 
 I’m offering a tomato and some Velcro for 2 BTC.  DM me for address. 
 3 times I tried to view this in Tor Browser, each time from a new circuit. "Access Denied" every time. 
 This!

Privacy is a human right, so any site (or CDN) rejecting traffic from Tor  can be considered 💩

They will disappearer sooner or later, as we (the people) start realizing it. 
 $6M for the instructions on how to tape a banana to a wall. 
 “In the coming days, I will personally eat the banana as part of this unique artistic experience" 

so inspiring  
 🤣 
 the only possible way for this to end. 

brilliant  
 Oh no, not “the banana”. 
 😂
Inspired me to eat a banana as well!
 
 imagine being so desperate for attention 
 If that’s 6.1 this is 61! It represents the 🌊🐚🧜🏼‍♀️☺️🪷 https://image.nostr.build/d442c577e72ab2fd3ca58ae68d31f3924dad7b68c62507ab70ec590881651ef4.jpg  
 Yes! 😅 
 someone made money off him. why not. 
 paying 6m for an artwork then destroying it feels kinda grossly nihilistic to me, not that i think a banana taped to a wall is meaningful art, but this entire thing makes no sense, and reflects badly bitcoin and crypto 
 There is a banana 🍌 artist here, his work is amazing! I believe he is from Japan! 
 proper $100k headlines