the part that people don't like
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2026-10-15 20:54
and great art will always get minted
the best memes are correctly memetic
look all of this on the art side is a skill issue
network museum, science, art, etc
so we might need categories that are not just art categories
bc we need to push for more of the ambitious not just a jpg stuff
we need to rethink the concept
and so on
so "gm" is less interesting than "research"
is supposed to be real world stuff
because this year's push
we need to rethink them
oh, interesting, i thought basically we are all freestyle now
we don't have themes any more do we?
And that’s fine, but as you said, things have evolved. is it still necessary?
the memes are all free to do whatever they want
there is no such thing right?
for the last year though
not just appropriate, necessary
in the beginning it was necessary
See you are putting words and subtext into my question. I think it’s fair to ask if the a network meme theme should be from a private collection
i pulled back these things
and as things changed as the memes got stronger
i was leaching value from the xcopy into the memes and from xcopy himself who agreed to anchor the first season
so truly the idea that I was using the memes to add value to one of the best xcopys is really comical
were like "would you like free money by minting here" and they were like 'no"
artists who would happily mint on foundation opensea and 100 other places
that is how much "brand power" the memes had
we could not find artists
that is why SZN1 had no regular minting
my brothers and sisters in the beginning @[6529er] and I were begging artists to do a meme card and they were like "well, no"
but it is ok nobody is perfect, you are allowed to be wrong
you are welcome to feel otherwise
I am sure of this
i agree mixed interests existed in the past; i transferred brand value from me into the network
what mixed interests exist today with summer.jpg
And mixed interests
people would be like "he is using it for his friends etc etc etc"
if I started swinging TDH around
but it is the truth
it is not a complaint
well it constrains my freedom of action
when even someone a long timer like @[RegularDad] can think "yeah, maybe secretly punk6529 did all this to somehow pump the value of summer.jpg"
because of course sensitivities like this
i barely vote (on purpose)
you all decide
because obviously there are no meme themes
all of this has been solved
and obviously the last year +
because it was getting overdone
but after the first few seasons i tried to stop people from doing both summer and pepes
you may or may not remember