[HN Gopher] Dummy Boards: The Fun Figures of the 1600s
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       Dummy Boards: The Fun Figures of the 1600s
        
       Author : pepys
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2023-04-21 04:51 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | actionfromafar wrote:
       | Towards the end of the piece I was suddenly struck by how similar
       | the works felt to NFTs. The old rich dutch put "oil NFTs" in
       | their houses for display. In a virtual world (or metaverse), your
       | "house" is in the virtual domain. An NFT monkey fits.
        
         | ggm wrote:
         | If Rembrandt pranks his neighbours with a cut out servant wench
         | he paints in the window and we roll forward 400 years.. where's
         | the NFT here? I have this Rembrandt. He painted it. It's worth
         | $200m because it exists.
        
           | actionfromafar wrote:
           | The fish on the wall looks real but it's also a display of
           | wealth. In a pixel world, the stuff on the "wall" doesn't
           | have to look "real". It just has be displayed as a token of
           | wealth.
        
             | throwthrowuknow wrote:
             | Was the primary purpose to display wealth or to have fun? I
             | would think more people derive more enjoyment from
             | entertainment than they do from trying to lord their wealth
             | over others.
        
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